The Matrix and Meaning of Character: An Archetypal and Developmental Approach - Hardcover

Dougherty, Nancy J.; West, Jacqueline J.

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9780415403016: The Matrix and Meaning of Character: An Archetypal and Developmental Approach

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ISBN 10: 0415403014 ISBN 13: 9780415403016

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

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Character structures underlie everyone’s personality. When rigidly defended, they limit us; yet as they become more flexible, they can reveal sources of animation, renewal and authenticity.

The Matrix and Meaning of Character guides the reader into an awareness of the archetypal depths that underlie character structures, presenting an original developmental model in which current analytic theories are synthesised. The authors examine nine character structures, animating them with fairy tales, mythic images and case material, creating a bridge between the traditional language of psychopathology and the universal realm of image and symbol.

This book will appeal to all analytical psychologists, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists who want to strengthen their clinical expertise. It will help clinicians to extend their clinical insights beyond a strictly behavioural, medical or cognitive approach, revealing the potential of the human spirit.

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"An original and deeply significant book that brings together the best insights of contemporary analysis."

Stanton Marlan, Jungian analyst and professor of psychology, author of The Black Sun

"A sophisticated and poetic exploration of spirit and soul."

Thomas Kelly, senior training analyst and President of the InterRegional Society of Jungian Analysts

"Dougherty and West revivify our understanding and our language around the many ways psyche organizes itself in response to early traumata."

James Hollis, Director of the Jung Center of Houston Texas, author of Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

"This book adresses the reality of the psyche in the area of character defenses, and the authors prove that Jungian psychology is up to the job."

John Beebe, Founding Editor of the San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal

"For the most illuminating view of character as the source of healing and transformation, this book is the book to read."

Jerome S. Bernstein, author of Living in the Borderland

About the Author:

Nancy J. Dougherty is senior training analyst in the InterRegional Society of Jungian Analysts and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. She is coordinator of training in the Florida Associaiton of Jungian Analysts Seminar and is in private practice in Naples, Florida, USA

Jacqueline J. West is President and Training Director of the C.G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe, a senior training analyst in the InterRegional Society of Jungian Analysts and Jung Institute in Santa Fe. She is in private practice in Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA

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