Individuation, meaning in our case, Jung’s idea is a topic of deep curiosity and a lot of misunderstanding. One of the most compelling questions about this concept is whether individuation has a final point of culmination or if it is an unending journey. To probe this question, we must delve deeply into Carl Jung’s perspectives on the human psyche and …
The Individuation Process in Jungian Psychology
View PostJungian Archetypes in Modern Psychotherapy
I want to start by saying that throughout this text, I will use the phrase Jungian archetypes for keyword purposes only. That phrase reduces the complexity and dynamism of the human psyche. Carl Jung’s idea of archetypes aren’t fixed-number entities or distinct categories; they’re flexible, fundamental psychic patterns mirroring universal themes and experiences resonant in the collective unconscious. Instead of …
Integrating the Shadow with Shadow Work Prompts
View PostHow to Let Go of the Past: A Jungian Perspective on Transforming Your Past
We can learn a lot from the work of Carl Jung about how to let go of the past. In fact, my journey into Jung’s collected works began with a question that was directly related to letting go of the past: How can I ever move on from, and ultimately transcend, the torment of my past? It was something …
Carl Jung Homosexuality and the Mystery of Love
Recently someone asked me if C.G. Jung thought homosexuality was a mental illness. The short answer is, emphatically, no, no, no! Jung was not that categorical about anything. Even though he was from a time when it was not yet socially accepted, to Jung homosexuality was not necessarily problematic. For Jung homosexuality was even the spiritual destiny of some people. …
Transference Psychology in Jungian Analysis
Someone once asked the question, “Does transference always occur between a client and a therapist? If both hold the adult ego state, does that eliminate transference?” The qualifying statement in this question – if both hold the adult ego state – assumes that transference psychology is only about an infantile, parental attachment to the therapist, but that is not so. Also, …
Active Imagination: Encountering the Other Within
View PostEgo in Jungian Psychology and Why We Need It | Personality Development
The ego gets a pretty bad rap these days. People say things like “It’s just ego,” as though the ego were something we could just dispense of at will. As the center of our conscious mind, the ego is a psychological necessity. Perhaps a lot of what people say today comes from the influx of Eastern philosophy. We should remember …
Anxiety & Depression: Jungian Perspective on Finding Meaning
Okay, so the above quote is not exactly what Jung said. He actually said that a neurosis is a substitute for legitimate suffering. We’ll get to that later… Conventional approaches treat anxiety and depression as though anxiety and depression are the problems in and of themselves, rather than the symptoms of an underlying imbalance in the whole person. Analytical Psychology, …
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