ABSTRACT
In The Ancestor Syndrome Anne Ancelin Schutzenberger explains and provides clinical examples of her unique psychogenealogical approach to psychotherapy. She shows how, as mere links in a chain of generations, we may have no choice in having the events and traumas experienced by our ancestors visited upon us in our own lifetime.
The book includes fascinating case studies and examples of 'genosociograms' (family trees) to illustrate how her clients have conquered seemingly irrational fears, psychological and even physical difficulties by discovering and understanding the parallels between their own life and the lives of their forebears. The theory of 'invisible loyalty' owed to previous generations, which may make us unwittingly re-enact their life events, is discussed in the light of ongoing research into transgenerational therapy.
Anne Ancelin Schutzenberger draws on over 20 years of experience as a therapist and analyst and is a well-respected authority, particularly in the field of Group Therapy and Psychodrama. First published as Aie, mes Aieux this fascinating insight into a unique style of clinical work has already sold over 32,000 copies in France and will appeal to anyone working in the psychotherapy profession.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I The transgenerational approach
chapter 2|4 pages
Family therapy and the genogram/genosociogram
chapter 3|9 pages
Invisible loyalties
chapter 4|18 pages
Psychosomatic/somatopsychic: the mind-body connection
chapter 5|5 pages
The crypt and the phantom
chapter 6|9 pages
Origin and death
chapter 7|12 pages
The genosociogram and the anniversary syndrome: my research
chapter 8|13 pages
How to build your genosociogram
chapter 9|10 pages
My transgenerational clinical practice
part |2 pages
Part II Case studies with simplified genosociograms