Practical Jung: Nuts and Bolts of Jungian Psychotherapy

by Harry A. Wilmer

Discusses Jung's teachings about transference, archetypes, outer manifestations, psychotherapy, dreams, symbolism, and creativity and shows how to apply Jung's theories to psychotherapy

Genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Nonfiction

292 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1987

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. I’m honestly so happy I finally finished this. It’s written kindof like prose. It helps bring Jung down to an easier level. There are relevant things and some really pretty snippets, but this took me so long I had to rethink how I was reading it.

“ The therapist is a midwife to birth and rebirth
And partakes of some of the pain of the occasion
Even though he does not know
And this not knowing is his great wisdom”

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple explanations of Jung's archetypes and process of individuation. For those of us who are more visually oriented, the diagrams were a good way to illustrate principals.

[Trace Nichols · Rating 2 out of 5]

Difficult to connect with... a bit "out there".

[Jeremie Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great primer to Jungian psychotherapy with nuggets of insight on general psychotherapy presented by a clinician with decades of experience. Elegant, witty and includes beautiful illustrations I will be refering back to in the future.

[Anita Ashland · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is written in almost a poetic way and has fun cartoon style graphics on almost every page to help explain Jungian concepts.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

No work that frequently uses the word enantiadromia can be considered practical.