Ego Death and Stages of Ego Death
What is the Ego?
The ego is the image we hold of ourselves, our core beliefs, relational patterns and perceptions which allow us to...
Rape of the Mind
Techniques of Submission
Today man is no longer punished only for his crimes; now, he may be compelled to confess to crimes conjured up...
New ideas of the Self
An infant tries to maintain an original sense of perfection and omnipotence within an illusion of unity with the motherly figure. The idealised parental...
Spirituality
The spiritual practice involves exploring who and what we ultimately are our true essential nature. However, western psychology focuses on the conditioned mind and...
Illusion, Disillusion, and Irony
Illusions are universal and ubiquitous, which must all emerge to face reality. The acceptance of both illusion and reality requires an ability to entertain...
Psychic Equilibrium
Neurotics seem to be under a continuous pressure of compulsion, which overrides the pleasure principle. Recurrence relates to the active behaviour of the person...
Psychic Retreats
A retreat provides a patient with relative peace and protection from stress when any meaningful contact with an analyst is experienced as threatening. This...
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. Coming out...
Cult Ideology
People involved in mobs have an immediate sense of intimacy with one another derived from projecting their ego ideal onto the leader and their...
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. Switching between...
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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 to be...
