Unrepresented mental states lead to an impaired ability to feel emotions and trust in oneself, on... more Unrepresented mental states lead to an impaired ability to feel emotions and trust in oneself, one's history and in the world. The article explores the question of how representations of oneself and the relevant other, the mother, become possible in the course of therapy when dissociative processes previously made this impossible, and what role unconscious communication plays in the analytic realm. This question will be explored by examining the theories of André Green, Philip Bromberg, and Howard Levine.
C.G. Jung developed, based on empirical studies of the association experiment,
the concept of com... more C.G. Jung developed, based on empirical studies of the association experiment, the concept of complexes, that is a main component of the psychodynamic method of analytical psychology. His successors further developed the complex model. Nowadays, Complex Theory (CT) assumes that unmet or insufficiently met basic needs in childhood and adolescence later lead to dysfunctional complexes, meaning that the emotional patterns that influence perception, thinking, images, bodily sensations and behaviour in adulthood prevent the individual from a satisfying life. Dysfunctional complexes lead to problems and difficulties in dealing with oneself and others. The individual tries, with insufficient means, to satisfy their previously unfulfilled basic needs. This article discusses Grawe’s research-based theory of basic needs in relation of Jung’s concept of complexes with the result that not only four, but five basic needs (attachment, autonomy & control, self-enhancement, play & pleasure, meaning) must be taken in account as reasons for dysfunctional complexes.
Analytische Psychologie ZEITSCHRIFT FüR PSYCHOTHERAPIE uND PSYCHOANALYSE, 2022
Zusammenfassung: Nicht repräsentierte mentale Zustände führen zu einer Beeinträchtigung der Fähig... more Zusammenfassung: Nicht repräsentierte mentale Zustände führen zu einer Beeinträchtigung der Fähigkeit, Gefühle und Vertrauen in sich, in seine Geschichte und in die Welt zu empfinden. Der Artikel geht der Frage nach, wie Repräsentationen von sich selbst und einem relevanten Anderen, der Mutter, im Laufe einer Therapie möglich werden, wenn dissoziative Prozesse dies bisher verunmöglichten, und welche Rolle dabei die unbewusste Kommunikation im analytischen Raum spielt. Diese Frage wird in der Auseinandersetzung mit den Theorien von André Green, Philipp Bromberg und Peter Levine untersucht
This paper describes some of the changes in the image of the hero over the last one hundred years... more This paper describes some of the changes in the image of the hero over the last one hundred years beginning with the rise of the theoretical understanding of the hero, initially described by Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud, and C. G. Jung, with a focus on how C. G. Jung described the classic hero archetype. This image of the hero is juxtaposed to current cultural images, where a “de-heroizing” and psychologizing of the hero predominates, as exemplified by the use of the terms banished and negative hero in the psychoanalytic literature of André Green and Harri Virtanen.
Analytical Psychology Journal for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Analytische Psychologie ZEITSCHRIFT FüR PSYCHoTHERAPIE uND PSYCHoANALYSE, 2019
Wenn das Thema der Komplexe in den Mittelpunkt rückt, fällt auf, dass Vorstellungen in Psychologi... more Wenn das Thema der Komplexe in den Mittelpunkt rückt, fällt auf, dass Vorstellungen in Psychologie, Psychoanalyse, Analytischer Psychologie und Verhaltenstherapie in ähnliche Richtungen zielen, was in der jungianischen Literatur bereits vermerkt wurde. Während wir aber von Komplexen sprechen, sprechen diese von Schemata. Auch hinsichtlich der Ursache von Schemata oder Komplexen lassen sich interessante Parallelen feststellen. In diesem Beitrag möchte ich den bereits begonnenen Vergleich von Schemata und gefühlsbetonten Komplexen weiter vertiefen und dabei das zentrale Thema der Grundbedkürfnisse aufgreifen.
