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    Depth psychology

    Archetypes are primordial elements of the Collective Unconscious in the psychology of Carl Gustav
    Jung. Archetypes form the unchanging context from
    which the contents of cyclic and sequent changes
    derive their meanings. Duration is the secret of
    action.[4]

    Historically, depth psychology (from the German term


    Tiefenpsychologie), was coined by Eugen Bleuler to refer to psychoanalytic approaches to therapy and research
    that take the unconscious into account.[1] The term was
    rapidly accepted in the year of its proposal (1914) by
    Sigmund Freud, to cover a topographical view of the
    mind in terms of dierent psychic systems.[2]

    The psyche spontaneously generates mythicoreligious symbolism or themes, and is therefore


    spiritual or metaphysical, as well as instinctive, in
    nature. An implication of this is that the choice of
    whether to be a spiritual person may be beyond the
    individual, whether and how we apply it, including
    to nonspiritual aspirations.

    Depth psychology has since come to refer to the ongoing development of theories and therapies pioneered by
    Pierre Janet, William James, and Carl Jung as well as
    Freud, which explore the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious (thus including both psychoanalysis and Jungian psychology).[3]

    All minds, all lives, are ultimately embedded in


    some sort of myth-making in the form of themes or
    patterns. Mythology is therefore not a series of old
    explanations for natural events, but rather the richness and wonder of humanity played out in a symbolical, thematic, and patterned storytelling.

    Summary of primary elements

    Depth psychology states that psyche is a process that is


    partly conscious and partly unconscious and partly semiconscious. In practice, depth psychology seeks to explore
    underlying motives as an approach to various mental disorders, with the belief that the uncovering of these motives is intrinsically healing. It seeks the deep layers underlying behavioral and cognitive processes. The initial
    work and development of the theories and therapies by
    Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler and Otto Rank
    have resulted in three main perspectives on depth psychology in modern times:

    3 Criticism
    Fredric Jameson considers postmodernism to reject depth models such as Freuds, in favor of a set
    of multiple surfaces consisting of intertextual discourses and practices.[5]
    Esotericism criticises depth psychologies (including the Jungian) for reducing the numinal to
    the inward alone, and for excessive reliance on
    the experiential.[6] This position has also been
    challenged.[7]

    Psychoanalytic: Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott (among others); Object relations theory; NeoFreudianism
    Adlerian: Adlers Individual psychology
    Jungian: Jungs Analytical psychology; James Hillmans Archetypal psychology

    4 See also
    Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism

    Complex

    Jungian views

    Individual psychology

    The unconscious contains repressed experiences and


    other personal-level issues in its upper layers and
    transpersonal (e.g. collective, non-I, archetypal)
    forces in its depths. The semi-conscious contains
    or is, an aware pattern of personality, including everything in a spectrum from individual vanity to the
    personality of the workplace.

    Post-Freudianism
    Psychoanalysis
    Psychotherapy
    Triune brain
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    References

    [1] Henri Ellenberger, The Discovery of the Unconscious


    (1970) p. 562
    [2] Sigmund Freud, On Metapsychology (PFL 11) p. 175-6
    [3] Chalquist, Craig. What Is Depth Psychology?". terrapsych.com. Re-engaging the Soul of Place (Spring Journal Books, 2007). Retrieved 2013-02-19.
    [4] Dr. Fredricks, Randi. Depth Psychology. Theoretical Approaches: Depth Psychology. Dr. Randi Fredricks
    Ph.D., LMFT. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
    [5] M. Hardt/K. Weeks eds., The Jameson Reader (2000) p.
    198
    [6] Eileen Barker, Of Gods and Men (1983) p. 173-5
    [7] Brown, R.S. (2014). Evolving Attitudes. International
    Journal of Jungian Studies, 6.3, 243-253.

    Further reading

    Ken Wilbur Integral Psychology (2000)

    External links
    Depth Psychology List: Find or List depth psychology oriented therapists, coaches, and practitioners
    of various types
    The C.G. Jung Page
    JungNet The Writings of C. G. Jung
    Depth Psychology Alliance: Online Community for
    exploring Depth Psychology topics, news, discussion, events
    Depth Insights: Media for Depth Psychology including podcasts and the semi-annual scholarly e-Zine,
    Depth Insights
    The Institute for Cultural Change
    Pacica Graduate Institute
    Sonoma State University M.A. program in Depth
    Psychology
    Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
    Integral Science
    Depth Psychology Explained
    What is depth psychology?
    Center for Depth Psychology. Newport Beach, CA.
    USA
    What is Jungian Psychotherapy?

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