Clinical paradigm as analytic third. Reflections on a century of analysis and an emergent paradigm for the millennium

This chapter argues for the desirability of a conscious paradigm rather than a host of unconscious assumptions and suggests the need for paradigmatic change. It traces the main areas of change in the clinical paradigm during the past century. The chapter shows how following Jung through to the clinical level might bring about a paradigmatic shift in the clinical attitude towards change and healing and result in a paradigm which resonates with the changes that might be required in the new millennium. It utilizes Jung's central concept of the Self to illustrate how four-dimensionality enables full-on duality to be borne and held in the analyst's heart as well as his or her thinking. This balances the patient's perceived darkness with their light in a profound way. Clinical four-dimensionality also opens up the possibilities of change and healing by superceding the fixity of causality.