The aim of this paper is to examine feeling-toned complexes from a developmental psychological pe... more The aim of this paper is to examine feeling-toned complexes from a developmental psychological perspective. From this perspective feeling-toned complexes emerge when basic needs are not met. A very similar theory is put forward by Jeffery Young in his Schema Therapy (Young, Klosko, & Weishaar 2005). His basic needs concept, developed on the basis of empirical research, covers four basic needs which are: attachment, autonomy, and self-worth, as well as play and spontaneity. My proposition is to deal with this conceptual view from a Jungian perspective insofar as we can integrate the four basic needs, however adding a fifth: the basic need for meaning in the theory of feeling-toned complexes. Emotional schemas and feeling-toned complexes are then comparable patterns. The strengths and weaknesses of Analytic Psychology compared to Jeffrey Young's schema therapy are further discussed. The foundation of the feeling-toned complexes on unmet basic needs lends itself to including a further reference, namely Jaak Panksepp's neuroscientific findings. Panksepp formulates seven basic affective systems which I discuss first, then I focus on what could be gained from the basic needs concept and finally I turn to the feeling-complex in an attempt to integrate neuroscientific findings into complex theory.
The patient’s culture has an impact on our psychotherapeutic work. The paper aims to explore the ... more The patient’s culture has an impact on our psychotherapeutic work. The paper aims to explore the topic of intercultural psychotherapy by means of an examination of the specific example of Muslim Balkan cultures. The concepts of individualistic versus collectivistic culture and the concept of the cultural unconscious prove helpful in this context. The question as to the incorporation of traditional healer is also discussed
This book is dedicated to the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren from the perspe... more This book is dedicated to the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren from the perspective of analytical psychology. In the first part, the archetypal images are discussed that can be found in fairy tales, legends, myths and epics, which are attributed to the grandparents like the "wicked witch" or the "wise old man". Memories of grandmothers who is a "wise old woman" or experienced as a "witch", can be stored in the implicit memory as meaningful and can be activated depending on the situation. In a second part, a closer look is made of the storage processes in the so called implicit memory. On the one hand, the concept of "internal working models" (Bowlby) is mentioned – which contains representative information on patterns of relationship and caregivers, on the other hand, the Jungian concept of the "complex" will be addressed. Important in this context are the importance of the present moment (Stern) and the intersubjective phenomena, in which the internal working models or complexes can regroup. A third part covers the clinical chapter with case studies in which a client as a grandchild is in a relationship with a grandparent. The therapeutic approach touches on an intersubjective level as it is currently being discussed among Jungians and psychoanalysts and as it is presented in the case histories
... Dr. Verena Kast als Dissertation angenommen. ... Danken möchte ich auch Frau Prof. Dr. phil. ... more ... Dr. Verena Kast als Dissertation angenommen. ... Danken möchte ich auch Frau Prof. Dr. phil. Verena Kast, die in wohlgesinnter und aufmunternder Art die Dissertation begleitete und mich dabei unterstützte, die Ergebnisse in ihrem Forschungskolloqui-um zu präsentieren. ...
Analytische Psychologie, 179 (46. Jg.), S. 9-26, Jan 2015
Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird der Wandel der Heldenbilder thematisiert, ausgehend von den Heldenth... more Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird der Wandel der Heldenbilder thematisiert, ausgehend von den Heldentheorien von Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud und C.G. Jung anfangs des letzten Jahrhunderts. Der Fokus liegt auf der Untersuchung des von C.G. Jung beschriebe-nen klassischen Heldenarchetypus. Dieses Heldenbild wird einerseits an gegenwärtigen kul-turellen Bildern überprüft und eine gewisse „Entheroisierung“ und „Psychologisierung“ des Helden festgestellt, andererseits wird die psychoanalytische Literatur von André Green und Harry Virtanen herangezogen und versucht, mit den Begriffen des „gebannten“ und „negati-ven“ Helden gegenwärtige Entwicklungen des Heldenbildes zu beschreiben.
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The aim of this paper is to describe the changes in the image of the hero in the last 100 years from the rise of the theoretical understanding of the hero initially by Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud, and C.G. Jung. The focus is on how C.G. Jung described the classic hero archetype. This image of the hero is juxtaposed on the one hand to current cultural images and a certain “Entheroisierung” and psychologising of the hero is stated. On the other hand we look at the the psychoanalytic literature by André Green and Harry Virtanen and describe with the terms "banned" and "negative" hero the current developments of the hero image.
