ABSTRACT

This highly original book examines the relationship between analytical psychology and meaning, interpreting human suffering as arising from meaning disorders. Using clinical examples - whether people trapped in patterns of dependence, suffering from psychosomatic diseases, or with personality problems - it shows how, by treating clients' issues as failures of the meaning-making process, one can help them change their own own personal meaning.

An Introduction to Meaning and Purpose in Analytical Psychology will make provocative reading for all those in helping professions, including counsellors, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists.

chapter 1|20 pages

BETWEEN

chapter 2|26 pages

INDIVIDUATION

chapter 3|22 pages

THE CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT OF MEANING

chapter 4|25 pages

THE BODY AND MEANING DISORDER

chapter 5|22 pages

PRIMARY MEANING DISORDER

chapter 6|23 pages

DREAMS AND MEANING

chapter 7|22 pages

TIME AND MEANING

chapter 8|18 pages

LANGUAGE AND THE STRUCTURE OF MYTH

chapter 9|22 pages

MYTH AND CULTURE

chapter 10|16 pages

PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND

chapter 12|14 pages

THE ART OF MEANING