Separation-Individuation Struggles in Adult Life

Separation-Individuation Struggles in Adult life: Leaving Home focuses on the developmental task of separating from parents and siblings for individuals and couples who have not been able to resolve these issues earlier in life.

Sarah Fels Usher is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Toronto, Canada. She is past president of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society, Founding Director of the Fundamental Psychoanalytic Perspectives Program, and a faculty member of the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis. Dr. Usher is also the English language book editor of the Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis/Revue canadienne de psychoanalyse, and author of the Routledge titles What is This Thing Called Love? (2007) and Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique, 2nd Edition (2013).

Introduction. 1 What We Know So Far 2 Oedipal Victor or Victim: Individuals 3 Oedipal Victor or Victim: Couples 4 Home Is Where We Start From: The Sibling Connection 5 Out of the Woods: Treatment Pauses and Termination 6 Conclusion: You Can Go Home Again (If You Resolve Your Rapprochement Crisis).