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The Forgotten Siblings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Sally Young
Sally Young
Affiliation:
Greenslopes Child and Youth Mental Health Clinic, 34 Curd St, Brisbane 4120.yngs@bigpond.com
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Abstract

In this article I wish to argue that the qualities and dynamics of sibling relationships may have been overlooked in family therapy. In overlooking them, we have also overlooked a significant feature in the emotional life of children. I would like to suggest that sibling relationships are where children practise identity. In these relationships we can learn how to be one in a group. Family Therapy treatment may not make enough use of the dynamic of the sibling relationship.

Keywords

Siblingssibling rivalrysibling loyalty
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2007 , pp. 21 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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