Siblings: Envy and Rivalry, Coexistence and Concern

ISBN-13: 9781780491813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 318 str.

Beata Maciejewska-Sobczak; Katarzyna Skrzypek; Zuzanna Stadnicka-Dmitriew

Opis

This book consists of selected texts presented at the EFPP Conference in Cracow, Poland, in October 2011. It is an attempt at finding the place of sibling relationships in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Like the conference, it is in dialogue with the emerging interest in the role of siblings in the formation of the self - marked by the works of Juliet Mitchell, Prophecy Coles and others.

The texts show not only the theory but also the practice of dealing with sibling-related problems, and their impact on psychoanalytic institutions. Practitioners share their experience of working with siblings of disabled children, cancer in the family, coping with the loss of a sibling, helping families to adapt to a new baby, dealing with both the fantasy and the reality of murderousness towards siblings, and transgenerational transmission of trauma. Another field of interest is the specificity of transference - countertransference issues related to siblinghood. The findings of a preliminary research program on the impact of having -brothers and sisters in analysis- are cited. The editors also have an opportunity to draw from the knowledge of group analysts about sibling issues. In the search for mythological transmission, the biblical stories are analyzed as sources of possible insights on the nature and the working through of the powerful dynamics of sibling relationships.

The range of various vantage points from which the authors describe the sibling relationship gives an overview of the recent approach to the field of siblinghood in psychoanalysis.

Spis treści

Series Editor’s Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Sibling: Intruder or Newcomer -- Sibling rivalry: psychoanalytic aspects and institutional implications -- Siblings in psychotherapy: a report from a preliminary psychoanalytic research project -- Therapeutic group—almost like a family: a few comments on siblings -- The intransience of the sibling bond: a relational and family systems view -- Moses, Aaron, Miriam: integrative sibling relation -- Growing up with a Sick or Disabled Sibling -- The disabled child’s siblings and parents: dealing with the impact of the birth of a disabled sibling: a case study -- The disabled child’s siblings and parents: the ghost sibling -- The disabled child’s siblings and parents: their predicaments -- A family under a microscope: about the influence of family ties through DNA -- Loss of a Sibling -- The transgenerational pattern of trauma transmission -- A sister is being murdered -- Casting a long shadow: implications of sibling loss -- Transference and Countertransference Related to Siblinghood -- The actual twin and the imaginary subject -- The lost twin: on various types of reaction to having a twin sibling -- Experiences with siblings in early childhood: specific forms of transference and countertransference in therapeutic processes -- Lateral vs. Vertical: The Intertwining of the Two Perspectives -- Envy, jealousy, love, and generosity in sibling relations: the impact of sibling relations on future family relations -- The fraternal complex in the Under Five Service -- Ghosts in sibling rivalry -- “We are unbeatable.” The relation between siblings seen as an opportunity or as a retreat: talking about the Oedipus complex—is that old-fashioned? -- The psychotherapists’ relation with their own siblings as a factor shaping the therapeutic relation

O autorze

Maciejewska, Beata