Many psychotherapy researchers across all schools are in agreement that psychological disorders a... more Many psychotherapy researchers across all schools are in agreement that psychological disorders are based on dysfunctional relationship models, which come into being as a result of injured basic needs in childhood. Freud already spoke of the repetition compulsion with relationship models that are made up of conscious and unconscious parts, generalized expectations and lead to maladaptive behaviour with the current people and are continually produced anew. How can such relationship models be understood? Analytical Psychologists respond with the concept of complexes - the Cognitive Therapists who follow Jeffrey Young’s approach, with the concept of Schemata. The following contribution provides a first overview of these two concepts.
Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird dem Prozess nachgegangen, den Jung im Roten Buch beschrieb, nachdem ... more Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird dem Prozess nachgegangen, den Jung im Roten Buch beschrieb, nachdem er sich aus der psychoanalytischen Gemeinschaft zurückgezogen hatte. Zentrales Thema darin war das Suchen und Wiederfinden seiner Seele. Besonderes Gewicht in diesem Prozess wird der Schatten- und der Animaintegration in der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Mutterarchetyp zugemessen. Auch wird die Frage nach der Bedeutung von Verlust und Trauer in diesem Transformationsversuch gestellt.
Viele Psychotherapie-Forscher quer durch alle Schulen sind sich einig, dass psychische Störungen ... more Viele Psychotherapie-Forscher quer durch alle Schulen sind sich einig, dass psychische Störungen auf dysfunktionalen Beziehungsmustern beruhen, die aufgrund verletzter Grundbedürfnisse in der Kindheit entstanden sind. Bereits Freud sprach vom Wiederholungszwang von Beziehungsmustern, die aus bewussten und unbewussten Anteilen zusammengesetzt seien, aus generalisierten Erwartungen bestehen und zu maladaptiven Verhalten führen können, die mit gegenwärtigen Menschen beständig neu inszeniert werden. Wie aber lassen sich solche Beziehungsmuster erfassen? Mit dem Konzept der Komplexe antworten die Analytischen PsychologInnen nach C.G. Jung - mit den Schemata die kognitiven Therapeuten um Jeffrey Young. Der folgende Beitrag stellt einen ersten Überblick über die beiden Konzepte dar.
Verstehen und Behandeln aus Sicht der Analytischen Psychologie In der Analytischen Psychologie na... more Verstehen und Behandeln aus Sicht der Analytischen Psychologie In der Analytischen Psychologie nach C. G. Jung hat das Verstehen und Behandeln von Depressionen mit ihrem meist komplexen Störungsbild eine zentrale Stellung. Das Buch ist konzipiert als Leitfaden zu Theorie und Praxis der jungianischen Psychotherapie und Psychoanalyse depressiver Störungen. Besonderer Wert wird auf Flexibilität und auf Übertragungs-und Gegenübertragungskonzepte in der Behandlung gelegt, um der Einzigartigkeit der Begegnung mit depressiven Menschen gerecht zu bleiben. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele aus der Psychotherapie von Erwachsenen illustrieren die Ausführungen.
Unrepresented mental states lead to an impaired ability to feel emotions and trust in oneself, on... more Unrepresented mental states lead to an impaired ability to feel emotions and trust in oneself, one's history and in the world. The article explores the question of how representations of oneself and the relevant other, the mother, become possible in the course of therapy when dissociative processes previously made this impossible, and what role unconscious communication plays in the analytic realm. This question will be explored by examining the theories of André Green, Philip Bromberg, and Howard Levine.
