of emotional fusion that is too powerful (2004, p. 121). Her anxiety stems from "a greater need for emotional closeness" at the very moment that all that is available to her vis-à-vis Buck is permanent distance (Nichols & Schwartz, 2004, p. 122).
The triangulation configurations of the Jarretts have been upset by the death of one son and parasuicide of another. The Calvin-Beth-Conrad triangle is the given situation presenting for therapy. The big picture is that Beth seeks to relieve anxiety she feels in her relationship to Conrad by turning more strongly to Calvin--suggesting, for example, that just they two go on a romantic vacation but bristling in anger when Calvin wants to include Conrad (Redford & Sargent, 1980). In some triangular relationships, some parents might fight with their children in order to express some anger they feel with each other (Napier, 1978, p. 75). However, in this triangular relationship, the mother attempts to reinvigorate romantic married love as a way of distanc
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