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How can controversy promote mutual respect in analytical psychology?Analytical psychology is a broad church, and influences areas such as literature, cultural studies, and religion. However, in common with psychoanalysis, there are many different schools of thought and practice which have resulted in divisions within the field. Controversies in Analytical Psychology picks up on these and explores many of the most hotly contested issues in and around analytical psychology.A group of leading international Jungian authors have contributed papers from contrasting perspectives on a series of key controversies. Some of these concern clinical issues such as what helps patients get better, or how closely analysts should work with the transference. Other contributions focus on the relationship between analytical psychology and other disciplines including evolutionary theory, linguistics, politics and religion. A critical eye is cast over Jungian theories and practices, and a number of questions are raised:* are they homophobic?* do they denigrate women?* do they confuse absolute with narrative truth?* are the frequency of sessions chosen for political rather than clinical reasons?Controversies in Analytical Psychology encourages critical thinking on a variety of issues, helping foster dialogue and investigation in a climate of mutual respect and understanding. It will be invaluable for Jungian analysts and psychoanalysts in training and practice and psychotherapists.
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Controversies in Analytical Psychology
Analytical psychology is a broad church, and influences areas such as literature, cultural studies and religion. However, in common with (Freudian) psychoanalysis, there are many different schools of thought and practice which have resulted in divisions within the field. Controversies in Analytical Psychology picks up on these and explores many of the most hotly contested issues in and around analytical psychology. A group of leading international, mainly Jungian authors have contributed papers from contrasting perspectives on a series of key controversies. Some of these concern clinical issues such as what helps patients get better, or how closely analysts should work with transference. Other contributions focus on the relationship between analytical psychology and other disciplines, including evolutionary theory, linguistics, politics and religion. A critical eye is cast over Jungian theories and practices, and a number of questions are raised. Are they homophobic? • Do they denigrate women? • Do they confuse absolute with narrative truth? • Is the frequency of sessions chosen for political rather than clinical reasons? Controversies in Analytical Psychology encourages critical thinking on a variety of issues, helping to foster dialogue and investigation in a climate of mutual respect and understanding. It will be invaluable for Jungian analysts, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in training and practice. Robert Withers is a Jungian analyst in private practice and is a member of the Society of Analytical Psychology. He is also Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster.
Controversies in Analytical Psychology
Edited by Robert Withers
HOVE AND NEW YORK
First published 2003 by Brunner-Routledge 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2FA Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Brunner-Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Brunner-Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. © 2003 Selection and editorial matter, Robert Withers; individual chapters, the contributors. Paperback cover design by Lisa Dynan All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter i