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January 19, 1959. A STUDY OF DEVIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN BY THE METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS OF MOTHER AND CHILD. Melitta Sperling, M.D.
Simultaneous psychoanalysis of mother and child by the same analyst was originally employed by Dr. Sperling in the treatment of psychosomatic diseases of children in cases where the mother's unconscious resistance interfered with the psychoanalytic progress of the child. Collaborative treatment by two analysts can miss subtle, but decisive, interplay between the unconscious of the mother and that of the child, despite frequent conferences. Simultaneous treatment by one analyst permits direct observation of the ways in which the unconscious fantasies and wishes of the mother are transmitted, received, and reacted to by