Research in Analytical Psychology: Empirical Research

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Research in Analytical Psychology: Empirical Research provides an original overview of empirical research in Analytical Psychology, focusing on quantitative and qualitative methods. This unique collection of chapters from an international range of contributors covers all the major concepts of Analytical Psychology and provides a strong empirical foundation. The book covers a wide range of concepts and fields, and is presented in five parts. Part I, Epistemological Foundations, looks at psychological empiricism and naturalism. Part II, Fundamental Concepts of Analytical Psychology, presents chapters on complexes, archetypes, dream interpretation, and image. Part III, Trauma, addresses neuroscience, dreams and infant observation research. Part IV, Psychotherapy and Psychotherapeutic Methods examines sandplay, picture interpretation, quality management and training. Finally, Part V, Synchronicity, contains chapters concerning the experience of psychophysical correlations and synchronistic experiences in psychotherapy. Each chapter provides an overview of research in the field and closes with general conclusions, and the book as a whole will enable practitioners to evaluate the empirical status of their concepts and methods and, where necessary, update them. It also presents the necessary material for a re-evaluation of the status of Analytical Psychology within the broader academic field, supporting a move back into the heart of current debates in psychology and psychotherapy. This book will be essential reading for analytical psychologists in practice and in training, academics and students of Analytical Psychology and post-Jungian ideas, and academics and students of other disciplines seeking to integrate methods from Analytical Psychology into their research. It is complemented by its companion volume, Research in Analytical Psychology: Applications from Scientific, Historical, and Cross-Cultural Research. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Contributors Introduction: empirical research in Analytical Psychology Part I Epistemological foundations 1 Psychological empiricism and naturalism Part II Fundamental concepts of Analytical Psychology 2 Complexes and the unconscious: from the association experiment to recent fMRI studies 3 Experimental approaches to the study of the archetype 4 The relevance of the Jungian concept of “image” to contemporary process research through linguistic analysis: a bridge between analytical and cognitive psychology 5 Jungian dream interpretation and empirical dream research Part III Trauma 6 Dreaming under fire: the psyche in times of continuous stress 7 Neuroscientific studies of trauma applied to Jungian psychology 8 The cultural skin in China: the impact of culture upon development and clinical practice Part IV Psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic methods 9 Sandplay: a method for research with trauma 10 Pictures of transformation and the symbolic attitude: a research perspective on picture interpretation and the therapeutic mundus imaginalis 11 Research on the effectiveness of Jungian psychotherapy: state of the art 12 Quality management and empirical research activities in Jungian psychotherapy in Germany 13 Research on training: findings from the evaluation of the IAAP’s International Router training program Part V Synchronicity 14 Synchronicity and the experience of psychophysical correlations 15 Synchronistic experiences in psychotherapy: empirical studies Index