Complexes: Diagnosis and Therapy in Analytical Psychology

Complex groups of associations arising out of the unconscious have been known and described in all cultures and are integral to the healthy psyche. Breuer first coined the term complexes to describe certain personalities. Jung developed the concept further, assigning the shell of the complex with its amplifications and associations to the personal unconscious and postulating a core that is archetypal in nature and rooted in the collective unconscious. In this book, Hans Dieckmann fills a lacuna by developing a general theory of the complexes that gives both the student and the practicing analyst an overview of this concept for the purposes of diagnosis and therapy. Illustrated throughout with clinical vignettes and diagrams, Complexes provides a clear and orderly path through the chaotic contents of analysis. CONTENTS: The Complex Structure of the Psyche The Structure of Complexes The Relationship of the Ego-complex to the Individual Complexes The Shell of the Complex and the Trigger Situation The Core of the Complex Diagnosing Positive and Negative Parental Complexes The Pathology of the Positive Mother Complexes The Formation of and Dealing with Symbols in the Complex Core, Exemplified in Two Borderline Cases The Oedipus Complex in Analytical Psychology… (more)