Carl Jung’s analytic psychology has the goal of helping clients to uncover and understand “material from both the personal and collective unconscious (Seligman and Reichenberg, 2014 p. 92).” This process is intensive and can take a long time to achieve.
Basic Principles
Jung's analytical psychology describes the unconscious as more complex and potentially positive, and containing repressed material. He focused on integrating and making conscious aspects of the psyche.
Components of the Psyche
Conscious Mind
Ego-center of conscious mind
Persona-idealized side of conscious mind
Two Attitudes(Extraversion and Introversion)
Four functions (thinking, feeling, sensation, intuition) tendency to function through one of the 4 and the opposite of their superior function is the problematic area.
Unconscious Mind
Collective Unconscious Personal Unconscious
Archetypes Repressed or forgotten memories
Self complexes
Anima/Animus Archetypes
Shadow Shadow
Other Images, Myths, and Symbols
Components of the Psyche
Conscious Mind
Ego-center of conscious mind
Persona-idealized side of conscious mind
Two Attitudes(Extraversion and Introversion)
Four functions (thinking, feeling, sensation, intuition) tendency to function through one of the 4 and the opposite of their superior function is the problematic area.
Unconscious Mind
Collective Unconscious Personal Unconscious
Archetypes Repressed or forgotten memories
Self complexes
Anima/Animus Archetypes
Shadow Shadow
Other Images, Myths, and Symbols
Treatment process
1. Catharsis and emotional cleansing-discharging emotions without re-living past trauma
2. Elucidation- the meaning of symptoms are examined and clarified.
3.Education- supportive encouragement by the therapist to fill in gaps in development
4. Transformation- achieved when clients have a deep understanding of the collective unconscious.
2. Elucidation- the meaning of symptoms are examined and clarified.
3.Education- supportive encouragement by the therapist to fill in gaps in development
4. Transformation- achieved when clients have a deep understanding of the collective unconscious.
Interventions
Use of symbols- stresses thinking symbolically and understanding underlying patterns driving feeling and behaviors
Dream interpretation-retelling of the dream, describing impacts, exploring events that could have triggered it, investigating symbols and making sense of the dream in the conscious.
Word Association Tests-clinician reads words and the client responds with the first word that comes to mind, tensions can be revealed in hesitations, reactions, and patterns
Rituals- incorporation of rituals into therapy to facilitate growth and passage from one phase to the next.
Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014 p. 94)
Dream interpretation-retelling of the dream, describing impacts, exploring events that could have triggered it, investigating symbols and making sense of the dream in the conscious.
Word Association Tests-clinician reads words and the client responds with the first word that comes to mind, tensions can be revealed in hesitations, reactions, and patterns
Rituals- incorporation of rituals into therapy to facilitate growth and passage from one phase to the next.
Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014 p. 94)
Clients can expect to experience a personal growth approach that can appeal to many different cultures given the use of understanding rituals, spirituality, and symbols. Analytical psychology also focuses on the unconscious mind and exploring repressed memories. The analyst is an active participant in the therapeutic process and seeks to educate and collaborate with the client( Seligman and Reichenberg, 2014).