title: In the last analysis: archetypal themes in the analysis of an elderly patient with early disintegrative trauma.
abstract: Aspects of the analysis of an elderly patient with early disintegrative experiences are described: separation anxiety, an internalized attack upon vitality, and the fear of dependency were prominent features of the transference/countertransference relationship, while the search for meaning as death drew nearer continued to be the central theme. The patient's many dreams reveal a wealth of images whose complex interlinkings provided evidence of a heightened and energized individuation process aiming at the integrity of personality.
authors.affiliation: Society of Analytical Psychology, London.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wharton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D007602:Jungian Theory; D010553:Personality Development; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*