Midlife is a time where it seems like the individuation process has come to a stop. Yet the darkness of midlife offers it's own opportunities. Carl Jung believed alchemy was tied to the darkness of midlife.

Jochen Stork has written:

'Wege der Individuation' -- subject(s): Case studies, Individuation (Psychology)

Frances Gray has written:

'Jung, Irigaray, individuation' -- subject(s): Feminist theory, Individuation (Psychology)

Mara Sidoli has written:

'The unfolding self' -- subject(s): Individuation, Separation-individuation, Personality Development, Self, Psychotherapy, Self Concept, Pathological Psychology

'The unfolding self' -- subject(s): Pathological Psychology, Personality development, Psychotherapy, Self, Self Concept, Separation-individuation, Individuation, Personality Development

Individuation is the quest for completeness, so that the individual has successfully expressed in the outside world all aspects of himself, that don't have a negative effect on the society that he/she lives in.