Multiple Personalities and Possessing Entities by Adam Crabtree (PDF)
Mourning and Melancholia by Jackie Herner (PDF)
The pain of loss is an inevitable part of the human condition. Mourning is the natural response to such loss, whether it is of a loved person, an ideal or a vision of the future, or of liberty and security. The work of mourning can be long and painful, but it is not without value to the one who grieves. In some instances, the work of mourning goes awry, and turns instead to melancholia. This paper explores various perspectives on working with grief and depression, drawing on the works of Freud, Guntrip, Bowlby, Loewald, Klein and Winnicott.
Photography and Interiority by Sharon Bedard (PDF)
Photography, as a visual medium, is often understood to be capturing something “out there”. This narrows photography’s potential and its capacity to enliven a conversation between the different dimensions of self experience and self expression. Photography is generative. It creates a link between what is out there and what is interior. The psyche of an adult is rich with imagery, symbolism and imagination. Photography allows us to create expressions of that interiority and furthers the development of self-expression, communication, discovery and creativity. Cross modal and multimodal experience can be explored through photography and writing. As human beings we are regularly ordering and navigating our inner world; and striving to form meaningful and rewarding external relationships. This paper explores a number of connections between photography and writing as inter-animating fields of self awareness. I will be drawing on the works of Bollas, Freud, Grotstein, Loewald, Mitchell, Segal and Stern.
Evermore Now: Daseinsanalysis and Early Development by Dr. Paula Thomson
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