David and Jill Scharff are co-founders of and supervising analysts at the International Psychotherapy Institute and clinical professors of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital. They are series editors of the Library of Object Relations at Jason Aronson and authors of many books including David's Refinding the Object and Reclaiming the Self and Jill's Projective and Introjective Identification and the Use of the Therapist's Self. They are in private practice as psychoanalysts with children and adults, couples, and families in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Interpersonal UnconsciousChapter 2.The LinkChapter 3.The Link, the Field, and Object RelationsChapter 4.The Link in Family DynamicsChapter 5.The Social UnconsciousChapter 6.The Social Link in Group DreamingChapter 7.Chaos Theory: Strange Attractors in MarriageChapter 8.Strange Attractors in Individual DreamingChapter 9.The Interpersonal Unconscious and the Somatic LinkChapter 10.Attachment Theory as Link and ContextChapter 11.The Interpersonal Unconscious in PracticeEpilogueReferences

The new volume by David and Jill Scharff represents further development and an integration of their earlier contributions to psychoanalytic object relations theory, and the integration of psychoanalytic theory with new developments in adjacent scientific fields. Here, they present a broad panorama of the relationship of object relations theory, link theory and field theory, chaos theory, and up to date relevant findings in neurobiological and attachment research. They apply this complex original framework to contemporary clinical psychoanalytic approaches to individual treatment, couples therapy, and family therapy in a rich, clearly formulated illustration of the clinical relevance of this theoretical approach. It is an exciting exploration of the present expansion and challenges of theoretical and clinical psychoanalysis; thought provoking and practical at the same time.

David and Jill Scharff are co-founders of and supervising analysts at the International Psychotherapy Institute and clinical professors of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital. They are series editors of the Library of Object Relations at Jason Aronson and authors of many books including David's Refinding the Object and Reclaiming the Self and Jill's Projective and Introjective Identification and the Use of the Therapist's Self. They are in private practice as psychoanalysts with children and adults, couples, and families in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Interpersonal UnconsciousChapter 2.The LinkChapter 3.The Link, the Field, and Object RelationsChapter 4.The Link in Family DynamicsChapter 5.The Social UnconsciousChapter 6.The Social Link in Group DreamingChapter 7.Chaos Theory: Strange Attractors in MarriageChapter 8.Strange Attractors in Individual DreamingChapter 9.The Interpersonal Unconscious and the Somatic LinkChapter 10.Attachment Theory as Link and ContextChapter 11.The Interpersonal Unconscious in PracticeEpilogueReferences

The new volume by David and Jill Scharff represents further development and an integration of their earlier contributions to psychoanalytic object relations theory, and the integration of psychoanalytic theory with new developments in adjacent scientific fields. Here, they present a broad panorama of the relationship of object relations theory, link theory and field theory, chaos theory, and up to date relevant findings in neurobiological and attachment research. They apply this complex original framework to contemporary clinical psychoanalytic approaches to individual treatment, couples therapy, and family therapy in a rich, clearly formulated illustration of the clinical relevance of this theoretical approach. It is an exciting exploration of the present expansion and challenges of theoretical and clinical psychoanalysis; thought provoking and practical at the same time.

David and Jill Scharff are co-founders of and supervising analysts at the International Psychotherapy Institute and clinical professors of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital. They are series editors of the Library of Object Relations at Jason Aronson and authors of many books including David's Refinding the Object and Reclaiming the Self and Jill's Projective and Introjective Identification and the Use of the Therapist's Self. They are in private practice as psychoanalysts with children and adults, couples, and families in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Interpersonal UnconsciousChapter 2.The LinkChapter 3.The Link, the Field, and Object RelationsChapter 4.The Link in Family DynamicsChapter 5.The Social UnconsciousChapter 6.The Social Link in Group DreamingChapter 7.Chaos Theory: Strange Attractors in MarriageChapter 8.Strange Attractors in Individual DreamingChapter 9.The Interpersonal Unconscious and the Somatic LinkChapter 10.Attachment Theory as Link and ContextChapter 11.The Interpersonal Unconscious in PracticeEpilogueReferences

The new volume by David and Jill Scharff represents further development and an integration of their earlier contributions to psychoanalytic object relations theory, and the integration of psychoanalytic theory with new developments in adjacent scientific fields. Here, they present a broad panorama of the relationship of object relations theory, link theory and field theory, chaos theory, and up to date relevant findings in neurobiological and attachment research. They apply this complex original framework to contemporary clinical psychoanalytic approaches to individual treatment, couples therapy, and family therapy in a rich, clearly formulated illustration of the clinical relevance of this theoretical approach. It is an exciting exploration of the present expansion and challenges of theoretical and clinical psychoanalysis; thought provoking and practical at the same time.