C.G. Jung developed, based on empirical studies of the association experiment,
the concept of com... more C.G. Jung developed, based on empirical studies of the association experiment, the concept of complexes, that is a main component of the psychodynamic method of analytical psychology. His successors further developed the complex model. Nowadays, Complex Theory (CT) assumes that unmet or insufficiently met basic needs in childhood and adolescence later lead to dysfunctional complexes, meaning that the emotional patterns that influence perception, thinking, images, bodily sensations and behaviour in adulthood prevent the individual from a satisfying life. Dysfunctional complexes lead to problems and difficulties in dealing with oneself and others. The individual tries, with insufficient means, to satisfy their previously unfulfilled basic needs. This article discusses Grawe’s research-based theory of basic needs in relation of Jung’s concept of complexes with the result that not only four, but five basic needs (attachment, autonomy & control, self-enhancement, play & pleasure, meaning) must be taken in account as reasons for dysfunctional complexes.
Analytische Psychologie ZEITSCHRIFT FüR PSYCHOTHERAPIE uND PSYCHOANALYSE, 2022
Zusammenfassung: Nicht repräsentierte mentale Zustände führen zu einer Beeinträchtigung der Fähig... more Zusammenfassung: Nicht repräsentierte mentale Zustände führen zu einer Beeinträchtigung der Fähigkeit, Gefühle und Vertrauen in sich, in seine Geschichte und in die Welt zu empfinden. Der Artikel geht der Frage nach, wie Repräsentationen von sich selbst und einem relevanten Anderen, der Mutter, im Laufe einer Therapie möglich werden, wenn dissoziative Prozesse dies bisher verunmöglichten, und welche Rolle dabei die unbewusste Kommunikation im analytischen Raum spielt. Diese Frage wird in der Auseinandersetzung mit den Theorien von André Green, Philipp Bromberg und Peter Levine untersucht
This paper describes some of the changes in the image of the hero over the last one hundred years... more This paper describes some of the changes in the image of the hero over the last one hundred years beginning with the rise of the theoretical understanding of the hero, initially described by Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud, and C. G. Jung, with a focus on how C. G. Jung described the classic hero archetype. This image of the hero is juxtaposed to current cultural images, where a “de-heroizing” and psychologizing of the hero predominates, as exemplified by the use of the terms banished and negative hero in the psychoanalytic literature of André Green and Harri Virtanen.
Analytical Psychology Journal for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Analytische Psychologie ZEITSCHRIFT FüR PSYCHoTHERAPIE uND PSYCHoANALYSE, 2019
Wenn das Thema der Komplexe in den Mittelpunkt rückt, fällt auf, dass Vorstellungen in Psychologi... more Wenn das Thema der Komplexe in den Mittelpunkt rückt, fällt auf, dass Vorstellungen in Psychologie, Psychoanalyse, Analytischer Psychologie und Verhaltenstherapie in ähnliche Richtungen zielen, was in der jungianischen Literatur bereits vermerkt wurde. Während wir aber von Komplexen sprechen, sprechen diese von Schemata. Auch hinsichtlich der Ursache von Schemata oder Komplexen lassen sich interessante Parallelen feststellen. In diesem Beitrag möchte ich den bereits begonnenen Vergleich von Schemata und gefühlsbetonten Komplexen weiter vertiefen und dabei das zentrale Thema der Grundbedkürfnisse aufgreifen.
The aim of this paper is to examine feeling-toned complexes from a developmental psychological pe... more The aim of this paper is to examine feeling-toned complexes from a developmental psychological perspective. From this perspective feeling-toned complexes emerge when basic needs are not met. A very similar theory is put forward by Jeffery Young in his Schema Therapy (Young, Klosko, & Weishaar 2005). His basic needs concept, developed on the basis of empirical research, covers four basic needs which are: attachment, autonomy, and self-worth, as well as play and spontaneity. My proposition is to deal with this conceptual view from a Jungian perspective insofar as we can integrate the four basic needs, however adding a fifth: the basic need for meaning in the theory of feeling-toned complexes. Emotional schemas and feeling-toned complexes are then comparable patterns. The strengths and weaknesses of Analytic Psychology compared to Jeffrey Young's schema therapy are further discussed. The foundation of the feeling-toned complexes on unmet basic needs lends itself to including a further reference, namely Jaak Panksepp's neuroscientific findings. Panksepp formulates seven basic affective systems which I discuss first, then I focus on what could be gained from the basic needs concept and finally I turn to the feeling-complex in an attempt to integrate neuroscientific findings into complex theory.
The patient’s culture has an impact on our psychotherapeutic work. The paper aims to explore the ... more The patient’s culture has an impact on our psychotherapeutic work. The paper aims to explore the topic of intercultural psychotherapy by means of an examination of the specific example of Muslim Balkan cultures. The concepts of individualistic versus collectivistic culture and the concept of the cultural unconscious prove helpful in this context. The question as to the incorporation of traditional healer is also discussed
This book is dedicated to the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren from the perspe... more This book is dedicated to the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren from the perspective of analytical psychology. In the first part, the archetypal images are discussed that can be found in fairy tales, legends, myths and epics, which are attributed to the grandparents like the "wicked witch" or the "wise old man". Memories of grandmothers who is a "wise old woman" or experienced as a "witch", can be stored in the implicit memory as meaningful and can be activated depending on the situation. In a second part, a closer look is made of the storage processes in the so called implicit memory. On the one hand, the concept of "internal working models" (Bowlby) is mentioned – which contains representative information on patterns of relationship and caregivers, on the other hand, the Jungian concept of the "complex" will be addressed. Important in this context are the importance of the present moment (Stern) and the intersubjective phenomena, in which the internal working models or complexes can regroup. A third part covers the clinical chapter with case studies in which a client as a grandchild is in a relationship with a grandparent. The therapeutic approach touches on an intersubjective level as it is currently being discussed among Jungians and psychoanalysts and as it is presented in the case histories
... Dr. Verena Kast als Dissertation angenommen. ... Danken möchte ich auch Frau Prof. Dr. phil. ... more ... Dr. Verena Kast als Dissertation angenommen. ... Danken möchte ich auch Frau Prof. Dr. phil. Verena Kast, die in wohlgesinnter und aufmunternder Art die Dissertation begleitete und mich dabei unterstützte, die Ergebnisse in ihrem Forschungskolloqui-um zu präsentieren. ...
Analytische Psychologie, 179 (46. Jg.), S. 9-26, Jan 2015
Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird der Wandel der Heldenbilder thematisiert, ausgehend von den Heldenth... more Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird der Wandel der Heldenbilder thematisiert, ausgehend von den Heldentheorien von Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud und C.G. Jung anfangs des letzten Jahrhunderts. Der Fokus liegt auf der Untersuchung des von C.G. Jung beschriebe-nen klassischen Heldenarchetypus. Dieses Heldenbild wird einerseits an gegenwärtigen kul-turellen Bildern überprüft und eine gewisse „Entheroisierung“ und „Psychologisierung“ des Helden festgestellt, andererseits wird die psychoanalytische Literatur von André Green und Harry Virtanen herangezogen und versucht, mit den Begriffen des „gebannten“ und „negati-ven“ Helden gegenwärtige Entwicklungen des Heldenbildes zu beschreiben.
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The aim of this paper is to describe the changes in the image of the hero in the last 100 years from the rise of the theoretical understanding of the hero initially by Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud, and C.G. Jung. The focus is on how C.G. Jung described the classic hero archetype. This image of the hero is juxtaposed on the one hand to current cultural images and a certain “Entheroisierung” and psychologising of the hero is stated. On the other hand we look at the the psychoanalytic literature by André Green and Harry Virtanen and describe with the terms "banned" and "negative" hero the current developments of the hero image.
Many psychotherapy researchers across all schools are in agreement that psychological disorders a... more Many psychotherapy researchers across all schools are in agreement that psychological disorders are based on dysfunctional relationship models, which come into being as a result of injured basic needs in childhood. Freud already spoke of the repetition compulsion with relationship models that are made up of conscious and unconscious parts, generalized expectations and lead to maladaptive behaviour with the current people and are continually produced anew. How can such relationship models be understood? Analytical Psychologists respond with the concept of complexes - the Cognitive Therapists who follow Jeffrey Young’s approach, with the concept of Schemata. The following contribution provides a first overview of these two concepts.
Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird dem Prozess nachgegangen, den Jung im Roten Buch beschrieb, nachdem ... more Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird dem Prozess nachgegangen, den Jung im Roten Buch beschrieb, nachdem er sich aus der psychoanalytischen Gemeinschaft zurückgezogen hatte. Zentrales Thema darin war das Suchen und Wiederfinden seiner Seele. Besonderes Gewicht in diesem Prozess wird der Schatten- und der Animaintegration in der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Mutterarchetyp zugemessen. Auch wird die Frage nach der Bedeutung von Verlust und Trauer in diesem Transformationsversuch gestellt.
Viele Psychotherapie-Forscher quer durch alle Schulen sind sich einig, dass psychische Störungen ... more Viele Psychotherapie-Forscher quer durch alle Schulen sind sich einig, dass psychische Störungen auf dysfunktionalen Beziehungsmustern beruhen, die aufgrund verletzter Grundbedürfnisse in der Kindheit entstanden sind. Bereits Freud sprach vom Wiederholungszwang von Beziehungsmustern, die aus bewussten und unbewussten Anteilen zusammengesetzt seien, aus generalisierten Erwartungen bestehen und zu maladaptiven Verhalten führen können, die mit gegenwärtigen Menschen beständig neu inszeniert werden. Wie aber lassen sich solche Beziehungsmuster erfassen? Mit dem Konzept der Komplexe antworten die Analytischen PsychologInnen nach C.G. Jung - mit den Schemata die kognitiven Therapeuten um Jeffrey Young. Der folgende Beitrag stellt einen ersten Überblick über die beiden Konzepte dar.
Verstehen und Behandeln aus Sicht der Analytischen Psychologie In der Analytischen Psychologie na... more Verstehen und Behandeln aus Sicht der Analytischen Psychologie In der Analytischen Psychologie nach C. G. Jung hat das Verstehen und Behandeln von Depressionen mit ihrem meist komplexen Störungsbild eine zentrale Stellung. Das Buch ist konzipiert als Leitfaden zu Theorie und Praxis der jungianischen Psychotherapie und Psychoanalyse depressiver Störungen. Besonderer Wert wird auf Flexibilität und auf Übertragungs-und Gegenübertragungskonzepte in der Behandlung gelegt, um der Einzigartigkeit der Begegnung mit depressiven Menschen gerecht zu bleiben. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele aus der Psychotherapie von Erwachsenen illustrieren die Ausführungen.
Meier bringt Komplexe mit dissoziativen und neurobiologischen Vorgängen in der Psyche zusammen. S... more Meier bringt Komplexe mit dissoziativen und neurobiologischen Vorgängen in der Psyche zusammen. Sie stellt die Frage, wieso man in einen Komplex „fällt“, wie die Konstellierung eines Komplexes aussieht, ob der Ödipuskomplex auch ein Komplex ist und vieles mehr. Sie greift dabei auf moderne Dissoziationsvorstellungen bei Psychoanalytikern und Psychologen zurück und gibt einen Überblick über die Debatte bei den Postjungianer/innen. Sie stellt die These auf, dass Komplexe aufgrund nichterfüllter archetypischer Bedürfnisse wie Bindung, Autonomie, Spiel und Sinn entstehen und nutzt dabei schematherapeutische Vorstellungen von Grundbedürfnissen. Neben diesem theoretischen Teil widmet sie sich der Behandlung von Komplexen mittels symbolischer Gestaltungen usw.
