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Sisters―A Guide of Psychological Therapy 　　Abstract：Sisters is a story written by Irish writer Colum McCann，which gives enlightenment for both fictional characters and readers.This essay analyzed the characters in light of the psychoanalytic theories，including anxieties，defense mechanisms of personality development，consciousness and unconsciousness.It aims at building sound personalities and appropriate outlook on life. 　　Key Words：anxieties，defense mechanisms，characters analysis 　　Sisters is written by Irish writer Colum McCann，mainly telling how a frustrated woman got enlightened during the journey of finding her old sister.Psychoanalytic theories were firstly established by Freud Sigmund.It includes the development of personality，inquietudes，defense mechanism，consciousness，unconsciousness，and so on.These can help us make a more deep understanding of the characters’ personalities；the reasons why they have these issues and how they solve the problem. 　　1.Sheena-a therapy of showing love 　　Sheena has the love phobia.The more she wanted the more she feared.At first，she imitated her father，being indifferent to love.Then she acted traitorously.After the failure of acquiring love，or showing love，she immersed herself flirting with every man.Thirdly she just stood still without moving.After so many years leaving America，she is still alone，afraid of love.This prevented her to moving to new life.It was resulted from the insecurity，failure and punishment.All of these pretended her receiving or giving love.Her feelings toward Bridged were due to the reaction formation.The opposite side of love is hate.Sheena once said that she envied Bridged，because her tiny body did not need much food.This kind of feeling was actually another expression of love.If she did not love Bridged，she would have not observed her silently. 　　The rape is a turning point of her making her mature enough to face the following events.She recalled her father，and decided to see him，only finding the