Interpretation in couple and family psychoanalytic therapies: the final touch

Journal title INTERAZIONI
Author/s Alberto Eiguer
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/2
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 29-39 File size 68 KB
DOI 10.3280/INT2025-002003
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After having explored the analogies and differences between group psychoanalytic therapy and family psychoanalytic therapy, the author discusses the way the group psychoanalytic therapy (GPT) applies to couple and family psychoanalytic therapy (CFPT), especially when it comes to interpretation and its goals. Couple and family therapists often create constructions, verbal recollection of group productions being one example. It’s the “final touch” which synthesizes each intervention; this is what helps mutation in CFPT, equivalent to what Strachey wished for in individual psychoanalysis interpretation.

Keywords: group interpretation, construction, reconstruction, filial link, mutual acknowledgement.

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Alberto Eiguer, L’interpretazione nella psicoanalisi della coppia e della famiglia: il tocco finale in "INTERAZIONI" 2/2025, pp 29-39, DOI: 10.3280/INT2025-002003