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Abstract
This article explores intersubjective relatedness as a bipersonal field and bidirectional relationship. To this end, the author examines Maria Teresa Romanini’s (1999a, 1999b) model of ego states and the self and discusses it in light of various psychodynamic and relational approaches to psychotherapy (Baranger, Ogden, Bromberg, and Ferro). A clinical vignette illustrates the theory.
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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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Antonella Fornaro
Antonella Fornaro, Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), works privately with adults and adolescents and collaborates with the Società Italiana per la Formazione in Psicoterapia (SIFP) transactional analysis specialization school in Rome. She is the cofounder and chair of the EleutheriAT Association, a transactional analysis research and training center, and has published numerous articles on clinical psychopathology and forensic psychology. She can be reached at 3 Via Massarosa, 00189 Rome, Italy; email: [email protected]. The clinical vignette in this article was previously published in Quaderno delle Giornate di Sudio di Lavarone [Notebook Study Days Lavarone], Ed. Zedde, 2014, and is being included here with the permission of the International Transactional Analysts for Childhood and Adolescence (ITACA).