Love Will Tear Us Apart

A symbiosis occurs when two or more individuals behave as though between them they form a single personality. Such a relationship is characterized structurally by neither individual cathecting a full complement of ego states, as well as both persons having a significant attachment in the relationship self. The Transactional Analysis Journal, Volume 27, Number 4 (October 1997), p. 300-304. Copyright © 1997, The International Transactional Analysis Association.