Plurisubjectivity, transference and associative processes in couple and family psychoanalysis

COUPLE AND FAMILY PSYCHOANALYSIS (2026) Vol 16 (2)

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CONTENTS

Editorial 

James Poulton, Lorna Robinson and Kate Thompson 

Articles  

Love is where we start from: An examination of Winnicott’s ‘use of an object’ as it relates to mature love in the couple relationship  Ortal Kirson-Trilling 

“Couple superego deadlock”: A destructive and anti-growth form of couple relating  Catriona Wrottesley 

Phallic omnipotence and the dread of need: Men’s vulnerability in intimate partnerships

Susanna Abse 

Response to ‘Phallic omnipotence and the dread of need: Men’s vulnerability in intimate partnerships’  Simon Creegen 

The contribution of the concept of a shared object in understanding how couples and families experience illness

Christoper Vincent and Wayne Bodkin in collaboration with Federica De Angelis and Julia Segal 

Israel as internal object and Israel/Palestine as internal couple: Inheritance of longing, conflict, and love  Vivian Eskin 

The last gasp: Couples’ mourning of shared unconscious phantasy in their long-term couple psychotherapy  Robert Monzo 

A psychoanalytic perspective on the cycle of violence: Unconscious communication in intimate partner violence throughout the three stages of the cycle  Anastasia Galaktidou 

Book reviews 

Arts reviews 

Notes on contributors 

New Writer Prize 2026 

Forthcoming events 

Contents: IACFP Review and Dialogue 

Instructions to contributors 

James Poulton

Kate Thompson

Lorna Robinson

Editors in Chief

Couple and Family Psychoanalysis

email: cfpeditor@tavistockrelationships.ac.uk