1st Edition

Transitions in Jungian Analysis Essays on Illness, Death and Violence

By Pamela J. Power Copyright 2024
120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

This deeply personal book contains essays and articles that portray the evolution of the author as a practicing Jungian analyst. Themes of illness, death, and violence are inherent within the chapters of this book. She uses metaphors from music to describe transitions, some involve literal death, and others are metaphorical. The chapters of this book provide an engaging and readable review of... Read more

Introduction  1. Death of the Analyst  2. A New Dog-Image  3. Violence and the Religious Instinct  4. Fits and Seizures: Dog as Therapist to the Analyst  5. Negative Coniunctio:  Envy and Sadomasochism in Analysis  6. Distillation of "Feeling Values" in Turbulent Times  7. Melancholia and Catastrophic Change: An Essay on the Film Melancholia (2011)  8. Body Ontology  9. The "Arcane Substance" in the World of Gaming

Biography

Pamela J. Power is a clinical psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst living in Santa Monica, CA, USA. She is a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, where she served as clinic director and director of training. She has lectured nationally and internationally in the field of analytical psychology on a variety of topics. She is also a member of the Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts, the International Association for Analytical Psychology, and the International Society for Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority.