Jung's use of gnostic texts as evidence of the collective unconscious and as myths about the emergence of ego consciousness discussed among other themes. Hugh Gee Gee discusses the need of the adolescent to separate from the parents and the simultaneous struggle with the pull towards them, particularly the mother. He illustrates his theme, using the story of Oedipus. The core of the Oedipus complex is the need for, but resistance to, consciousness. The therapist interprets defenses, transference, dreams.
Clinical examples illustrate the main themes.
Robert Hobson A touching clinical and theoretical discourse on the importance of attunement, especially non-verbal. The empathic response described may touch the deepest loneliness in the patient and encourage the emergent self to develop. Zinkin covers many aspects of Jungian theory in particular the psyche's tendency to balance, or compensate. He speaks of an 'individuation crisis' as a model for change. She explores the differences between shame and guilt.