https://doi.org/10.4081/rp.2023.861

Valuing the wounded-self in therapeutic work with the couple from a systemic perspective

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2023)
Published: December 19, 2023
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Chiara Castelli
k.castel@yahoo.it
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5729-7421
Psicologa e psicoterapeuta ad orientamento sistemico specializzata in psicologia scolastica e terapia EMDR, libero professionista attiva in tre poliambulatori sanitari privati ed in progetti di collaborazione con scuole ed enti pubblici in provincia di Parma. Formatrice aziendale, Italy.

Reading the article by colleagues Claudia Zaccaria and Francesca Balestra brought to mind some recurring themes in clinical work with couples and families. The couple carries within it the history of two individuals who come from a family history with family styles and boundaries that can be many different from each other (the image of the matryoshka represents this complexity from my viewpoint). In clinical and research settings, the complexity of the couple and family system can be read and deciphered through the analysis of three dimensions: cohesion, flexibility, and communication, as explicated in Olson's circumflex model. [...]

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Castelli, C. . (2023). Valuing the wounded-self in therapeutic work with the couple from a systemic perspective. Ricerca Psicoanalitica, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/rp.2023.861
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