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Couple and Family Therapy
M.J. Gerson. (2007). The Justice of Intimacy: Beyond the Golden Rule. Contemporary Psychoanalysis 43 (2), pp. 247-260.M.J. Gerson. (2001). The Ritual of Couples Therapy: The Subversion of Autonomy. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 37 (3), pp. 453-470.
M.J. Gerson (2001). The Drama of Couples Therapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 11 (3), pp. 333-347.
M.J. Gerson.(2002). Guest editor: Psychoanalysis and Couples Therapy. Contributing Paper, The Therapeutic Action of Couples Therapy. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, XXII (1).
Mind-Body Issues
M.J. Gerson. (2008) Embodied Experience: The Psychoanalyst and Medical Illness Psychologist-Psychoanalyst (official publication of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association) XXVIII, 1:15-21.M.J. Gerson. (2002). Psychosomatics and Psychoanalytic Theory: The Psychology of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 19 (2), pp. 380-388.
M.J. Gerson, C.D. Gerson. (2005). A Collaborative Family-Systemic Approach to Treating Chronic Illness: Irritable Bowel Syndrome as Exemplar. Contemporary Family Therapy, 27 (1), pp. 37-49.
The Wish for a Child
M.J.Gerson. (2001). A Baby, Maybe: Crossing the Parenthood Threshold. In Casebook for Integration Family Therapy: An Ecosystemic Approach. Eds. S. McDaniel, D-D. Lusterman, and C.L. Philpot. Chapter 8, pp. 103-110. This article is not available for download, although the book of which it is a part is available for purchase at the link above.M.J.Gerson, J.A. Posner, A.M. Morris. 1991. The Wish for a Child in Couples Eager, Disinterested and Conflicted About Having Children. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 19 (4), pp. 334-342.