ABSTRACT
The patient, JW, is a 45-year-old married film-maker from a South American country, who has lived in this country for the last 12 years. His wife is pregnant with their first child. Both parents are still living in Z. He has a sister who is two years older and a brother four year, older, both of whom also reside in Z. He first consulted me for depression and for feeling that he was a “loser” in life, in his professional world, and in his marriage. He had many affairs but felt bad about this behaviour of his, especially now that is wife was pregnant. I recommended analysis after the second consultative session, and he accepted. He began analysis at a frequency of five times per week and used the couch from the beginning. Of note, aside from his depression and his affairs in his current life, was his having suffered severe beatings by his mother when he was a child and adolescent. He reported that his father never rescued him from her assaults.
