ABSTRACT
The practice of multiple analyses, that is of seeing more than one analyst during an analysis, has long been an accepted pattern among Jungian analysts. This practice can be classified into concurrent analyses or serial analyses, and this chapter focuses on concurrent analyses. The chapter elucidates the theoretical basis for simultaneous multiple analyses, and discusses the pros and cons of its practice. It defines some basic concepts of analytical psychology related to multiple analyses. Within analytical psychology there are three main trends on viewing patient's material. Orthodox Jungians work almost exclusively with dreams and when the transference is interpreted the focus is on its archetypal aspect, particularly in relationship to the Self. At the other extreme are those analytical psychologists who give the transference the central and all important place in their interpretive work. There is a large central group which combines transference interpretation and dream interpretation, without regarding the latter only from the point of view of transference.
