What is best for my son?

A case study

Abstract

There is a healthy seed in each individual that wants to grow and develop into its full potential. The therapeutic vessel provides a safe and sound containing in which this development can occur. I believe it is important and part of a transpersonal view that we follow our client’s journey and are alongside him in the process, rather than attempting to fit him into a particular theory or our own expectations.—The case study presented in this article took place over a period of 2 years. After the break up of his marriage a father came to seek help for his 7 year old son. As it soon transpired he himself was 7 years old when his father left the family. The trauma of that event was deeply embedded in him, causing him to continue a pattern of abandoning and being abandoned himself. His shyness, low self esteem, problematic relationships with volatile women and inability to make decisions increased his anxiety and confusion. After much struggle and some unusual events in the course of the therapy the client came to a stronger and a more adult sense of self.