Jungian theories and clinical approaches to the central therapeutic and developmental issue of abandonment are featured with topics covering early infancy, the creative woman, transformation, and others. Contents: Michael Fordham - Abandonment in Infancy Marion Woodman - Abandonment in the Creative Woman Jeffrey Satinover - At the Mercy of Another: Abandonment and Restitution in Psychosis and Psychotic Character Patricia Berry-Hillman - Some Dream Motifs Accompanying the "Abandonment" of an Analytic Practice Harriet Gordon Machtiger - Perilous Beginnings: Loss, Abandonment, and Transformation Renaldo Maduro - Abandonment and Deintegration of the Primary Self Gilda Frantz - Birth's Cruel Secret: I am my own Lost Mother To my own Sad Child William Willeford - Abandonment, Wish, and Hope in the Blues Tristan 0. Cornes - Symbol and Ritual in Melancholia: The Archetype of The Divine Victim