Abstract
This emphasizes how in our age there is an awareness that many theories are rather outdated (and, much like everything else, will inevitably be challenged and overturned). Thus, precisely in our time, so liquid and volatile, a hyper-modern theory of the subject and of relationships that focuses particularly on their complexity and uniqueness seems fitting; this is particularly helpful today, both to our profession, and therefore also to the subjects—hyper-modern couples and families who ask for help. This chapter proposes a psychoanalytic perspective that manages to put itself to the service of present-day needs, and not to ask instead that subjects adapt to it and its theories, forcing them into a “Procrustean bed” against their will. We align with a flexible psychoanalysis, which is known to decline in various hyper-modern contexts (both individual and group/family). Throughout this journey between theoretical developments, contemporary research and clinical practice, what stands out is especially how important it is to delve deeper into the specific topic of relationships and the family, an increasingly complex, multifaceted entity.
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For further information, see Vincenti, E. (2017). Readings, Illuminarsi di Ben-essere. Ricerca Psicoanalitica, XXVIII(1), 118–120. Franco Angeli.
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Challenges that could represent an evolutionary boost both in subjectual and in relational and social terms, and an opportunity for an evolution.
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The magic of self-organized systems must be sought within them and the secret is the production of emergent properties—i.e. properties that belong to the integrated whole of the system at a certain level and that are not deducible from the properties found in the components of the lower level. For further information, see Pievani, T. The contingent subject. Italian Review of Gruppoanalisi, XV (2).
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The observer who describes the system cannot consider himself out of the boundaries and the environment of the system, because it is always associated with his observation as the component that determines it. For further information, see Varela, F. J. (1997). Neurofenomenology. Pluriverse, II(3), 16–39.
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For further information, see Vincenti, E. (2013). Il gruppo come proprietà emergente. Ricerca Psicoanalitica, XXIV(1), 12–26. Franco Angeli.
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For further information, see Minolli, M., & Coin, R. (2007). Amarsi amando. Per una psicoanalisi della relazione di coppia (p. 232). Rome: Borla.
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For further information, see Minolli, M. (2015). Essere e Divenire. Milan: Franco Angeli.
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According to this perspective, the subject is composed of several parts in close relation with each other: the various components or the different human functions must therefore be grasped in their interaction and interdependence, so today we focus on a subject that is substantiated as “one”, following the need for a model that makes it possible to combine diversity with unity at the root. The single content reported must therefore be contextualized as an aspect of a larger “metaphoric” system, a complex, unitary and interactive system. For further information, see Minolli, M. (2015). Essere e Divenire. Milan: Franco Angeli.
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For more information, see Fromm, E. (1957). The art of loving. Aquarian/Thorsons.
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For further information, see Minolli, M., & Coin, R. (2007). Amarsi amando. Per una psicoanalisi della relazione di coppia. Rome: Borla.
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For further information, see Vincenti, E. (2017). Readings, Illuminarsi di Ben-essere. Ricerca Psicoanalitica, XXVIII(1), 118–120. Franco Angeli.
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For further information, see Fromm, E. (1957). The art of loving. Aquarian/Thorsons.
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For further information, see Melzer, D., & Harris, M. (1984). Child. Family and community: A psychoanalytic model of the learning process. Paris: OECD.
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For further information, see Vineis, P. (1998). Recensione al libro di Canguilhem. L’indice, 6; Gadamer, H. G. (1993). Dove si nasconde la Salute. Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 1994; Ryff, C. D., Love, G. D., Urry, H. L., Muller, D., Rosenkranz, M. A., Friedman, E. M., Davinson, R. J., Singer, B. (2006). Psychological well–being and ill-being: Do they have distinct or mirrored biological correlates?, 75(2), 85–95; Reiss, H. T, Gable, S. L. (2003). Toward a positive psychology of relationships. In C. L. Keyes, & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived. Washington, DC: APA.
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For further details, see Irtelli, F. (2016). Illuminarsi di Ben-essere. Rome: Armando Editore.
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For further information, see Vincenti, E. (2017). Readings, Illuminarsi di Ben-essere. Ricerca Psicoanalitica, XXVIII(1), 118–120. Franco Angeli.
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Other characteristics of the so-called “healthy family” have also been defined, according to “common sense”. For example: maintaining a balance between intimacy and distance, the ability to maintain relative independence, the ability to tolerate closeness to others, an adequate degree of discrimination between ourself and the object. For further information, see Wynnie, L. C. (1958). Pseudomutualidad en las relaciones familiares de los esquizofrénicos. In Bateson, et al. (Eds.), Interacción familiar. Buenos Aires: Tiempo Contemporàneo, 1971; and also Losso R. (2000). Psychoanalysis of the family. Franco Angeli.
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For further information, see Hoyt, M. F. (1994). Introduction: Competency-based future-oriented therapy. In Constructive Therapies (pp. 1–10). New York: Guilford.
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Following non-linear logics.
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For further information, see Russel, J. A., & Ward, L. M. (1982). Environmental psychology. Annual Review of Psychology, 33, 651–658.
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This perspective is based on counting on the specific ability of the human being to be active and take hold of his life and on the awareness that only access to creativity makes the subject consistent and leads him to well-being . For further information, see Minolli, M. (2015). Essere e Divenire. Franco Angeli.
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Irtelli, F. (2018). Relational Well-Being. In: Contemporary Perspectives on Relational Wellness. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91050-5_6
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