Psychoanalysis and spirituality-catastrophic change and becoming "o".
The journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry January 1, 2009 Gilead Nachmani
A man with an undiagnosed physical illness entered psychoanalytic psychotherapy after two years of unsuccessful medical treatment. The therapy involved religious experiences that attuned patient and analyst, and the patient's fights with doctors, family, and the analyst were seen as a transcendence of his troubled life, mustering courage to live with illness and loss. He used a godlike fantasy figure, considered a vivid good internal object. The therapeutic work included catastrophic change, hope, and disappointment, and the patient learned to live with adversity and return to a normal life as possible. The psychotherapy remains ongoing.