Paul W. Ashton

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Experiences of the Void from a Depth Psychology Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes some of the defences employed against experiencing the void and suggests ways of helping ourselves decrease the rigidity of those defences so that we can encounter the void and in that process engage with it progressively.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429914195
• Artikelnr.: 56837204

Autorenporträt

Paul Ashton is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst living in Cape Town. He is a father of three daughters and has two granddaughters. Having completed a circumnavigation in a self-built yacht he has now developed a passion for the mountains and bush (flora and fauna) of Southern Africa; a passion he shares with his wife Helise. He has published review articles on books by Lyn Cowan and Rose-Emily Rothenberg and delivered lectures on 'Medea and Filicide', the sculptors 'Hepworth and Moore' and 'The Art of the Void'. He has a deep interest in literature, art and music.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Territory
On the territory of the void
A walk on the wild side: connecting "the void" with people
Primary or secondary?
Psychotherapy and spirituality
ORIGINS of the VOID EXPERIENCE
Introduction to ORIGINS of the VOID EXPERIENCE
Empty of oneself
The void in psychogenic autism
Another "black hole"
Memory within the Borderline condition
Trauma as a void experience
Amplifications
Myths and legends of the Creation
Dimitri's void
The King's sacrifice
The "Birthday Present"
The dark night of the soul
Treatment
Introducing the management of void states
Aspects in the treatment of void states
Connections, walls, and windows
On active imagination
Individual Experiences
Void as a gender experience
Void as a gender experience