Discussion, Part I: The Adult Analysis and Child Analysis Cases: Innate Influences versus the Impact of the External Influences of Separation and Divorce

ABSTRACT

In Part I of his Discussion, Dr. Straus addresses the work of an adult analyst (Lament) and a child analyst (Bram) from the perspective of innate influences, external influences (the impact of parental separation and divorce), and their interrelationship. He refers to the parental separation and divorce in both of these cases as low conflict.

KEYWORDS:

• Treating children
• adults of divorce

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Robert B. Straus

Robert B. Straus, DMH, JD is a psychologist in private practice primarily with couples in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 1982 to 1988, he was Senior Psychologist at the Family Service Clinic of the Middlesex Probate and Family Court, performing custody and access evaluations. He then continued to do evaluations for a number of years as a guardian ad litem. In 1991, Dr. Straus formed Meeting Place: Supervised Child Access Service, and was later a founder and president of the Supervised Visitation Network. Dr. Straus continues as a couples therapist, and has founded the New Child Project, dedicated to supporting and educating couples in the transition to parenthood. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Psychological Association, California Psychological Association, and American Psychological Association.