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Author Kast, Verena, 1943-

Title The dynamics of symbols : fundamentals of Jungian psychotherapy / Verena Kast ; translated by Susan A. Schwarz.

Imprint New York : Fromm International Pub. Corp., ©1992.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  150.1954 KAS    Missing
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.8914 K19D    Check Shelf
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description x, 220 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Series Fromm psychology
Fromm psychology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.
Contents 1. Aspects of Humanity. The Individuation Process. The Self -- 2. Aspects of the Symbol. On the Concept of the Symbol. The Appearance of Symbols. Symbolic Acts. The Symbolizing Attitude. Accepting Symbols. The Formation of Symbols as a Process. Symbols and the Goal of Therapy -- 3. Aspects of the Complex. Complex Experience. Definitions of the Complex. Complexes with Empowering Influences -- 4. Aspects of the Ego Complex. The Ego Complex and the Experience of Identity. The Ego Complex in Terms of Developmental Psychology. The Ego Functions. Constellations of the Ego Complex. Compensation through Fantasies of Grandeur. Compensation through Idealized Powerful Parental Figures. Compensation through Mirror Identification. Destructive Rage as a Compensation. Compensation through Devaluation. Compensation as an Attitude. Fragmentation. Therapeutic Considerations in Reestablishing Coherence of the Ego Complex -- 5. Aspects of the Archetype. Bloch's Criticism of Jung's Theory of Archetypes. Archetypal Constellation and Relationship. Consequences of the Concept of Archetypes in Dealing with Symbols. The Archetype of the Self and the Individuation Process. The Mandala as a Symbol. The Individuation Process. Remarks on Synchronicity. Synchronicity and Psychosomatics -- 6. Transference, Countertransference and the Formation of New Symbols. Turning Points in Analysis. The Experience of Being Understood in the Therapeutic Relationship as a Prerequisite for the Formation of Symbols. Collusive Transference/Countertransference and the Formation of Symbols. Thoughts on Guilt. The Intrapsychic Dynamics. Guilt and Responsibility. The Role of Empathy. Dealing with Guilt Unproductively. Excerpts from a Course of Therapy. Archetypal Countertransference as a Fairy-tale Revelation.
Summary According to Carl Jung, the goal of human life is self realization; we have to strive to become whole. Deep down, we are all creative beings, and we have to make use of our creativity to become what we really are. Kast explores Jung's concept of the human being and describes the path to wholeness which, since Jung, is known as the individuation process. It becomes clear that wholeness is only possible through the interplay between conscious and unconscious. However, the two have different languages: consciousness uses word-logic, whereas the unconscious uses dream-logic. Both languages would be forever foreign to each other, were it not for symbols, which mediate between the two: our unconscious encodes its knowledge in symbols, which we then have to translate into the language of our consciousness. Thus symbols are focal points of psychic development, and it is through them that we can become whole human beings. Jung taught us the techniques with which we can make the creative core of the unconscious available to consciousness. Kast explains them by using numerous examples from her daily work as a therapist. She shows us how psychological problems can be overcome by working on the symbols in which they express themselves. In a language that can be readily grasped by the general reader, Kast goes on to explain the basic thought of Jungian psychotherapy, covering the correlation between symbols and complexes, with a special emphasis on the ego-complex; the healing function of the archetypes and how they appear in, and interact with, symbols; and symbols in transference and countertransference, powerful tools in psychotherapy. Kast also discusses the interplay of psychosomatic diseases and symbols. The Dynamics of Symbols is not only of immediate interest to all psychologists and their patients. It is of direct concern to everyone who has the desire to become a whole human being.
Subject Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
Psychotherapy.
Symbolism (Psychology)
Jung, C. G (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
Jungian Theory. (DNLM)D007602
Psychotherapy. (DNLM)D011613
Symbolism. (DNLM)D013561
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961. (OCoLC)fst00029786
Psychotherapy. (OCoLC)fst01081755
Symbolism (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01140764
Added Title Dynamik der Symbole. English
Other Form: Online version: Kast, Verena, 1943- Dynamik der Symbole. English. Dynamics of symbols. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Fromm International Pub. Corp., ©1992 (OCoLC)749017217
ISBN 0880642009 (alk. paper)
9780880642002 (alk. paper)
0880642017 (pbk.)
9780880642019 (pbk.)
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