Preface
This book has grown out of our joint interest in the psychology of
the family. One of us comes from a background of social work with
special experience in marriage problems， the other who works in
psychoanalytical and family therapy is from a background of
medicine and psychiatry. Despite our difference in sex， generation
and professional discipline， we have found that we have many
views in common on the problems of individual development and
family dynamics. We have both developed a profound interest in
the unconscious network of feelings， attitudes， wishes， beliefs， long-
ings， fears and expectations， that link family members to each other
and to their past lives and past families. We share a psychodynamic
approach to personal developme~at and human relationships， and
have both been influenced in imtkgrtant ways by the work of the
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Tavistock Chmc m London， where there has evolved during the
half-century of its existence， an identifiable psychoanalytic frame
of reference.
As well as being deeply involved in the practice of helping people
in psychological distress， we both have large commitments to
teaching and training. Hence this joint work is addressed to issues
which we have found important to us and of interest to our students.
We believe that it is of fundamental importance to many professions
to have an understanding of the complexities of the relationships
within families， and we are convinced that this and a readiness to
get in touch with the intensity and multiplicity of feelings within
the family is the essential prerequisite for intelligent and sensitive
intervention in the affairs of individuals and families.
Although the data upon which we base our understanding stems
from therapeutic situations， we are not addressing ourselves to the
topic of treatment， whether by individual or conjoint means. Our
concern is to attempt to describe aspects of the unfolding and
evolving cycle of the family. We also hope that what we have
written will be of interest to those who are not professionally
involved with families， but eager to understand better the under-
currents of feelings and relationships in their own lives， and those
of past and future generations.
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