ABSTRACT

In the first place the term "psycho–analysis", when strictly used, refers only to the theories of Sigmund Freud. James Strachey has said that Freud's discoveries may, in general, be groups under three headings: the discovery of an instrument for research; the findings which were produces by the research instrument; and finally the theories and hypotheses which Freud inferred from the findings. Jung's interest in mythology and comparative religion led eventually to theory of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious, and to a development of the concept of the Unconscious Mind generally. It is the view of psycho–analysis that really effective learning takes place only when a child's energies and drives are properly and fully employed. A truly psycho–analytical approach would emphasize the need for self–discipline and self–analysis; and also the need for the development of the integration or the wholeness of the individual, and of capacity for health, happiness and love.