Book Announcement by Smadar Ashuach (Israel), Avi Berman (Israel)
This book explores the interpersonal world of sibling relationships, explaining how these relationships are central to the development of the psyche of the individual, the group, the organization and society. Co-edited by Smadar Ashuach and Avi Berman with a preface by Juliet Mitchell, Sibling Relations and the Horizontal Axis considers four key areas: sibling relations, sibling trauma, the law of the mother and the horizontal axis. The contributing authors journey through examples from the psychological, philosophical, organizational, social and cultural realms, providing a new perspective on the psychic world and the importance of sibling relationships as an empowering and therapeutic component for building relationships.
While we are used to looking at the individual, the group and society through the vertical, hierarchical relationship that results from parent–child relationships, this Routledge title, part of its New International Library of Group Analysis series, reveals and explores the impact of the horizontal axis.
Smadar Ashuach, MA (she/her) is a clinical psychologist, supervisor, training psychoanalyst and group analyst. She is a member, teacher and supervisor of the Tel Aviv Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis and GAS, and the OFEK-group relations organization. Her main professional interest is siblings. Smadar lives and practices in Israel.
Avi Berman, Ph.D. (he/him) is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and group analyst. He is a member of the Tel Aviv Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis; initiator, co-founder and first chairperson of The Israeli Institute of Group Analysis; and head of the Group Psychotherapy track at Tel Aviv University. He is a teacher and supervisor in these institutes. Avi is a co-author of Victimhood, Vengefulness, and the Culture of Forgiveness, with Ivan Urlic and Miriam Berger.
Smadar Ashuach, MA
Tel Mond, Israel
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Avi Berman, Ph.D.
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
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