ABSTRACT
Ann is a 32-year-old Jewish woman, a painter. She was raised in France and immigrated to the States several years ago. In our first consultation session she told me that she had considered entering treatment for several years, as she was aware that since she left home, ten years ago, she has been experiencing complicated emotional processes she needed to work through. She felt she needed someone to help her to reach better integration. She told me in the first session: “My experience is sometimes like I have many parts to myself that I need to put together.”
