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“Revolutionary” baby, rite and family

Abstract

Rites marks life cycles and social rhythms.  They are present in all areas of psychotherapy, especially in group psychotherapy.  However, the traditional rites surrounding birth are disappearing.  The hypothesis of this communication is based on the idea that the birth event provokes the rite because birth is an upheaval, a revolution, both for the newborn baby and for the family that welcomes the new member (into its fold).  Starting from a series of clinical examples Read more

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Psychoanalytic family terapies

Abstract
This paper is an introduction to the psychoanalytic family therapies, in a period when the expression family therapy is mostly synonymous of systemic therapy.
Departing from the history of the psychoanalytic work with the couples and the family, the most important “organizers” of the family psychic life appear to be the “phantasmatic resonance”, the “family body” and “the consort’s choice.” Read more

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Psychotherapy, the family and authority, from the first encounter to the session

AbstractThe crisis of the culture goes along with a crisis of authority in families: the author Read more