Michael Fordham : innovations in analytical psychology / James Astor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Astor, James, 1945-

Series:

Makers of modern psychotherapy.

Makers of modern psychotherapy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fordham, Michael, 1905-1995.

Fordham, Michael.

Jungian psychology.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

viii, 271 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the published work of Michael Fordham there has emerged a consistent and original contribution to Jungian thought, particularly in relation to the processes of individuation on childhood and the links between analytical psychology and the work of the Kleinians. In this addition to the "Makers of Modern Psychotherapy" series, the author takes a critical and informed look at Fordham's work and ideas. Illustrating theory with examples drawn from clinical practice, the book is intended to provide an amplification of Fordham's own work for students of analytical psychology and an introduction to the subject for analysts interested in understanding the connections between post-Jungian and post-Kleinian thought.

Contents:

1. Thinking into feeling : the person

2. Jung's psychological model

3. Jung and Fordham

4. The self in infancy and childhood : pioneering discoveries

5. Ego development in infancy and childhood : the integration of observational research

6. Archetypes : their biological basis and actions of the self

7. Autism : a disorder of the self

8. The discovery of the syntonic transference, and of the importance of analysing childhood

9. Countertransference, interaction and not knowing beforehand

10. Defences of the self, projective identification and identity

11. Christian experience, mysticism and the self

12. Synchronicity : an interpretation.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-263) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-87104-X

1-283-88277-9

1-134-87105-8

0-203-13289-0

1-280-40834-0

9786610408344

9780203132890

OCLC:

437250677