Dr. James Husen, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Attorney, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

 1. Lack of Value and Justification

 I've been studying Systems Theory, Attachment, and Psychoanalysis as it relates to Family Conflict and how to ameliorate or help such families. I thought I would leave some of my readings on my Blog for others and myself: 1.      Pocock on Working with Emotional Systems 2.     

  I have been studying human development and writing a little piece thereon lately. In my studies I was reminded of Freud's "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning" If desired you can listen to me read the entire paper--it's not long. Just click the link below highlighting Freud's title for his paper: Freud, S. (1911) Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud 12:213-226 The essence of the the paper is captured in the following quotes:

In some of my studies this morning I was reminded of the great pediatrician D. W. Winnicott and his observations of children and the capacity to be alone as associated with emotional maturity. I therefore thought I would read that short chapter. The link and reference for the work is as follows: Winnicott, D. W. (1965). The capacity to be alone (pp. 29-35). In M. M. R. Khan (Ed.), The maturational processes and the facilitating environment: Studies in the theory of emotional development. M. M. R. Khan (Ed.). London: Hogarth Press. Original article published in 1958.

 I am studying this morning and came across two articles I think important to understanding coparenting conflicts and the effect the same has on children. The scientific literature has identified problematic coparenting after the breakup / divorce as a "mediator" of child adjustment: 1.  Dallos, R. & Vetere, A. (2012). Systems theory, family attachment and processes of triangulation: Does the concept of triangulation offer a useful bridge? Journal of Family Therapy, 34 , 117-137. 2.  Woodcock, Jeremy (2009). Love and hate and the oedipal myth: The perfect bridge between the systemic and the psychoanalytic. In C. Flaskas & D. Pocock (Eds.), Systems and psychoanalysis : Contemporary integrations in family therapy . (pp. 199-222). Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.   London: Karnac Books.