Stressful Life Events and Marital Dysfunction

1981 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 486-490
Author(s):  
H. Waldo Bird ◽  
Anthony I. Schuham ◽  
Lois Benson ◽  
Leslie L. Gans
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Marital Dysfunction

The Entangled Nature of Attachment and Sexuality in the Couple Relationship

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma Caruso
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Functioning ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
The Body ◽  
Couple Relationship ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
Secure Base ◽  
Transference And Countertransference ◽  
Marital Dysfunction ◽  
Therapeutic Tools ◽  
Dynamic Interplay

This paper demonstrates the dynamic interplay of attachment styles and sexual functioning by presenting a couple with anxious–avoidant and anxious–ambivalent attachment patterns that are evident in their sexual difficulties. It uses the language of attachment and object relations theory to discuss their sexual and marital dysfunction and illustrates the integration of behavioural and psychoanalytic techniques to provide treatment. Particularly, it makes use of Fairbairn’s (1943) concept of the ‘return of the repressed’ to help each partner reclaim lost, unconscious parts of themselves and, in turn, improve their sexual functioning. It also makes extensive use of transference and countertransference as therapeutic tools. The treatment outcome supports the attachment tenet that a secure base serves as the foundation for exploration (Ainsworth, 1972), in this case, of the body (Holmes, 2007).

Marital Dysfunction

1990 ◽  
pp. 463-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary R. Birchler ◽  
Madeline Gershwin
Keyword(s):  
Marital Dysfunction

Sexual and marital dysfunction and polypartnerism in STD clinic attenders

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethna C. O'Gorman ◽  
Ian T. Bownes ◽  
Wallace W. Dinsmore
Keyword(s):  
Marital Dysfunction

Marital Dysfunction

2006 ◽  
pp. 297-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary R. Birchler ◽  
William Fals-Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Marital Dysfunction
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