Sexual relationships. Sex and family from the perspective of object relations theory

This book is a detailed, clear, well-built introduction to the psychodynamic of love and sexual relations. It integrates the ideas of classical psychoanalysis and the theory of object relations regarding the role of sexuality in human relations. The psychossexual development of the individual, considered from infancy to old age, is related to the life cycle of the family. The behavioral method of sexual therapy is enriched with understanding of unconscious communication and psychoanalytic treatment technique with a conversation.
This book is addressed to a wide range of specialists: primarily psychoanalytic therapists, marital and family psychotherapists and sex patologists, as well as psychologists-consultants, clinical psychologists and psychiatricians.
Translator: E. Perova