Shelley Nathan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4502393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelley Nathan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelley |
| FAMILY NAME | Nathan |
| SIGNATURE | NATHAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3339-4715 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Virginia Goldner’s Seminal Contributions to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
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Oedipus for Everyone
The misguided application of Oedipal theory has led to the pathologizing of those with different gender identities or sexual preferences. Despite this harm, Oedipal dynamics are often viewed as a central organizing schema for understanding the dynamics of couples and families. In this paper, I revitalize Oedipal theory, divorcing it from its historical heterosexist bias, and highlighting its relevance for working with couple and family relationsh…
Further Thoughts on the Oedipal Lens
My response aims to demonstrate how a capacity for triangular space allows us to tolerate and encompass differences of all sorts, ranging from theoretical orientations to family and coupling structures. I re-emphasize the contemporary Kleinian/Bionian Oedipus as a developmental model of the mind that is a departure from the classical model of the Oedipus complex and its associated anchoring in psychosexual development. I reargue the necessity of …
On the real and the make-believe
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On the real and the make-believe
Oedipus for Everyone
The misguided application of Oedipal theory has led to the pathologizing of those with different gender identities or sexual preferences. Despite this harm, Oedipal dynamics are often viewed as a central organizing schema for understanding the dynamics of couples and families. In this paper, I revitalize Oedipal theory, divorcing it from its historical heterosexist bias, and highlighting its relevance for working with couple and family relationsh…
Further Thoughts on the Oedipal Lens
My response aims to demonstrate how a capacity for triangular space allows us to tolerate and encompass differences of all sorts, ranging from theoretical orientations to family and coupling structures. I re-emphasize the contemporary Kleinian/Bionian Oedipus as a developmental model of the mind that is a departure from the classical model of the Oedipus complex and its associated anchoring in psychosexual development. I reargue the necessity of …
More about Couples on the Couch
Virginia Goldner’s Seminal Contributions to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Philosophy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (2 works) · Oedipus complex (2 works) · Psychosexual development (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (2 works)