The Self in Transformation

by Hester McFarland Solomon

Overview

This book brings together into one volume a number of articles that the author has written over the past 20 years, and includes a new extended essay written especially for this volume. The chapters, organized into sections, explore theoretical and clinical matters within a Jungian analytical framework, making carefully considered links to a numb

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367328764
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/31/2019
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

McFarland Solomon, Hester

Table of Contents

Permissions — Foreword — Introduction — The self in transformation: the analyst in transformation — Theoretical Underpinnings and Explorations — The transcendent function and Hegel's dialectical vision — Analytical psychology and object relations theory — The developmental school in analytical psychology — Recent developments in the neurosciences — Clinical Explorations: The Self, Its Defences, and Transformations — The not-so-silent couple in the individual — The self in transformation: the passage from a two- to a three-dimensional internal world — Love: paradox of self and other — Did Freud and Jung have a "clinical" encounter? — Self creation and the limitless void of dissociation: the “as if” personality — Ethics in the Psyche: Ethics in the Consulting Room — The ethical self — The ethical attitude: a bridge between psychoanalysis and analytical psychology — The ethics of supervision: developmental and archetypal perspectives — The Human Psyche in a Changing World — The potential for transformation: emergence theory and psychic change

Editorial Reviews

”Hester Solomon has had a profound influence on the development of Jungian theory and practice today. Her pioneering papers demonstrate that she is one of the leading intellectual and clinical contributors to the profession and demonstrate the range and depth of her thinking, from clinical, scientific and philosophical perspectives.

Jean Knox

With this book, Hester Solomon offers a rich collection of her mature work on analytical themes. It is an important contribution to the ongoing evolution of the field of Analytical Psychology. Each chapter challenges previous assumptions and offers fresh perspectives and directions. Solomon is a leading light in contemporary Jungian thought.

Murray Stein

With this book, Hester Solomon offers a rich collection of her mature work on analytical themes. It is an important contribution to the ongoing evolution of the field of Analytical Psychology. Each chapter challenges previous assumptions and offers fresh perspectives and directions. Solomon is a leading light in contemporary Jungian thought.”

”Hester Solomon has had a profound influence on the development of Jungian theory and practice today. Her pioneering papers demonstrate that she is one of the leading intellectual and clinical contributors to the profession and demonstrate the range and depth of her thinking, from clinical, scientific and philosophical perspectives.

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