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British Journal of Medical Psychology, Volume 66, 43-60, 1993
Cervical cancer is one of the most serious illnesses affecting women today, particularly in developing societies. Despite medical advances in treatment and the success of cervical screening programmes in detection, the incidence of the disease is increasing. In this paper it is argued that one of the reasons for this is that the aetiological model employed for cervical cancer takes little account of psychological and psychophysiological factors. Both of these factors are now thought to play important roles in disease processes. Research in these areas is reviewed and a new aetiological model for cervical cancer described. This model incorporates existing epidemiological and medical formulations into a new multifactor framework. The implications of this model for treatment are explored and it is suggested that psychological interventions could play a much greater role than they have in the past.
Journal of Analytical Psychology, Volume 38, Number 3, 1993
In this paper I discuss a patient whose shadow became his rival, or as Jung put it, ‘The shadow is lived’. I describe the beginning of a process of the assimilation of shadow contents, whereby the rupture between ego and shadow can no longer be maintained. I also discuss how it is primarily through the mutual experience and analysis of archetypal images that the unconscious contents become more integrated.
In my clinical illustrations I also explore the relationship between my patient's fight with his shadow and his experiences of childhood shame. I consider how fear expressed through a panic attack may open a royal door to the unconscious, and the way in which its mediation through empathy and analysis can lead to unconscious infantile contents becoming more accessible. In addition