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Discussion of “Why Do People Stay in Hateful Relationships? The Concept of Malignant Vindictiveness” By Nathan M. Horwitz

Discussion of “Why Do People Stay in Hateful Relationships? The Concept of Malignant... The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2001 DISCUSSION OF “WHY DO PEOPLE STAY IN HATEFUL RELATIONSHIPS? THE CONCEPT OF MALIGNANT VINDICTIVENESS” BY NATHAN M. HORWITZ Ann-Marie Paley I want to thank Nathan Horwitz for sharing this wonderful work. I think he has done an exquisite job of delineating the relationship between intra- psychic conflicts and marital conflicts. Considering how often our patients report unhappy relationships, it is surprising how infrequently couple’s is- sues are attended to in the psychoanalytic literature. Perhaps this is due to the assumption that resolution of intrapsychic conflicts will eventually alter relational patterns. Conversely, couple therapy seems to promote behavior changes, the assumption being that altered relational patterns effect change in intrapsychic structures. So, a work like this article is both important in itself and important in the interdisciplinary crosstalk it invites. Now, I want to comment briefly about the case itself. In learning about Cindy and Bob I was impressed, of course, with how her self-effacement initially meshed so well with his expansiveness, which certainly explained their getting together. But then I wondered what force was unique to the Cindy–Bob dynamic that kept them together long enough to even get to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1023/A:1010246118454
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2001 DISCUSSION OF “WHY DO PEOPLE STAY IN HATEFUL RELATIONSHIPS? THE CONCEPT OF MALIGNANT VINDICTIVENESS” BY NATHAN M. HORWITZ Ann-Marie Paley I want to thank Nathan Horwitz for sharing this wonderful work. I think he has done an exquisite job of delineating the relationship between intra- psychic conflicts and marital conflicts. Considering how often our patients report unhappy relationships, it is surprising how infrequently couple’s is- sues are attended to in the psychoanalytic literature. Perhaps this is due to the assumption that resolution of intrapsychic conflicts will eventually alter relational patterns. Conversely, couple therapy seems to promote behavior changes, the assumption being that altered relational patterns effect change in intrapsychic structures. So, a work like this article is both important in itself and important in the interdisciplinary crosstalk it invites. Now, I want to comment briefly about the case itself. In learning about Cindy and Bob I was impressed, of course, with how her self-effacement initially meshed so well with his expansiveness, which certainly explained their getting together. But then I wondered what force was unique to the Cindy–Bob dynamic that kept them together long enough to even get to

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Published: Oct 3, 2004

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