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Moments of complexity and enigmatic action: a Jungian view of the therapeutic field
Author(s) -
Cambray Joseph
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of analytical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1468-5922
pISSN - 0021-8774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5922.2011.01912_2.x
Subject(s) - archetype , context (archaeology) , action (physics) , psychology , field (mathematics) , analytical psychology , psychoanalysis , process (computing) , epistemology , psychotherapist , computer science , philosophy , mathematics , history , physics , theology , archaeology , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , operating system
: In presenting clinical case material for a panel on archetypes and/or primal phantasies an initial discussion of archetypes as emergent phenomena organizing ‘moments of complexity’ is given 1 . The relationship of such moments to ‘moments of meeting’ as developed by the Boston Change Process Study Group is commented on and explored within the context of the case. A condensed report of a multi‐year analytic treatment of a bipolar patient having a severe trauma history is offered for discussion. Several unusual, enigmatic events are detailed to illustrate the occurrence of moments of complexity. Dreams highlighting psychological transformation stemming from a changing relationship to emerging archetypal material related to a psychotic process in the patient are offered to further detailed moments of complexity.