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On the Way to the Altar: An Illustration of Transpersonal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Willow Pearson Trimbach

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies December 31, 2024 DOI: 10.24972/ijts.2024.43.1-2.248 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Case study Case report Peer reviewed
Population A patient who is about to be married
Interventions Voice Dialogue work Dreamtending storytelling active imagination
Key findings Illustrates transpersonal psychoanalytic psychotherapy through a clinical case, presenting a synthesis of Voice Dialogue work and Dreamtending applied via storytelling and active imagination, and discusses therapeutic relationship elements such as skills, techniques, clinical decisions, goals, interventions, and therapeutic presence.

Abstract

This paper illustrates transpersonal psychoanalytic psychotherapy through a detailed clinical example. A creative synthesis of Voice Dialogue work and Dreamtending, applied through storytelling and active imagination, is presented with a patient who is about to be married. Areas such as the therapeutic relationship including skills, techniques, clinical decisions, goals, interventions and the therapeutic space and presence are explored and discussed throughout the paper as they relate to transpersonal psychoanalytic psychotherapy.