Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Fundamentals of Relational Family Therapy -- 1.1 The Systemic Level -- 1.2 The Interpersonal Level -- 1.3 The Intrapsychic Level -- 1.4 The Fundamental Premises of Relational Family Therapy -- 2 Relational Dynamics in Systems Theory -- 2.1 Systemic Wholeness -- 2.2 Subsystems-Hierarchy-Boundaries -- 2.3 Systemic Mutual or Circular Causality -- 2.4 Rules and Roles Within the System -- 2.5 The Deviation Level of a Family System -- 2.6 The Cybernetic Model -- 2.7 Systemic Needs -- 3 Relational Family Therapy and Clinical Practice -- 3.1 Projective and Introjective Identification -- 3.2 Repetition Compulsion -- 4 Relational Family Therapy and the Marital Relationship -- 4.1 Relational Marital Therapy -- 4.2 The Fundamental Concepts of Relational Marital Therapy -- 4.3 Ten Premises Used by Relational Marital Therapists -- 5 Systemic Dynamics in Relational Theories -- 5.1 Stern's Research -- 5.2 Basic Relational Mechanisms -- 5.3 Object Relations Theory-The Relationship of Intentionality -- 5.4 Self-psychology-The Relationship Implication -- 5.5 Interpersonal Psychoanalysis-The Relationship Concept -- Conclusion -- References -- Index