| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) |
| Contents |
On the territory of the void -- A walk on the wild side: connecting the void with people -- Primary or secondary? -- Psychotherapy and spirituality -- Empty of oneself -- The void in psychogenic autism -- Another black hole -- Memory within the borderline condition -- Trauma as a void experience -- Myths and legends of the creation -- Dimitri's void -- The king's sacrifice -- The birthday present -- The dark night of the soul -- Aspects in the treatment of void states -- Connections, walls, and windows -- On active imagination -- Void as a gender experience: part 1: mostly masculine -- Void as a gender experience: part II: female encounters |
| Summary |
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 engulf the entire personality; the whole individual psyche then seems threatened by the possibility of dissolution into nothingness. By drawing on the writings of both Jungian and psychoanalytic thinkers as well as on poetry, mythology and art, and by i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Nothing (Philosophy)
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Consciousness.
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Psychoanalysis.
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Emotions.
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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Consciousness
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Emotions
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psychoanalysis.
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emotion.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality.
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Emotions
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Consciousness
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Nothing (Philosophy) in literature
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Nothing (Philosophy)
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Psychoanalysis
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Leere
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Psychoanalyse
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021698880 |
| ISBN |
9780429914195 |
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0429914199 |
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9781849405553 |
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1849405557 |
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9781780494531 |
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178049453X |
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