Question

Lucinda has been struggling with depression for several years. although she has been able to hold a job, she spends most of her time alone because she finds it difficult to maintain relationships. she feels relationships are insecure and leave her vulnerable. in fact, she rarely speaks to her own parents for this same reason. which perspective would examine lucinda's relationships as the foundation of her depression?

Answer 1

The appropriate response is object relations. Object relations theory is a branch of psychoanalytic theory that stresses relational relations, basically in the family and particularly amongst mother and kid. "Object" really implies individual, and particularly the huge individual that is the object or focus of another's sentiments or expectations. "Relations" alludes to relational relations and recommends the deposits of past relationships that influence a man in the present.