Individuation and its Contemporary Clinical Applications

This insightful book identifies key points of reference for the delivery of ethical treatment to patients with extreme and entrenched pathologies. Readers are offered an invitation to the intensity and complexity of individuation.

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Kerrie Kirkwood is a Jungian analyst and has been in private practice in Sydney since 1999. She also facilitates workshops and presents professional development seminars in Australia and New Zealand. Previously, Kerrie was employed with the Department of Corrective Services for 17 years, working with forensic patients and maximum-security inmates in the areas of addictions, personality disorders, dual diagnoses and grief and loss.

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Introduction 1. Individuation in clinical practice: Jungian perspectives 2. Challenges and constraints when working clinically with the narcissistic personality structure 3. Gender identity and interiority in a contemporary Jungian context 4. Clinical and spiritual perspectives on the interrelational dance of addiction, compulsion and obsession 5. Psychopathic presentations: Can internal and external destruction and annihilation be associated with individuation? Conclusion