1st Edition

Jung and Searles

By David Sedgwick Copyright 1994
192 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

Jung and Searles is the first in-depth integration of the psychotherapeutic models of C.G. Jung and Harold F. Searles. Combining Jung's theoretical depths with Searles' liberating approach to the analytic process, David Sedgwick bridges the rift between analytical psychology and psychoanalysis and achieves a new vision of psychotherapy. Discussing personality theory, countertransference and... Read more
1 INTRODUCTION 2 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS The personified unconscious, Origins of the unconscious, Subject/object questions, Phylogenetic inheritance, Psychological 'reality', Unconscious dynamics and communications Polarities, Consciousness, Self and individuation, Summary 3 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Psychopathology? Definition Pathological contents, Defenses Origins, Regression/progression Diagnosis, Summary 4 THE PROCESS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY Goals, Transference/countertransference, The therapeutic environment, Working with the unconscious Stages of therapy, Summary, 5 THE THERAPIST Personality as technique, The style of the therapist, The personality of the therapist Therapist/client, Summary, 6 CONCLUSIONS Closing thoughts.

Biography

David Sedgwick