ABSTRACT

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:
* infancy
* gender
* transference
* popular culture
* assessment and pathology
* dreams and active imagination
* the training of the therapist
* religious and spiritual issues.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 2 2_1|15 pages

The Body-Self Relationship

chapter 2 2_2|11 pages

Emerging Mind from Matter

Dialectical processes

chapter 3|30 pages

Patient and Analyst

Transference and Countertransference

chapter 3 3_1|16 pages

The Intersubjective Nature of Analysis

chapter 3 3_2|12 pages

Transference and Countertransference

Historical and clinical developments in the Society of Analytical Psychology

chapter 4 4_2|6 pages

Training

A recent trainee's reflection

chapter 5 5_1|12 pages

Tricky Beginnings

Assessment in context

chapter 6 6_1|11 pages

A Jungian's Approach to Dreams

chapter 6 6_2|14 pages

Active Imagination

Dreaming with open eyes

chapter 7 7_1|11 pages

Processes of Transformation

chapter 7 7_2|10 pages

‘God Could Be Something Terrible'

chapter 10 10_1|10 pages

Popular Culture

Keeping ourselves together

chapter 10 10_2|11 pages

Pattern

chapter 11|22 pages

Social Issues

chapter 11 11_1|11 pages

Slimming Down

A discussion suggesting archetypal roots for a contemporary metaphor

chapter 11 11_2|9 pages

Individuation in the Age of Uncertainty