Fear of Intimacy

by Firestone, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9781557986054
• ISBN10: 1557986053
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Summary

Glendon Association, Santa Barbara, CA. Shows how therapists can help couples identify and overcome the messages of the internal 'voice' that foster distortions of the self and loved ones. Related issues such as interpersonal ethics and the role of sterotyping are also discussed.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	3	(8)
I. Foundations	11	(110)
The Challenge of Intimate Relationships	13	(20)
Why Relationships Fail	33	(20)
An Ethical Perspective: Human Rights Issues in Personal Relationships	53	(24)
The Ideal Couple Relationship	77	(22)
Characteristics of the Ideal Family	99	(22)
II. Psychodynamics of Relationships	121	(104)
Inwardness: Self-Protective Patterns That Restrict Emotional Transactions Between Partners	123	(20)
Remedial Procedures: Experiences That Affect Inward Patterns in the Couple and Family	143	(20)
The Fantasy Bond in Couple Relationships	163	(18)
Withholding in Couple and Family Relationships	181	(12)
Men	193	(14)
Women	207	(18)
III. Countering the Inner Voice: Methods and Theory	225	(90)
Voices Affecting Intimacy	227	(18)
The Therapeutic Process in Couples Therapy	245	(26)
A Pilot Study Applying Voice Therapy With Four Couples: Clinical Material From a Series of Specialized Group Discussions	271	(30)
Transference, the Therapeutic Alliance, and Love	301	(14)
References	315	(26)
Author Index	341	(6)
Subject Index	347	(10)
About the Authors	357