ABSTRACT
The division of the therapeutic process which Jung most commonly employs is that of the analytic and reductive stage, where causes are explored, and the prospective and synthetic stage, where trends for the future are considered, but in one of his essays the two stages are sub-divided into four—confession, explanation or elucidation, education and transformation. The individuation process has been met already, and clearly a relationship exists between it and the fourth stage, transformation, given in the paper on psychotherapy which we have been taking as a guide. At any rate, Jung’s conception of the patient-physician relationship is of considerable importance in his work. The procedure can be described as dialectical, a dialogue or discussion between two persons. Jung is not unaware of the dangers of this kind of participation for the doctor. ‘In such a procedure time can take effect as a healing factor, without the patient’s having to pay for the doctor’s time.
