The seminar described in this article deals with training psychologists and related professionals in the area of premarital education, via counseling and testing. Theoretically, the seminary is grounded in an integration of psychodynamic theory and psychology of the family, and focuses specifically on mate selection factors operating at the unconscious level. Each unit of the course is described briefly, with representative resources included. The presentation ends with a description of the class project and a summary of course evaluations.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AlexanderJ.ParsonsB. V. (1982). Functional family therapy.Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
2.
BankS. P.KahnM. D. (1982). The sibling bond.New York: Basic Books.
3.
Boszormenyi-NagyI. (1965). A theory of relationships: Experience and transaction. In Boszormenyi-NagyI.FramoJ. L. (Eds.), Intensive family therapy (pp. 33–86). New York: Harper & Row.
4.
Boszormenyi-NagyI.SparkG. (1973). Invisible loyalties: Reciprocity in intergenerational family therapy.New York: Harper & Row.
5.
BowenM. (1978). Family therapy in clinical practice.New York: Aronson.
6.
Byng-HallJ. (1981). Family myths used as defence in conjoint family therapy. In Walrond-SkynnerS. (Ed.), Developments in family therapy: Theories and applications since 1948 (pp. 105–120). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
7.
CarterE. A.McGoldrickM., (Eds.) (1980). The family life cycle: A framework for family therapy.New York: Gardner.
8.
DunnJ.KendrickC. (1982). Siblings: Love, envy, and understanding.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
9.
FeldmanL. B. (1979). Marital conflict and marital intimacy: An integrative psychodynamic-behavioral-systemic model. Family Process, 18, 69–78.
10.
FerreiraA. J. (1965). Family myth and homeostasis. Archives of General Psychiatry, 9, 457–463.
11.
FogartyT. (1976). Marital crisis. In GuerinP. J. (Ed.), Family therapy: Theory and practice (pp. 325–334). New York: Gardner.
12.
FogartyT. F. (1979). Fusion. In The best of “The Family”: 1973–1978 (pp. 50–59). New Rochelle, NY: The Center for Family Learning.
13.
FramoJ. L. (1965). Rationale and techniques of family therapy. In Boszormenyi-NagyI.FramoJ. L. (Eds.), Intensive family therapy (pp. 143–212). New York: Harper & Row.
14.
FramoJ. L. (1982). Explorations in marital and family therapy.New York: Springer.
15.
GurmanA. S.KniskernD. P. (Eds.). (1981). Handbook of family therapy.New York: Brunner/Mazel.
16.
HaleyJ. (1963). Strategies of psychotherapy.New York: Grune & Stratton.
17.
HaleyJ. (1973). Uncommon therapy: The psychiatric techniques of Milton Erickson, M.D.New York: Norton.
18.
KantorD. (1980). Critical identity image: A concept linking individual, couple, and family development. In PearceJ. K.FriedmanL. J. (Eds.), Family therapy: Combining psychodynamic and family systems approaches (pp. 137–167). New York: Grune & Stratton.
19.
KlimekD. (1979). Beneath mate selection and marriage: The unconscious motives in human pairing.New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
20.
LewisJ. M. (1979). How's your family? A guide to identifying your family's strengths and weaknesses.New York: Brunner/Mazel.
21.
MossD. M. (1977). Three levels of mate selection and marital interaction. Journal of Religion and Health, 16, 288–304.
22.
MossD. M.LeeR. R. (1975). Homogamous and heterogamous marriages. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 5, 395–412.
23.
NapierA. Y. (1971). The marriage of families: Cross-generational complementarity. Family Process, 10, 373–396.
24.
NapierA. Y. (1978). The rejection-intrusion pattern: A central family dynamic. Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, 4, 5–12.
25.
NapierA. Y.WhitakerC. A. (1978). The family crucible.New York: Harper & Row.
26.
PeckB. B. (1976). A family therapy notebook.Roslyn Heights, NY: Libra.
27.
PincusL.DareC. (1978). Secrets in the family: A psychodynamic approach to the unconscious beliefs, longings and incestuous fantasies that shape family relationships.New York: Pantheon.
28.
RomanM.RaleyP. (1980). The indelible family.New York: Rawson Wade.
29.
SagerC. J. (1976). Marriage contracts and couple therapy: Hidden forces in intimate relationships.New York: Brunner/Mazel.
30.
ShidelerM. M. (1962). The theology of romantic love.Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
31.
SkynnerA. C. R. (1976). Systems of family and marital psychotherapy.New York: Brunner/Mazel.
32.
TomanW. (1976). Family constellation: Its effects on personality and social behavior (3rd ed.). New York: Springer.
33.
WilliJ. (1982). Couples in collusion.New York: Aronson.
