title: Moments of complexity and enigmatic action: a Jungian view of the therapeutic field.
abstract: In presenting clinical case material for a panel on archetypes and/or primal phantasies an initial discussion of archetypes as emergent phenomena organizing 'moments of complexity' is given(1) . The relationship of such moments to 'moments of meeting' as developed by the Boston Change Process Study Group is commented on and explored within the context of the case. A condensed report of a multi-year analytic treatment of a bipolar patient having a severe trauma history is offered for discussion. Several unusual, enigmatic events are detailed to illustrate the occurrence of moments of complexity. Dreams highlighting psychological transformation stemming from a changing relationship to emerging archetypal material related to a psychotic process in the patient are offered to further detailed moments of complexity.
authors.affiliation: IAAP. cambrayj@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cambray
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007602:Jungian Theory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology