"The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."
-- Carl Jung
Analytic Psychology
Basic Principles
Carl Jung's theory, known as analytical psychology, focuses on helping people integrate and make aspects of the psyche/personality more conscious to the individual. Like Freud, Jung centered much of his theory around the psyche and unconscious, but Jung's concept is more complex and resides in three main areas; the conscious mind, the collective unconscious, and the personal unconscious.
Jungian analysts are similar to Freudian in that they also practice a lengthy and intensive process of psychoanalysis. Through a deep exhaustive analysis, the practitioner aims to encourage the emergence and understanding of material from both the collective and personal unconscious. By guiding the client through a regressive process of dredging painful material up from the unconscious, the practitioner is able to make these thoughts and emotions conscious, and meaningful to the client. Ultimately the goal is to resolve inner conflicts, achieve balance, obtain a sense of individuality, creative growth, and spiritual expansion.
Jungian analysts are similar to Freudian in that they also practice a lengthy and intensive process of psychoanalysis. Through a deep exhaustive analysis, the practitioner aims to encourage the emergence and understanding of material from both the collective and personal unconscious. By guiding the client through a regressive process of dredging painful material up from the unconscious, the practitioner is able to make these thoughts and emotions conscious, and meaningful to the client. Ultimately the goal is to resolve inner conflicts, achieve balance, obtain a sense of individuality, creative growth, and spiritual expansion.
intervention techniques:
Like the other styles of psychotherapy, Jungian therapy begins with establishing the therapeutic alliance, focusing on the conscious, and building a foundation for exploring the unconscious. Jungian treatments typically utilize 4 stages:
- Catharsis and Emotional Cleansing- The beginning process of coming to terms with strong negative (repressed) emotions, and releasing them to make clients present and future more positive.
- Elucidation- The process of making meaning out of symptoms, and working through childhood origins of emotional difficulties.
- Education- In this stage the clinician works to bridge any gaps in development or maturation, and supports/encourages the client to take risks to improve their life. (end of treatment for many).
- Transformation- Some clients go into this stage. Transformation involves the client utilizing their new-found
USE OF SYMBOLS: Jung stressed the ability for man to think symbolically. Clinicians strive to understand the underlying psychological meanings of the symbols often found in client's dreams, symptoms, fantasies, etc. By knowing about the various symbols found in stories, legends, myths, fairy tales, art, literature and religion; a clinician can help to find patterns and meaning in symbolic thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
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WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS: This is a useful technique for exploring complexes and other unconscious material. The clinician reads one word at a time to the client, and the client responds with the first word that comes to mind. By recording, hesitations, unusual responses, repeated responses, physiological responses, etc; the clinician is able to make connections to unconscious material.
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Source:
Seligman, L., & Reichenberg, L. (2014). Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy (4th ed., pp. 40-110). Pearson Publishing.
Seligman, L., & Reichenberg, L. (2014). Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy (4th ed., pp. 40-110). Pearson Publishing.