Contemporary Jungian Analysis

✍ Scribed by Ian Alister;Christopher Hauke;; Christopher Hauke

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 329
• Edition: First Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary psychotherapy, Contemporary Jungian Analysis, written by members of the Society of Analytical Psychology in London, covers the key concepts of Jungian analysis and therapy as it is practised today. Each chapter brings together two essays by different authors to give different perspectives on themes which are of common interest to psychotherapists of all persuasions. Topics include:

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction
1 Infancy and Childhood, Research and Therapy
Fordham’s Developments of Jung in the Context of Infancy and Childhood
Infant Observation and Countertransference
2 The Body-Self Relationship
The Body-Self Relationship
Emerging Mind from Matter: Dialectical Processes
3 Patient and Analyst: Transference and Countertransference
The Intersubjective Nature of Analysis
Transference and Countertransference
4 Training and Supervision
Training in Adult Analysis at the Society of Analytical Psychology
Training: A Recent Trainee’s Reflection
5 Assessment, Diagnosis and Psychopathology
Tricky Beginnings: Assessment in Context
Reflections on Assessment at the C.G. Jung Clinic
6 Dreams and Active Imagination
A Jungians Approach to Dreams
Active Imagination: Dreaming with Open Eyes
7 Religion and Spirituality
Processes of Transformation
‘God Could Be Something Terrible’
8 Gender and Sexuality
The Collective Unconscious and Primordial Influences in Gender Identity
Contrasexuality and the Unknown Soul
9 Myth and Fairy Tales
The Psychological Use of Fairy Tales
10 The Creative Interface with Culture
Popular Culture: Keeping Ourselves Together
Pattern
11 Social Issues
Slimming Down: A discussion suggesting archetypal roots for a contemporary metaphor
Individuation in the Age of Uncertainty
12 Contemporary Overview of Jungian Perspectives
What Do I Mean by Identity?
Jung, Modernity and Postmodern Psychology
Subject index
Name index