TY - JOUR A1 - Sierra, Carlos C. T1 - A Story of Losses and the Creation of an Alternate World JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press) Vol. 10 (No. 1, March 2001), pp. 64-71. N2 - The author presents a clinical case to illustrate the consequences of a history of loss, beginning with the early death of the mother. The creation of a complex defen-sive system based on internal division and manifested through the existence of an alternate world is analyzed. The author stresses the importance for the patient of re-experiencing the sense of emptiness within an analytical setting and learning to tolerate it thanks to dependence on the auxiliary self of the analyst. D. W. Winni-cott’s suggestion of a relationship between the experience of emptiness and the fear of breakdown are also discussed. Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sierra, Carlos C. T1 - >The Void Within<. Marketing Character and Normotic Personality. Paper presented at the Conference on Social Character April 30 and May 1st, 2000 in Washinton, JF - Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 05 / 2001, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 30-35. T3 - Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) - e05/2001c Y1 - 2001 ER -