Susan E. Schwartz - The absent father effect on daughters, father desire, father wounds

Psychosocial Wednesdays with Susan E. Schwartz (13 January 2021)
This is a love story, but an unrequited one. As Jung commented, “The father is decisive in the destiny of the individual.” The central premise is that the absence of the father is harmful not only due to his absence, but more to the presence of the absence, affecting a daughter in body, mind and soul. Additionally, absence implies a space to be filled, a necessity to attend to the lack, and a call for the potential of the psyche to emerge.
Susan E. Schwartz, PhD and Jungian analyst, is a member the International Association of Analytical Psychology. She has taught at numerous Jungian programs, workshops and lectures worldwide. She has published journal articles and book chapters on Jungian analytical psychology, as well as a new book on this subject with Routledge. Her private practice is in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and can be contacted through www.susanschwartzphd.com.
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