Working with chronic and relentless self‐hatred,self‐harm and existential shame: a clinical study and reflections

This paper is the first of a two‐part series which explores some of the theoretical and experiential reference points that have emerged in my work with people whose relationship to their body and/or sense of self is dominated by self‐hatred and (what Hultberg describes as) existential shame. The first paper focuses on self‐hatred and the second paper focuses on shame. This first paper is structured around vignettes taken from a 14‐year analysis with a woman who was bulimic, self‐harmed and repeatedly described herself as ‘feeling like a piece of shit’. It draws together elements of Jung's concepts of the complex and symbol, and Laplanche's enigmatic signifier to focus on experiences of ‘inner otherness’ around which we are unconsciously organized. It also brings Jung's understanding that emotion is the chief source of consciousness into conversation with Laplanche's approach to the transference which is that by being aware that they do not ‘know’, the analyst provides a ‘hollow’ in which the patient's analytic process can evolve. These combinations of ideas are linked speculatively to emerging understandings of the neuroscience of perception and throughout the paper clinical material is used to illustrate these discussions.     

Jung,Winnicott and the divided psyche

In his review of Memories Dreams Reflections, Winnicott diagnosed Jung as suffering from a psychic split, and characterized the content and the structure of analytical psychology as primarily moulded and conditioned by Jung's own defensive quest for a ‘self that he could call his own’. This pathologizing analysis continues to be endorsed by contemporary Jungian writers. In this paper I attempt to show that Winnicott's critique is fundamentally misguided because it derives from a psychoanalytic model of the psyche, a model that regards all dissociation as necessarily pathological. I argue that Jung's understanding of the psyche differs radically from this model, and further, that it conforms by and large to the kind of dissociative model that we find in the writings of Frederic Myers, William James and Theodor Flournoy. I conclude that a fruitful relationship between psychoanalysis and analytical psychology must depend upon an awareness of these important differences between the two psychic models.     

Residues in the analyst of the patient's symbiotic connection at a somatic level: unrepresented states in the patient and analyst

This paper discusses the residues of a somatic countertransference that revealed its meaning several years after apparently successful analytic work had ended. Psychoanalytic and Jungian analytic ideas on primitive communication, dissociation and enactment are explored in the working through of a shared respiratory symptom between patient and analyst. Growth in the analyst was necessary so that the patient's communication at a somatic level could be understood. Bleger's concept that both the patient's and analyst's body are part of the setting was central in the working through.     

TREM-1与肿瘤关系的研究进展

有关炎症与肿瘤相互关系的研究已成为目前肿瘤研究的热点之一.髓样细胞表达触发受体-1(TREM-1)作为一种免疫球蛋白超家族激活型受体,在炎症反应发生、级联放大中具有重要作用,可影响肿瘤微环境中各种相关细胞因子(如IL-8、MCP-1、TNF-α)水平,通过损伤、抑制修复等机制参与肿瘤发生、浸润和转移等病理性过程,影响患者预后.本文主要就TREM-1在肿瘤方面的相关研究进展进行综述.     

试论《周易参同契》以“易”为核心的发展变化观

本文尝试从汉易学所主张的“易一名而含三义”义理出发,来考察《周易参同契》所蕴含的易学思想。从“易简”之义看,《参同契》突出了乾坤二卦法象着宇宙天地的生成变化法则及乾坤体性表现为“自然”而无人为的情态。从“变易”之义看,《参同契》主要是借鉴汉易学的“纳甲说”和“十二消息卦说”,来探讨天地判分之后阴阳之气的变通迭更过程。进而法象修仙之秩序或步骤。以及所应注意的火候进退或身体气息变化等。从“不易”之义看,《参同契》以乾坤二卦为体,坎离二卦为用,来比拟宇宙的张设布列之结构及相应变化过程。《参同契》已将《周易》之义理创造性地运用于炼丹的实践当中。     

Evaluation of a Spiritually Based Child Maltreatment Prevention Training Program

The authors empirically evaluated a spiritually based 1‐day child maltreatment training program. Pretest, posttest, and follow‐up results indicated that participants' recognition of hypothetical maltreatment did not increase after training. Furthermore, although participants decreased their use of items known to dissuade decisions to report, they were less likely to report maltreatment posttraining and 1 month later. Focus group data revealed that participants felt more knowledgeable but insufficiently prepared to respond to maltreatment and that they needed opportunities to practice what they had learned. Suggestions for clergy, pastoral counselors, and mental health professionals working within spiritual communities are provided to inform curriculum advancements.