Self in Relationships

'In summary this book brings together philosophy, psychology and clinical practice and lets them interact with clarity and a growing sense of integration. This is done in such a manner that the book should have almost equal value for family therapy (where it started), psychoanalysis (where it also found inspiration), and, in fact, for any form of psychotherapy that deals with subjective experience, relatedness, and narrativity. It is a book that alters the vision and reorients the position with regard to the main issues we encounter in both theory and practice.'- Daniel Stern, from the Foreword

• Series Editors’ Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface to the English Edition -- Preface -- Self in Relationships -- Introduction -- A Theoretical Survey -- Daniel Stern’s model of self-development -- Perspectives on the concept of self -- Intersubjectivity as a philosophical and psychological concept -- Relation-Oriented Therapy and Modern Developmental Psychology: Clinical Implications -- Understanding each other—what does that mean? On emotional exchange, self-experience, and interplay -- The traces of experiences and the significance of time in narrative therapy -- Self-experience, key metaphors, and family premises: the relation between common and individual stories -- Senses of self and interplay as a metaphor for therapy with adolescents -- Differences and similarities: the relationship between siblings -- Together or alone: a both/and approach in work with eating disorders -- What Now? Theoretical Perspectives and Reflections -- Involved thinking and concept formation as an aid in therapy -- Opposite and dilemma: reflection on therapy as a meeting place between psychoanalysis and family therapy -- To know or not to know—or how do we know that we know? -- On understanding relation and ethics: an ethical perspective on the narrative self