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transference: refers to the unconscious patterns relating to ourselves. in a patient/psychotherapist relationship, it is the attitude of the patient toward the analyst based on early childhood experiences with parents and past experiences with significant others. these experiences are projected onto the analyst and there is high emotional charge.

countertransference: refers to the analyst unconsciously projecting their early childhood experiences on the patient. the therapist tries to be aware of their own transference issues.

archetype: refers to the universal images of human experiences. they are images that are present in childhood fantasy and mythology. archetypes are recurring motifs which arise from collective experience. they are an inherited tendency on the unconscious level.

complex: refers to patterns of psychic elements. complexes generally develop around a wound. they are deep unconscious wounds. examples include the father/mother complex, power complex, savior complex, and inferiority complex.

personal unconscious: refers to the automated cognitive process that goes on in the brain. the personal unconscious is largely contained of repressed memories and painful ideas. it is anchored in the self and is the area of cognitive activity that exists below awareness. freud emphasized sex and aggression, while jung saw it as the positive areas of our potential.

collective unconscious: refers to the deepest level of non-awareness that is transcendent through all cultures. It interacts with the anima/animus and examples include father, mother, wise man...

jung's typology: the four functions and the two attitudes: the two attitudes are introversion/extroversion. if you are introverted, you seek within yourself and have the need to be alone. on the other hand, extroverts are nourished by being with others. the four functions are broken down into sensation/intuition, and thinking/feeling. sensation refers to factual and by the book, like many doctors and mathematicians. intuition goes by gut feelings to judge things. people who think give reasons for liking or disliking something, while feelers see things in black and white, good or bad.

persona: the persona is the self that we present to others. it is our self presentation of who we think we are and who we want others to think we are. the symbol of the persona is the mask.

shadow: the shadow refers to the hidden or repressed self--the self we don't show to others. it is the dominant part of our unconscious. in dreams, the shadow is portrayed by a dark figure. a place we see the shadow in work is in projection, as we tend to see in others, qualities we don't like in ourselves.

inner marriage: refers to unconscious contents that come into the conscious. it is when the anima and animus are neutralized and become united with the ego.

common archetypes: an example of the situational archetype is the hero's quest. archetype figures include the trickster, primordial mother, magician, shadow, persona, wise old man/woman, anima/animus...

dreams in jungian analysis: according to jung, dreams are about restoring psychic equilibrium--compensation between the conscious attitude and the unconscious attitude. dreams describe the situation of the patient and used to predict the outcome of therapy. the function of dreams is the process toward knowing yourself.

objective vs. subjective dream analysis: objective dream analysis refers to the literal sense of the dream. every character in the dream is taken as that person in real life. the dream is a reaction of the unconscious to what is happening in the conscious. subjective dream analysis is interpreting dream figures as personified aspects of the dreamer's own personality. it is looking at the characters in the dream as elements of yourself.

dialoguing with a dream: dialoguing with a dream is to have a conversation with a dream aspect, or character. it is part of active imagination and should be transcribed on paper to be analyzed later.

active imagination: active imagination serves as the gateway between the conscious and unconscious world. it is the flow of thought and emotion between the ego and the unconscious. it is a way for the unconscious to communicate with the ego. it is a way to confront th dream image in waking life and the opportunity for the unconscious to express itself as equally as the conscious.

freud vs. jung on origin of religious impulse: freud believed that everything was driven by sex or repressed sexuality. jung believed in higher aspirations and spirit. he believed in man's drive for spirituality, saw man in connection with nature and others, and believed that part of our nature is spiritual.


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