ABSTRACT
The transition of identity in an analyst with the life changing experience of immigration is basically no different from that in other individuals for the most part. The sense of self and our personal identity afford us an experience of permanence, relative constancy, and continuous stability from the very beginnings of our self-consciousness throughout our life cycle. To establish a relative equilibrium that allows us to maintain sufficient control and necessary integrity to tolerate frustration, keep hope, establish confidence, enjoy our success, and learn to master many of our challenges. This gives us the capacity to maintain a reliable store of intuitive as well as working knowledge, both physically and emotionally, and to recognize our own needs as well as our obligations to others. The fundamental mechanics and basic structures of these capabilities are formed in the context of secure attachment, optimal or good enough process of separation-individuation and consequently a normative passing of the Oedipus Complex.
