The Knife and the Butterfly : A Story of a Jungian Analysis

Annotation This book is a truly original account of a therapeutic journey. Its unique perspective is the result of recordings which the author's analyst allowed her to make during the last eight months of their work together. Thus the reader is invited into the previously sacrosanct confines of the analytic consulting room, and encounters the perspective of the patient in parallel with the vision of the analyst, who imparts psychological, theoretical and emotional meaning to the patient's presenting material. To the author's knowledge, no previously published account of a journey through analysis has been able to invite the reader in to the immediacy and intimacy of the analytic relationship which this memoir offers. Verbatim extracts from the recordings give accurate accounts of their shared dialogue, which is not possible in a one-sided account written in hindsight by either the patient or the analyst. The way in which the theoretical content emerges from this shared dialogue is another unique feature. As a practicing psychotherapist herself by this final period in her analysis, both author and analyst can reflect back on the challenges they faced from a theoretical as well as an emotional perspective. The immediacy of these exchanges adds to the intimate quality of this memoir This book is a truly original account of a therapeutic journey. Its unique perspective is the result of recordings which the author's analyst allowed her to make during the last eight months of their work together. Thus the reader is invited into the previously sacrosanct confines of the analytic consulting room, and encounters the perspective of the patient in parallel with the vision of the analyst, who imparts psychological, theoretical and emotional meaning to the patient's presenting material. To the author's knowledge, no previously published account of a journey through analysis has been able to invite the reader in to the immediacy and intimacy of the analytic relationship which this memoir offers. Verbatim extracts from the recordings give accurate accounts of their shared dialogue, which is not possible in a one-sided account written in hindsight by either the patient or the analyst. The way in which the theoretical content emerges from this shared dialogue is another unique feature. As a practising psychotherapist herself by this final period in her analysis, both author and analyst can reflect back on the challenges they faced from a theoretical as well as an emotional perspective. The immediacy of these exchanges adds to the intimate quality of this memoir "This book is a truly original account of a therapeutic journey. Its unique perspective is the result of recordings which the author's analyst allowed her to make during the last eight months of their work together. Thus the reader is invited into the previously sacrosanct confines of the analytic consulting room, and encounters the perspective of the patient in parallel with the vision of the analyst, who imparts psychological, theoretical and emotional meaning to the patient's presenting material. Verbatim extracts from the recordings give accurate accounts of their shared dialogue, which is not possile in a one-sided account written in hindsight y either the patient or the analyst. The way in which the theoretical content emerges from this shared dialogue is a unique feature. As a practising psychotherapist herself by this final period in her analysis, both author and the analyst can reflect back on the challenges they faced from a theoretical as well as an emotional perspective. The immediacy of these exchanges adds to the intimate quality of this memoir"--Back cover COVER 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 FOREWORD 8 INTRODUCTION 14 CHAPTER ONE 32 CHAPTER TWO 44 CHAPTER THREE 54 CHAPTER FOUR 62 CHAPTER FIVE 70 CHAPTER SIX 80 CHAPTER SEVEN 90 CHAPTER EIGHT 102 CHAPTER NINE 114 CHAPTER TEN 126 CHAPTER ELEVEN 136 CHAPTER TWELVE 144 CHAPTER THIRTEEN 156 CHAPTER FOURTEEN 166 CHAPTER FIFTEEN 176 CHAPTER SIXTEEN 186 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 196 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 210 CHAPTER NINETEEN 220 CHAPTER TWENTY 230 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 238 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 252 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE 266 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR 282 EPILOGUE 302 POSTSCRIPT 310 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 314 Annotation;COVER -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -- CHAPTER NINETEEN -- CHAPTER TWENTY -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO -- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR -- EPILOGUE -- POSTSCRIPT -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.