4 Trauma, Depression, and the Sense of Existence
Is it any wonder that I don't exist?
—Ms. G
IN THIS CHAPTER, I PRESENT CLINICAL MATERIAL FROM TWO ANALYSES TO elaborate on the theoretical issues I have described previously and to develop the relationship between disturbances of the sense of self-cohesion and traumatic experience. To introduce them, I first take up additional elements of the Lacanian theory of trauma and compare them with some contemporary approaches, using principally the work of Phillip Bromberg, which most lucidly articulates a model of therapeutic action similar to my own. Because histories of trauma and states of depression are frequent (though not constant) accompaniments of complaints of "not having a life," in what follows ...
Get Having A Life now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
