THE COUPLE STATE OF MIND. THE TAVISTOCK RELATIONSHIPS MODEL
A dialogue with the author MARY MORGAN
The Couple State of Mind (Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2021) describes the model of psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy developed at Tavistock Relationships, drawing both on the past and present history of the institution and on the author’s own theoretical contributions.
Mary Morgan authoritatively revisits the core concepts of psychoanalysis and demonstrates their application in exploring and understanding the unconscious foundations of intimate couple relationships.
The psychoanalytic position adopted by the clinician in relation to the couple – described in terms of the capacity to evoke a “couple state of mind” – creates, within the transference and countertransference relationship, a therapeutic setting in which partners in treatment can experience and modify the dynamics that hinder the development of their relationship.
Mary Morgan thus provides an indispensable contribution for those approaching the study of psychoanalytic work with couples and for all psychoanalysts interested in this field.
