ABSTRACT
Among thousands of refugees there are fathers who become physically and emotionally absent by tortures, wars and migrations.
The author presents the therapeutic case of an African victim of torture, who is an asylum seeker in Israel. The separation from his family and his feelings as an absent father emerged as a central subject of this chapter.
Like in other cases, the oppressiveness of the regime from which he escaped, and the rejection by the Israeli authorities, constellates the archetype of the Terrible Father. This archetype could be moderated by the Feminine, which is also made absent by separation. Therapeutic issues are discussed in the chapter.
