The feminine

Felisa Roldan

doi:10.9791/ajpanz.2005.07

Felisa Roldan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.2005.07

Abstract

This paper attempts to introduce a concept very rarely, if at all, mentioned in psychotherapy: "the feminine". It proposes that psychotherapy would benefit from better understanding masculine and feminine principles, particularly the latter one, in view of the neglect they have suffered over the years. Finally, it also suggests that psychotherapists could collude with an over-masculine culture if not careful. Awareness comes primarily from a personal encounter with the feminine. Jungian and Post-Jungian psychoanalysts add some light to this issue.

Author Biography

Felisa Roldan

As recorded in 2005.

Felisa Roldan is currently working part-time as a psychiatrist for Lower Hutt Community Mental Health and spends the rest of the time with her two year old son. She was born and brought up in Bilbao (Spain) where she qualified as a doctor. She then trained as a psychiatrist in the U.K. and specialised in psychotherapy. She emigrated to New Zealand in 1995 and trained as a Gestalt Psychotherapist (1996-1999). She is interested in bringing psychotherapy into psychiatry.