Böcker av Prophecy Coles

Why was the first Viennese child psychoanalyst murdered by her nephew? Hermine Hug-Hellmuth was much admired by Freud but her tragic end was seen as bringing shame to the psychoanalytic world; her work was ignored and she was forgotten. Prophecy Coles traces the life of this talented woman through her published work and finds answe

"Coles' book starts from the claim that traditionally psychoanalysis, in stressing the relations of conflict between children and parents, has tended to overlook and displace the co-operative relations between siblings. This is a claim clearly worth investigating." -- Professor Richard Wollheim

Freud wrote to Binswanger on the anniversary of his daughters death, we will remain inconsolableI dont care for my grandchildren anymore, but find no joy in life anymore.

What legacy does grief, loss, trauma have upon the second and third generations? This title focuses on the ideas that have evolved in response to this question over the author's thirty years as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.

A collection of papers that explore the impact of sibling relationships on diverse topics, such as siblings across the generations, sex and violence in siblings, twins, and siblings in couple therapy.