Seeing and Being Seen
The analysis aims not to remove defences solely but to understand them and gradually help the patient recognise new possibilities and potentials....
The Nightgown
The fusional complex manifests out of an underlying field and activation point in the fusion field. It seems connection has a quality...
The Human Child
The paternal mother postulates the early development of the human individual, just as the matriarchal crowd, in which the unconscious is paramount,...
Existential Psychology
Life, Death and Anxiety
The fear of death haunts us and rumbles continually under the surface....
Narcissistic and Borderline Disorders
The narcissist has three levels of functioning.
Effective surface adaptation with success due to underlying talent or...
The Neurotic mind
The neurotic works with a certain rigidity when deviating from cultural norms and patterns, with deep mistrust and suspicion of anything new...
Object Relations Theory
Many clients present good impulse control in all areas but one, a counterpart of the psyche, with severe pathology and constant switching....
The Magician and the Analyst
contemporary therapy must start to devote more efforts to understanding the psychology of ritual processes—the analysis of space and ritual processes involved...
The Archetype of Initiation
When people act "Crazy" compared to conventional methods, they often search for some extraordinary space that will allow them to leave an...
Disorders of the Self
Kohut believes certain portions of the mind are not available to conscious thought, which holds psychic phenomena such as wishes, memories, fantasies...
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Narcissistic Wounds
The narcissistic child has omnipotent, controlling and tyrannical fantasies of controlling his mother (object), which are part of normal development but need...
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Character Analysis
Very few clients can accurately analyse at the onset of therapy, as the threat of ego fragmentation makes analysis hard. The neurotic...
Restoration of the Self
Early on, the parents will supportively mirror the strivings of the child’s grandiose self and not threaten their idealization as parents, which...
Separation Anxiety
During the symbiotic phase, the child has a cognitive experience of “oneness”, where the mother gratifies the child's needs, unaware of the...
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Imposter Syndrome
Identity is an all-encompassing sense of self, not fixed, handed down and developed unconsciously. Something shaped and determined, reflected in passion and...
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Radical Psyche
Children learn to hide Oppression by shrouding their consequences with shame and secrecy, thereby enforcing establishment values and creating mystery or deceit....
