ABSTRACT
C. G. Jung makes the countertransference the raw material for the transformation of both parties in the room. Jung's, and post-Jungians', perspectives are informed by Jung's unique sense of the transcendent function, which is synonymous with active imagination. Classical indicates Jung, to some extent, and the theorists and first generation analysts adhering to the early understanding of Jung's work. Some of Jung's concepts of transference phenomena only become clear or purposeful when one understands the preceding ideas he was refuting, innovating, or referencing. Leader of the Berlin research initiative, H. Dieckmann was one of the first Jungian analysts to discuss his own process as the analyst. A Jungian analyst from London, Michael Fordham worked on refining the meaning of the terms "transference" and "countertransference". The Langsian group formed as an attempt to bridge the psychoanalytic perspectives of Robert Langs with Jungian work.
