Analytical psychology

Analytical psychology (also known as Depth Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Dream Analysis, or Jungian Analysis) is based upon the movement started by Carl Jung and his followers as distinct from Freudian psychoanalysis. Its aim is the personal experience of the deep forces and motivations underlying human behavior.

Post-Jung

Samuels (1985) has distinguished three schools of "post-Jungian" therapy - the classical, the developmental and the archetypal.

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Classical school

The classical school is that which tries to remain faithful to what Jung himself said.

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Developmental school

The developmental school, associated with Michael Fordham, can be considered a means to build a bridge between Jungian therapy and object relations theory.

Related Topics:
Michael Fordham - Object relations theory

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Archetypal school

The archetypal school (also known as "the imaginal school"), associated with James Hillman, dispenses with the Jungian notion that the Self can be singled out as the main archetype of the collective unconscious, giving each archetype equal value.

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Robert L. Moore, one of Jung's most dedicated followers, has explored the archetypal level of the human psyche in a series of five books co-authored with Douglas Gillette, which have played an important role in the men's movement in the United States. Moore likes to use computerese, so he likens the archetypal level of the human psyche to the hard wiring of a computer ? the operating system. Our personal experiences of course influence our accessing the archetypal level of the human psyche, but personalized ego consciousness can be likened to the software in a computer (e.g., Microsoft Word).

Related Topics:
Robert L. Moore - Douglas Gillette - Men's movement - Operating system

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