Offering a fresh and innovative perspective on psychodynamic psychotherapy, this book captures the possibilities of using psychodynamic theory in service of progressive and socially relevant application. It takes the reader on a journey through the sensitive and often painful realities of contemporary South African life. Psychoanalysis as a long-term modality is inaccessible to the average South African, and in this book the authors describe how psychoanalytically orientated or psychodynamic psychotherapy can be practiced as a short-term endeavor and applied to contemporary issues facing the country. Psychodynamic work is currently undertaken by clinical psychologists, therapists, clinicians, trainers, teachers, clinical supervisors, consultants, and researchers working in university settings, state hospitals, community projects, private practice, and research. The debates, clinical issues, therapeutic practice, and nature of research covered in the book are widely representative of the work being done in the country. The need for shorter term therapy models and evidence-based interventions is as acute in global practice as it is locally. The lessons learned in South Africa have broader implications for international practitioners, and the authors stress the potential inherent in psychoanalytic theory and technique to tackle the complex problems faced in all places and settings characterized by increasing globalization and dislocation.

This volume comprehensively explores the life trajectories of nine child/adolescent Holocaust concentration camp survivors as recollected when the subjects were elders. Based on extensive face to face interview material, enduring psychological and symptomatic effects were evident. Survivors retained vivid recollections of the horror of internment and expressed ongoing grief for the multiple losses they had experienced. Unresolved grief contributed to a sense of existential loneliness, particularly prominent in their late life reflections.  Despite indications of resilience and life productivity, a ‘Trauma Trilogy’ of inter-linked catastrophic grief, anger and survivor guilt contributed to a sense of pain and struggle in negotiating Erikson’s final life task of Integrity versus Despair.  

Predator in the Pews is the story of Cora's three year journey of faith after being manipulated by a pseudo "Man of God" who robbed Cora of her dignity and money.After a twenty-year marriage that ended in divorce, Cora found herself alone, caring for three children, and searching for her life's purpose and destiny. While on this journey, she met a man who, in the beginning, helped her to jump-start a total life change but, in the end, manipulated her into believing that he loved her, all the while being married to another woman. This cunning wolf in sheep's clothing made false promises that he could not keep. Cora found out that he lied about every aspect of his personal life, including his age and number of children he bore by several woman. So, he decided to leave town with no forwarding address or phone numbers, leaving Cora with lawsuits and debt beyond imaginable. This is Cora's story of how she overcame and conquered this valley.

Have you ever asked yourself some basic questions about human life on this earth? Where have we come from? What is our purpose here? The Dimension of Time attempts to provide some answers to these puzzling issues. The dimension of time is the 'working out' level into which we are all born, where we work and live out our lives. To prepare yourself for the journey into this dimension, and to progress through the 'seven states of consciousness', clearly defined in the book, you need a demanding yet essential discipline - daily yoga meditation. You will be amazed to discover what this discipline can achieve for you. It provides not simply an inner tranquillity never known before, but also the willpower and determination to find your own pathway and play your part. Read this message of reassurance and hope - it is truly inspiring.