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In this paper the writer tries to join up three problematic: the introduction to psychoanalytical family therapies, examination of the family of the adolescent, and the role of intergenerational components in this process. A family does not only consist of individuals. It is a group formed by their functions, duties, fantasies and emotions. The link theory considers the individuals as a whole, and tries to find out how they reflect the interactions and they switch places. This creates a new state of being between subjectivities which is different from the individual subjectivity. The therapist's work concentrates on family ties, transference and counter-transference. In adolescence it is not just the child who is in crisis, but the whole family. The history of previous generations emerges. The feeling of being indebted to previous generations, shadowy parts in the family history, unresolved conflicts, disgusting and frightening behavior in the past that is kept hidden, has always been concealed by telling fantastic stories, in other words lies. It is necessary that these difficulties are overcome, that each member of the family enters a new stage. In this way eventually the adolescent finds its place in the family-chain. In the paper, a clinical example is given.