The title "Individuation and Family" establishes a connection to the previously published volume by Stierlin, "Delegation and Family." The term delegation refers to the forces evidenced in familial legacies and mandates that guide our lives, but often constrain us in the form of internalized pressures, frequently programming seemingly inescapable conflicts and dilemmas. In contrast, the term individuation points to the counterforces that enable us to free ourselves from overwhelming, constraining, and dilemma-entangled mandates and legacies, allowing us to set our own goals and experience ourselves as self-responsible centers of our own activity. It is precisely these forces that need to be activated in therapeutic work. The volume is divided into three parts, some of which overlap in theme. In the first part - "In.