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Ścieżki psychoterapii: Jung, Mindell, Hillman. Indywiduacja jako wędrówka
The paths of psychotherapy: Jung, Mindell, Hillman. Individuation as a wandering

Author(s): Michał Wróblewski
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: C. G. Jung; A. Mindell; J. Hillman;Self; psychology of process; archetypal psychology; psychology

Summary/Abstract: Carl Gustav Jung compared human life to migration, from Self to ego, and back: from ego to Self. TheSwiss psychiatrist was inspired by alchemy. For him, alchemists, similarly to psychotherapists, work withcontents of unconsciousness. From alchemists he adapted two methods in his therapy: amplification andactive imagination. He also had creative and critical successors like Arnold Mindell and James Hillman.They transformed some conceptions of their master. Mindell focused on work with the body, especiallywith the sleeping body. Hillman concentrated on work with metaphors as the best way to recognizea soul. Mindell compared his psychology of process to Taoism. Hillman tried to go back to the polytheisticroots of the Western culture – Greek mythology.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 36-43
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish