A Story of Losses and the Creation of an Alternate World
- 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.
Author: | Carlos C. Sierra |
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Parent Title (English): | International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press) Vol. 10 (No. 1, March 2001), pp. 64-71. |
Document Type: | Articles |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2001 |
Release Date: | 2012/12/13 |
Format: | PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage |
IdNo: | Sierra_C_C_2001a |
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