ABSTRACT

This paper elaborates the post-Kleinian understanding of the Oedipal Complex. It considers the idea of the development of ‘triangular space’ as an outcome of the Oedipal situation and concurs with Nathans (this issue) that this development can take place regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or couple and family configuration. Psychic development can be conceptualized in linear terms but in reality it involves much returning to earlier stages or reworking them from later positions. This reworking is seen in the interplay between triangulation, triadic, as well as dyadic relating, in all three of Nathans’s clinical examples. Creative couple relating is seen as one manifestation of the development of triangular space and it is suggested that being able to function creatively in couple and family relationships can be challenging and depends on a capacity for negative capability, managing difference and otherness, and managing hate in the context of love.

摘要

本文阐述了后克莱因对俄狄浦斯情结的理解。它认为“三角空间”的发展是俄狄浦斯情境的结果，并同意内森斯（本期）的观点，即无论性取向、性别认同或夫妻和家庭结构如何，这种发展都可以发生。心理发展可以用线性术语来概念化，但实际上它涉及返回到早期阶段或从后期位置重新设计它们。在 Nathans 的所有三个临床例子中，三角测量、三元关系以及二元关系之间的相互作用都可以看到这种改造。