From the brink : experiences of the void from a depth psychology perspective

The territory. 1 On the territory of the void. 2 A walk on the wild side: connecting "the void" with people. 3 Primary or secondary. 4 Psychotherapy and spirituality. Origins of the void experience. 5 Empty of oneself. 6 The void in psychogenic autism. 7 Another "black hole". 8 Memory within the Borderline condition. 9 Trauma as a void experience. Amplifications. 10 Myths and legends of the creation. 11 Dimitri's void. 12 The king's sacrifice. 13 The "Birthday Present". 14 The dark night of the soul. Treatment. 15 Aspects in the treatment of void states. 16 Connection, walls, and windows. 17 On active imagination. Individual experiences. 18 Void as a gender experience: Part 1: Mostly masculine. 19 Void as a gender experience: Part 2: Female encounters

'A commonly encountered experience of both analyst and analysand is that of the void. It is spoken about at different stages of therapy and refers to experiences that have different origins. Sometimes the experience of the void is around a relatively limited aspect of the psyche but at other times the void seems much more global and threatens to engulf the entire personality; the whole individual psyche then seems threatened by the possibility of dissolution into nothingness....Drawing on the writings of Jung and post-Jungians, and psychoanalytic thinkers such as Bion, Winnicott and Bick, as well as on poetry, mythology and art, and illustrating these ideas with dreams and other material drawn from his practice, the author here attempts to illuminate some of the compartments of that immense space.'

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