Very interesting history behind psychological terminology we often take for granted today.
This is inspired by having just watched the film A Dangerous Method. I’ve never studied Jung before, it was very interesting.
Carl Jung (1875-1961) founded analytical psychology. He proposed and developed a range of concepts including introversion and extroversion, archetypes and the collective unconscious. During a period of his life he worked closely with Freud on concepts of the unconscious but their differing opinions caused a break in their working relationship, despite Freud’s significant influence on Jung’s later work.
The central concept of analytical psychology is individuation—the process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious and unconscious, while still maintaining their relative autonomy. Jung considered individuation to be the central process of human development. Jung is also one of the best known contemporary contributors to dream analysis and symbolisation.
Though he was a practicing clinician he considered himself a scientist, and much of his life’s work was spent exploring a wide range…
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