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Introduction

David Edward Scharff, M.D., psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, is a contemporary contributor to the theory and practice of psychoanalytic family and couple therapy. He has also significantly influenced the arenas of sex therapy, group relations, mental health teaching, and distance/technology-assisted learning. He is the author and editor of more than 30 books and 75 articles, and his work has been translated into eight languages.

Career

Scharff received his M.D. from Harvard University in 1966 and continued his training in various settings including the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Beth Israel Hospital, the Tavistock Clinic, and the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.

As an undergraduate at Yale, he was struck by a course that synthesized psychology, sociology, and animal behavior. His struggle with the limits of Freud’s theories caused him to travel in 1973 to London where he studied at the Tavistock Clinic and learned from John Bowlby, Arthur Hyatt-Williams, and...

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Key Citations

  • Losso, R., Setton, L., & Scharff, D. E. (Eds.). (2017). The linked self in psychoanalysis: The pioneering work of Enrique Pichon Rivière. London/New York: Karnac.

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  • Scharff, D. E. (1982). The sexual relationship: An object relations view of sex and the family. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

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  • Scharff, D. E., & Palacios, E. (Eds.). (2017). Family and couple psychoanalysis: A global perspective. London/New York: Karnac.

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  • Scharff, D. E., & Scharff, J. S. (1987). Object relations family therapy. Northvale: Jason Aronson.

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  • Scharff, D. E., & Scharff, J. S. (1991). Object relations couple therapy. Northvale: Jason Aronson.

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  • Scharff, J. S., & Scharff, D. E. (1994). Object relations therapy of physical and sexual trauma. Northvale: Jason Aronson.

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  • Scharff, J. S., & Scharff, D. E. (1998). Object relations individual therapy. Northvale: Jason Aronson.

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  • Scharff, J. S., & Scharff, D. E. (2005). The primer of object relations therapy: 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Lanham: Jason Aronson.

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  • Scharff, D. E., & Scharff, J. S. (2011). The interpersonal unconscious. Lanham: Jason Aronson.

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  • Scharff, D. E., & Scharff, J. S. (2014). Psychoanalytic couple therapy. London\New York: Karnac.

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  • Scharff, D. E., & Varvin, S. (Eds.). (2014). Psychoanalysis in China. London/New York: Karnac.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Stadter and Prelinger Psychotherapy and Consultation, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Michael Stadter

  2. International Psychotherapy Institute and Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, DC, USA

    Michael Stadter

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Molly Gasbarrini Ph.D.

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Stadter, M. (2018). Scharff, David. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_31-2

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    Scharff, David
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    03 November 2017

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_31-2

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    David Scharff
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    07 July 2017

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_31-1

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