Silvia Resnizky – författare

Psychoanalytic Work with Families and Couples rethinks the ways in which conflicts present today in psychoanalytic consulting rooms and the nature of suffering in family, couple, and sibling bonds.Based on two major concepts, that of device (drawn from the philosophers Foucault, Deleuze, and Agamben) and that of link (developed by Berenstein and Puget), the authors have developed new approaches to clinical practice with families and couples that focus on the complexity, singularity, and immanence of patient-analyst interaction in the session. In thinking about link dynamics, moreover, they go beyond the consulting room to reflect on how these dynamics develop in other spaces, such as institutions, organizations, and the fraternal circle of colleagues.Part I, Couples and Families Today, discusses changes undergone by families and couples in the last thirty years and their effects on psychoanalytic practice. Attributing a link logic to suffering and to the situations that condition it implies making significant decisions regarding our clinical strategy, our choice of a device and of an interpretive path. Faithful to the idea that the clinical dimension calls for transformations, the second part, Facing Clinical Challenges, includes clinical materials from manifold treatment devices that attest to changes both in contemporary paradigms and in the professional lives of psychoanalysts.Psychoanalytic Work with Families and Couples will be of great interest to all practicing psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.

Psychoanalytic Work with Families and Couples rethinks the ways in which conflicts present today in psychoanalytic consulting rooms and the nature of suffering in family, couple, and sibling bonds.Based on two major concepts, that of device (drawn from the philosophers Foucault, Deleuze, and Agamben) and that of link (developed by Berenstein and Puget), the authors have developed new approaches to clinical practice with families and couples that focus on the complexity, singularity, and immanence of patient-analyst interaction in the session. In thinking about link dynamics, moreover, they go beyond the consulting room to reflect on how these dynamics develop in other spaces, such as institutions, organizations, and the fraternal circle of colleagues.Part I, Couples and Families Today, discusses changes undergone by families and couples in the last thirty years and their effects on psychoanalytic practice. Attributing a link logic to suffering and to the situations that condition it implies making significant decisions regarding our clinical strategy, our choice of a device and of an interpretive path. Faithful to the idea that the clinical dimension calls for transformations, the second part, Facing Clinical Challenges, includes clinical materials from manifold treatment devices that attest to changes both in contemporary paradigms and in the professional lives of psychoanalysts.Psychoanalytic Work with Families and Couples will be of great interest to all practicing psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.

Urgency and Hope in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis is a profound exploration of how psychoanalysis can address the emotional realities and challenges faced by couples and families in today’s complex world.This volume, born from the 8th International Congress on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, brings together contributions from psychoanalysts across the globe to examine themes such as the psychic legacy of war, transgenerational trauma, evolving family configurations, and the impact of gender and sexual diversity on relational dynamics. Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of thinkers like Isidoro Berenstein and Janine Puget, the book highlights the transformative potential of psychoanalysis in moments of rupture, loss, and change. Through clinical material, theoretical insights, and cross-cultural dialogue, the chapters explore how trauma, displacement, gender transformations, and social instability reshape psychic life and relationships. It demonstrates how psychoanalytic thinking continues to evolve, offering tools to understand, contain, and transform suffering in contemporary couples and families.This volume is intended for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, clinicians working with couples and families, and colleagues in psychoanalytic training. It will also be of interest to scholars and mental health professionals concerned with trauma, social violence, gender, and the dynamics of human links in contemporary societies.