Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Personal and professional identity

Reflections beyond therapy : to be or to not-be, is that the question?

'Magical' consciousness : an ancient god, synchrony and anomaly in service of the ego

The immersion of the mermaid : a heuristic autoethnographic approach to working therapeutically with active imagination and traumatic loss

Selfies, self-definition, therapy and the trans-relational quest for meaningful connections

Part II. Culture and personal context

Context, social class and counselling : it's not all just psychology

Confidence with difficult conversations : the need to explore taboo subjects in particular relation to the sexual abuse of children

Culture as a resource in the creation of meaning : part one

Culture as a resource in the creation of meaning : part two

Part III. Practice research

Hope is a rope : living with a difficult present and an uncertain future

A chocolate Santa : imaging the liminal moment with reverie in research

Moments of deep encounter in listening relationships : resisting limiting the interpretive frame to enhance beneficial encounter

Part IV. Clinical practice

There is no horizon, this side or that side, of our own shadow : risking the relation (l)edge in clinical supervision

A dialogue with three voices : creating a therapeutic triad between therapist, asylum seeker and interpreter

Beyond relationships : into new realms in supervision

Client wisdom and holism in anthroposophic psychotherapy

Dwelling on the edge

In conclusion