A commonly encountered experience of both analyst and analysand is that of the void. It is spoken about at different stages of therapy and refers to experiences that have different origins. Sometimes the experience of the void is around a relatively limited aspect of the psyche but at other times the void seems much more global and threatens to
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Drawing on the writings of Jung and post-Jungians, and Psychoanalytic thinkers such as Bion, Winnicott and Bick, as well as on poetry, mythology and art, and illustrating these ideas with dreams and other material drawn from his practice, the author here attempts to illuminate some of the compartments of that immense space.
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Contents 1 On the territory of the void 2 A walk on the wild side: connecting "the void" with people 3 Primary or secondary? 4 Psychotherapy and spirituality 5 Empty oneself 6 The void in psychogenic autism7 Another "black hole" 8 Memory within the Borderline condition 9 Trauma as void experience 10 Myths and legends of creation 11 Dimitri's void 12 The king's sacrifice 13 The "Birthday Present" 14 The dark night of the soul 15 Aspects in the treatment of void states 16 Connections, walls and windows 17 On active imagination 18 Void as a gender experience: Part 1: Mostly masculine 19 Void as a gender experience: Part 2: Female encounters
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ISBN
9780367324629
Publisert
2019-09-27
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
336
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