This blog aims to explore how painful relational dynamics develop and how they can be healed and lead to a potentially more fulfilling and creative life, predominantly using the theories of Ronald Fairbairn.
From the Ominous to the Numinous. Thinking about how the work of Rudolf Otto can help us to gain enriched perspectives on our lives and new avenues into mystery.
Ferenczi, Object relations, Psychoanalysis, trauma, Psychotherapy, Supernatural, Occult, folklore , religion
Object relations, Psychoanalysis, Occult, Supernatural, Uncanny
The central clinical concept in my book Trauma and the Supernatural in Psychotherapy is what I call ‘The Curse Position’. Here I briefly set out how I developed the theory and its key elements.
