Jungian Psychotherapy: A Study in Analytical Psychology

by Michael Fordham

'This book contains an exposition of therapeutic methods used by analytical psychologists. It is based on Jung's own investigations and includes developments in his ideas and practices that others have initiated. 'Jung held that his work was scientific in that he had discovered an objective field of enquiry. When applying this assertion to analytical psychotherapy one must make it quite clear that, unlike what happens in other sciences, the personality of the therapist enters into the procedures adopted in a way uncharacteristic of experimental method. In the natural sciences study is different in kind and the investigator's personality is significant only in his capacity to be a scientist. By contrast, in analytical therapy the personal influence of the analyst pervades his work and furthermore extends to generations of psychotherapists; the way the author conducts psychotherapy is inevitably influenced having known Jung, having developed a personal loyalty to him and by being treated by three therapists who came under his influence.

Genres: Psychology

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Michael Fordham was an English child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. His clinical and theoretical collaboration with psychoanalysts of the object relations school led him to make significant theoretical contributions to what has become known as 'The London School' of analytical psychology.

Reviews

[Ruta Juzulenaite]

It gives a very basic mix of jungian ideas and modern psychoanalytical techniques. Can be considered a therapeutical manual. Fordham has a great way of putting down very basic ideas in a simple, yet non- reductionalist way

[Mind the Book · Rating 4 out of 5]

Till det yttre torr och trist, mitt exemplar utgallrat från ett sjukhusbibliotek i London, men texten är överraskande relevant och pedagogisk.

Exempelvis kan ett avsnitt handla om 'Chair vs. couch'. Indirekt är det ju en fråga om 'Jung vs. Freud'. Ett annat beskriver hur en terapisession inleds steg för steg. Det har jag inte sett någon annanstans, någonsin. Den som t.ex. går en lärarutbildning undrar ju alltid efter fem år, "men hur bloody GÖR man", för ingen berättar någonsin det på ett konkret sätt.