My aim is to discuss archetypal transference and countertransference in relation to dissociation ... more My aim is to discuss archetypal transference and countertransference in relation to dissociation and the theory of me and not-me-states of the American psychoanalyst Philip Bromberg. Of course the topic of archetypal phenomenon in clinical cases are well known and many Jungians already wrote about it, starting with C.G. Jung (f.e. Jung, CW 18/1), Mario Jacoby (1984), Jean Kirsch (1995), Don Kalsched (2016) or Christian Maier (2016), to name a few of them. However, my subject is, as I said, the connection between dissociative states and transference/countertransference which is rarely described in Jungian literature
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the concept of complexes, that is a main component of the psychodynamic
method of analytical psychology. His successors further developed
the complex model. Nowadays, Complex Theory (CT) assumes that unmet or
insufficiently met basic needs in childhood and adolescence later lead to dysfunctional
complexes, meaning that the emotional patterns that influence
perception, thinking, images, bodily sensations and behaviour in adulthood
prevent the individual from a satisfying life. Dysfunctional complexes lead
to problems and difficulties in dealing with oneself and others. The individual
tries, with insufficient means, to satisfy their previously unfulfilled basic
needs. This article discusses Grawe’s research-based theory of basic needs in
relation of Jung’s concept of complexes with the result that not only four, but
five basic needs (attachment, autonomy & control, self-enhancement, play
& pleasure, meaning) must be taken in account as reasons for dysfunctional
complexes.
In a second part, a closer look is made of the storage processes in the so called implicit memory. On the one hand, the concept of "internal working models" (Bowlby) is mentioned – which contains representative information on patterns of relationship and caregivers, on the other hand, the Jungian concept of the "complex" will be addressed. Important in this context are the importance of the present moment (Stern) and the intersubjective phenomena, in which the internal working models or complexes can regroup.
A third part covers the clinical chapter with case studies in which a client as a grandchild is in a relationship with a grandparent. The therapeutic approach touches on an intersubjective level as it is currently being discussed among Jungians and psychoanalysts and as it is presented in the case histories
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The aim of this paper is to describe the changes in the image of the hero in the last 100 years from the rise of the theoretical understanding of the hero initially by Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud, and C.G. Jung. The focus is on how C.G. Jung described the classic hero archetype. This image of the hero is juxtaposed on the one hand to current cultural images and a certain “Entheroisierung” and psychologising of the hero is stated. On the other hand we look at the the psychoanalytic literature by André Green and Harry Virtanen and describe with the terms "banned" and "negative" hero the current developments of the hero image.
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the concept of complexes, that is a main component of the psychodynamic
method of analytical psychology. His successors further developed
the complex model. Nowadays, Complex Theory (CT) assumes that unmet or
insufficiently met basic needs in childhood and adolescence later lead to dysfunctional
complexes, meaning that the emotional patterns that influence
perception, thinking, images, bodily sensations and behaviour in adulthood
prevent the individual from a satisfying life. Dysfunctional complexes lead
to problems and difficulties in dealing with oneself and others. The individual
tries, with insufficient means, to satisfy their previously unfulfilled basic
needs. This article discusses Grawe’s research-based theory of basic needs in
relation of Jung’s concept of complexes with the result that not only four, but
five basic needs (attachment, autonomy & control, self-enhancement, play
& pleasure, meaning) must be taken in account as reasons for dysfunctional
complexes.
In a second part, a closer look is made of the storage processes in the so called implicit memory. On the one hand, the concept of "internal working models" (Bowlby) is mentioned – which contains representative information on patterns of relationship and caregivers, on the other hand, the Jungian concept of the "complex" will be addressed. Important in this context are the importance of the present moment (Stern) and the intersubjective phenomena, in which the internal working models or complexes can regroup.
A third part covers the clinical chapter with case studies in which a client as a grandchild is in a relationship with a grandparent. The therapeutic approach touches on an intersubjective level as it is currently being discussed among Jungians and psychoanalysts and as it is presented in the case histories
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The aim of this paper is to describe the changes in the image of the hero in the last 100 years from the rise of the theoretical understanding of the hero initially by Leo Frobenius, Otto Rank, Sigmund Freud, and C.G. Jung. The focus is on how C.G. Jung described the classic hero archetype. This image of the hero is juxtaposed on the one hand to current cultural images and a certain “Entheroisierung” and psychologising of the hero is stated. On the other hand we look at the the psychoanalytic literature by André Green and Harry Virtanen and describe with the terms "banned" and "negative" hero the current developments of the hero image.