I was reading The Psychology of the Transference last night. I related something I read to this segment of this episode. I have not been seeing this program. I stumbled onto one of the videos which seemed familiar to me, I checked it out.
In Jung’s Psychology of the Transference, Jung talks about the weakening of consciousness and a sudden loss of initiative. This gives rise to unconscious content which manifests itself as compulsions like overeating, overworking, obsessions. He goes on to say that in dealing with the unconscious and in order to protect his weakening consciousness, fear of insanity, the patient needs an island. In the scene below Rizzoli’s mother is found in her apartment painting the walls without Rizzoli’s permission. Rizzoli confronts her about this. This gives her mother an opportunity to vent her anger and make Rizzoli feel guilty about being born, “I got stretch marks for you missy”. This feeds Rizzoli’s obsessive need to fix things, overwork and find killers. She’s looking a killer in the face, but is afraid to confront her about what she is doing,
Some of the dialogue is a little treacherous but all in all it is a good show.
