title: Concurrent therapies: a model for collaboration between psychoanalysts and other therapists.
abstract: Many psychoanalysts treat individuals who are simultaneously in couples therapy or whose partners are in individual therapy. If such cases stall, some analysts may seek consultation from a colleague, though most have accepted the tacit historical prohibition against communication between therapists treating members of the same family. Experience, however, suggests that a certain form of communication between such therapists can have a powerfully enhancing effect on the concurrent therapies. After a review of the literature, the advantages, disadvantages, and impediments to collaborative cross-communication are examined. A model is then presented for use in ongoing discussion between therapists, and is illustrated with two clinical examples. The proposed model centers on the transference-countertransference configurations within the therapeutic field, and serves as an organizer highlighting areas for discussion.
authors.affiliation: Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garber
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Davison
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gable
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seidenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003379:Countertransference; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014167:Transference, Psychology