Journal article

The Transgenerational Oedipal Triangle

Pages 55 to 61

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  • Cramer, B.
(2004). The Transgenerational Oedipal Triangle. Devenir, . 16(1), 55-61. https://doi.org/10.3917/dev.041.0055.

  • Cramer, Bertrand.
« The Transgenerational Oedipal Triangle ». Devenir, 2004/1 Vol. 16, 2004. p.55-61. CAIRN.INFO, stm.cairn.info/journal-devenir-2004-1-page-55?lang=en.

  • CRAMER, Bertrand,
2004. The Transgenerational Oedipal Triangle. Devenir, 2004/1 Vol. 16, p.55-61. DOI : 10.3917/dev.041.0055. URL : https://stm.cairn.info/journal-devenir-2004-1-page-55?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/dev.041.0055


English

One always speaks about œdipial triangulation in terms of what happens between a child and his parents. The practice of parent-infant conjoint psychotherapy shows that a triangle can be built across three generations: the parent transfers into his/her child the remnants of his/her œdipial conflict with the child’s grandparents. This is done by projecting into the infant values, modes of relating, character traits that belonged to a grandparent. Continuity is thus maintained between psychological contents over three generations. While this has been mainly uncovered in mother-infant psychotherapies, it can be uncovered, through reconstruction, in adult psychoanalysis.

Keywords

  • transmission
  • triangulation
  • projection

Publisher keywords: projection, transmission, triangulation

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