Marie-Louise von Franz - Psychotherapy

ABOUT THE BOOK

In twelve essayseight of which appear here in English for the first timethe internationally known analyst Marie-Louise von Franz explores important aspects of psychotherapy from a Jungian perspective. She draws on her many years of practical experience in psychotherapy, her intimate knowledge of Jungs methods and theories, and her wide-ranging interests in fields such as mythology, alchemy, science, and religion to illumine these varied topics:

• Projection
• Transference
• Dream interpretation
• Self-realization
• Group psychology
• Personality types
• Active imagination
• The therapeutic use of hallucinogenic drugs
• The choice of psychotherapy as a profession
• The role of religious experience in psychological healing

MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ (19151998) was the foremost student of C. G. Jung, with whom she worked closely from 1934 until his death in 1961. A founder of the C. G. Jung Institute of Zurich, she published widely on subjects including alchemy, dreams, fairy tales, personality types, and psychotherapy.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY

Marie-Louise von Franz

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Originally published by Daimon Verlag, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, under the title Psychotherapie, 1990 by Daimon Verlag.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Franz, Marie-Louise von, 1915

[Psychotherapie. English]

Psychotherapy / Marie-Louise von Franz.lst ed.

p. cm.

C. G. Jung Foundation/Daimon books.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN 978-0-8348-2984-8

ISBN 1-57062-621-1 (acid-free paper)

1. Psychotherapy. 2. Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 18751961. 3. Psychoanalysis. I. Title.

RC480.5.F743813 1993 9256454

616.8914dc20 CIP

BVG 01

CONTENTS

Psychotherapy is the third volume in the series of collected essays of Marie-Louise von Franz. This volume originally appeared as a kind of celebratory volume for the authors seventy-fifth birthday. This occasion was celebrated on January 4, 1990, in the presence of many friends and former students.

The overall theme in all the articles in this book is psychotherapy. The various chapters deal with important aspects of the therapeutic and analytic processfor example, projection, transference, active imaginationas well as with essential standards for the training of therapists and analysts. All articles are characterized by a direct concern with actual practice. Clearly this is not abstract theorizing, but down-to-earth writing based on the rich experience of decades of practical work with patients and students in training. Many examples drawn from therapeutic practice accompany Marie-Louise von Franzs expositions, making this volume into a living and enriching account of the work of an extraordinary analyst in whom we find warm and earthy humor blended with intellectual stringency.

These articles appeared independently of each other over a period of twenty years. They were originally published in a variety of anthologies, professional publications, and journals, of which many are now out of print and almost impossible to find. In the list of sources that follows, the reader will find all available information on the first publication of the individual articles.

It should be pointed out that, as a matter of editorial policy, the essays in this volume have not been arranged chronologically according to the time of their appearance but rather according to their thematic content. References to and citations from the writings of C. G. Jung in all the articles previously revised by the author have been made consistent with the Collected Works of C. G. Jung as published by Princeton University Press. This particularly applies to footnote references. In accordance with the authors wishes, an integrated index of persons and subjects was also appended to the volume.

We would like to give special thanks to Marie-Louise von Franz, who aided the editors through word and deed, to Mr. Ren Malamud for his valuable assistance in gathering the articles and for his much-appreciated support, as well as to the Foundation for Jungian Psychology (Stiftung fr Jungsche Psychologie), whose grant-in-aid went far toward making this publication in its present form possible.

Robert Hinshaw
Daimon Verlag
Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Self-Realization in the Individual Therapy of C. G. Jung (Selbstverwirklichung in der Einzeltherapie) originally appeared in Praxis der Psychotherapie (1977). English translation by Michael H. Kohn 1993 by Shambhala Publications, Inc.

The Inferior Function appeared in an earlier version in Lectures on Jungs Typology (New York: Spring Publications, 1971). The version herein has been revised by the author.

Active Imagination in the Psychology of C. G. Jung (Die aktive Imagination in der Psychologie C. G. Jungs) appeared in Meditation in Religion und Psychotherapie, edited by Wilhelm Bitter (Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 1957). English translation by Michael H. Kohn 1993 by Shambhala Publications, Inc.

On Active Imagination (Bemerkungen zur aktiven Imagination) appeared in Zeitschrift fur Analytische Psychologie 9 (1978), pp. 161ff. English translation by Michael H. Kohn 1993 by Shambhala Publications, Inc. (A different translation appeared in Methods of Treatment in Analytical Psychology, edited by Ian F Baker (Fellbach: Bonz Verlag, 1980).

The Religious Dimension of Analysis (Die religise Dimension der Analyse) appeared in Die Behandlung in der analytischen Psychologie, edited by Ursula Eschenbach (Bonz Verlag, 1983). English translation by Michael H. Kohn 1993 by Shambhala Publications, Inc.

The Religious or Magical Attitude toward the Unconscious (Religise oder magische Einstellung zum Unbewussten) appeared in Psychotherapeutische Problems (Zurich: Rascher Verlag, 1964). English translation by Michael H. Kohn 1993 by Shambhala Publications, Inc.

Some Aspects of the Transference (ber einige Aspekte der bertragung) appeared in