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Why do therapists need therapy?
As pointed out in another answer of mine, therapists are not immune to psychological problems. In fact, one study shows the lifetime rate of depression in psychologists and social workers to be higher ...
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Is the Myer Briggs Type indicator (MBTI) a reasonable scientific theory?
Absolutely not. And, unlike claimed in other answers, it's about as based on Carl Jung as me whistling out of tune would be "work based on Mozart."
The MBTI was "developed" by a "psychic medium" who ...
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Is Carl Jung synchronicity scientific theory?
Synchronicity is an interesting philosophical idea; unfortunately there is no evidence that it actually exists. Therefore, there are some people who consider Jung's theory to be pseudoscientific.
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What is Incestuous Resistances?
As highlighted before, whilst I am a defender of Freudian and Neo-Freudian psychology, please be aware that this covers areas of psychology considered by some here to be pseudoscientific
The basis of ...
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What is the shadow?
I would first like to point out that according to some, Jungian psychology is considered pseudoscientific and therefore off-topic here. However, as a lot of psychology cannot be measurable currently ...
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Jung's Anima and Neurological Basis in Split-Brain Patients; Left-Persona and Right-Anima
Perhaps a more useful way of looking at these concepts is to consider anima in terms of the hindbrain, which takes sensory inputs from both the body and external stimuli and creates a virtual model ...
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Aren't MBTI and Big 5 connected?
All personality models are related in that they are carving up the same variance into different factors, and some of the factors will overlap. Extraversion is probably the most similar trait between ...
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Is there a reasonable scientific backing for Carl Jung's type theories?
As a scholar of Jung and his writings and work (and yes, he was a psychologist and worked with the mentally ill, as well as treating private patients throughout his career) I would point out first of ...
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Is there a reasonable scientific backing for Carl Jung's type theories?
This is a more speculative than I usually post here, but here it goes:
Based on his works, I'd describe Jung more as a philosopher of mind than an actual psychologist in the modern meaning of the ...
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Myer Brigg type for Ni > Ti > Fi > Se
If you look more into the history of the creators of the Myer's Briggs, you will notice that it is loosely based off Jungian archetypes. It was not created with 16 types initially. Actually, the ...
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What role do the ego and group unconsciousness have in Jungian "individuation"?
Short answer
The ego, the collective unconscious and the persona collectively help the person to self-actualise and reach individuation through the elements of the psyche being in harmony with each ...
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Jung - Anima and Animus
Jung outlines this pretty clearly in both Aion and Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious. I strongly recommend those books to anyone attempting to gain a deeper understanding of these concepts in ...
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Why does Jung suggest that we need to defend our psyche from original religious experience?
For a really quick and clear understanding of why sometimes it is better to stay in the container of dogma read Edward Edinger's Moby Dick.
Jung's position is that religious energy must only sometimes ...
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Freud defense mechanisms combinations with jung Anima/animus archetype
is there any paper on discussion via internet, or ... and which discussed about correlation between those (Freud defence mechanism and Jung archetype. Anima/animus growing levels?
Elements of your ...
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Carl Jung Psychology Analysis Book
The Shadow
Jeffrey, S. (n.d.). A Definitive Guide to Jungian Shadow Work: How to Get to Know and Integrate Your Dark Side https://scottjeffrey.com/shadow-work/provides some information on Shadow Work.
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What did Carl Jung mean by "subjectivization of consciousness"?
Reviewing Jung’s nature of objects the object for which the introvert becomes alienated is the item, topic, or nature that is causing a subjective reaction. This in keeping with the struggle of ...
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Question regarding inferiority complex
"Inferiority complex" is an old idea from non-scientific study of psychology.
If you look for recent papers, you'll find that most are either in very low-quality journals, occur as literary ...
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Right Attitude toward Reality is Way of Concrete Sexuality
Jung is writing about the concept of "transference" in psychoanalysis, in this context specifically the issue of a patient directing feelings towards their therapist that they have for ...
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Basic Question on Jungian Archetypes
All this verbage, without a single answer. The archetypes are the forms with which we populate our psyches. They are only outlines. The context is filled in individually, and therefore differs ...
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What role do the ego and group unconsciousness have in Jungian "individuation"?
Quoting not only Jung, but Heidegger too.
With Self ≈ Dasein; Individuation ≈ resoluteness
Dasein, as a they-self, gets 'lived' by the common-sense ambiguity of
that publicness in which nobody ...
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Jung - Anima and Animus
I think that Jung probably felt that the Animus it the base of every man's psyche and that the Anima the base of every woman's psyche. You can have differences regarding how much of the other sex's ...
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Jung - Anima and Animus
From the way I understand it, everyone, male or female has both masculine and feminine personalities and it is up to the subjects whether they recognise that or not and to what level. The idea is ...
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