Family Psychoanalysis: A Systematic Literature Review

Family problems within the framework of the psychoanalytic approach have a rich history of research, which originates from the case of "Little Hans". This is one of the famous clinical cases by Z. Freud, which occurred in 1907 and its firs mentioning refers to the " Open letter to Dr. M. Furst: On the sexual education of children", and published as "Phobia analysis of the five-year-old boy" in 1909 in German in the publication "Jb. Psychoanalyt. psychopath. Forsch., B. 1(1), 1-109 >> [33]. The current state of family psychoanalysis proposed more than 10 theoretical approaches and models as the basic foundations that aim to study a fairly wide range of family problems and comprehension of it as a system that includes a set of relationships that function in a unique way which is characteristic for a particular family [48]. The authors make emphasis on family relationships through the study of the uniqueness of the personality development for each partner, children and other family members with the analysis of their life, study of child relationship and its transformation within the reality of created relations system. In the article we consider the contemporary state of family psychoanalytic studies in accordance with the systematic literature review in order to unify the preservation and representation of basic provisions under the selected concepts of family studies within the family psychoanalysis as an independent direction of psychoanalytic research under the recognition within the scope of scientific literature. we conducted a systematic literature search within the scope of family problems in regard to psychoanalysis in the information bases of the Scientific electronic library eLIBRARY.ru, the information platform of the international book publisher Taylor & Francis Group and the information platform of the independent publishing company SAGE Publishing (previously SAGE Publications). In our review of articles, we have focused special attention to the following aspects: (1) basic provisions of family psychoanalysis (definitions, terms, approaches, authors); (2) family problems presented in family psychoanalysis research; (3) the potential of family psychoanalysis as a family research area; and (4) the applicability of family psychoanalysis and its family research areas in various areas of life. All in all, 61 articles meet certain criteria for inclusion in the review. The survey showed that family psychoanalysis has sufficient accuracy, one can use it as one of the main directions within the deep and systematic study of the family, it is a sensitive and specific study in respect to the development dynamics of family and relationships and its provisions are important benchmarks in research design and assessment of the reality influence on the family. The scope of problems within the selected articles reflects the main directions of family psychoanalytic research, which is consistent with the problem field of family psychoanalysis. The combination of family psychoanalytic studies within the scope of family psychoanalysis will protect from the content disintegration of the basic definitions in regard to those phenomena and problems of family life that have already been under study. It will provide a clearer comprehension of terminology within the framework of psychoanalytic practice, which will coordinate the diagnosis and work of the Counseling specialists.