Self, Individuation, Communitas: Reflections on Fundamental Values in Analytical Psychology

What does Jungian psychology stand for in the world today? This burning question is answered in this book by 19 prominent IAAP Jungian psychoanalysts. Originally presented at an IAAP conference on Fundamental Values held in Strasbourg, France in June 2024, the intention of the conference and this book is to address critical issues in present day clinical practice, emergent challenges created by complex cultural diversity in the association, the presence or absence of a sense of community in and among the IAAP Group Members and beyond, and analyst training programs currently active throughout the world.

Contributors include:

Alvaro Ancona de Faria

Andrew Samuels

Astrid Berg

Brigit Soubrouillard

Gary Read

Grazina Gudaite

Harry Fogarty

Jan Wiener

Leslie Stein

Marianne Müller

Misser Berg

Monica Luci

Murray Stein

Shiuya Sara Liuh

Tom Kelly

Toshio Kawai

Tristan Troudart

Valentyna Samus

Yehuda Abramovitch

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Editors' Preface

Theme: Central Concepts

1. Welcome and Introduction, by Misser Berg

2. The Self as Source from Which All Values Flow, by Murray Stein

3. The Nature of Communitas as a Value for Psychoanalysis, by Leslie Stein

4. Is Activism A Value? by Andrew Samuels

5. Ubuntu-An African Contribution to the "Civilization of the Universal" and its Relevance to the IAAP", by Astrid Berg

Theme: Psychological Care

6. Trauma and Values in Analytical Psychology: Ethical and Clinical Principles, by Monica Luci

7. Psychological Care and Mental Health: The Importance of Fundamental Values of Analytical Psychology for Mental Health Care, by Alvaro Ancona de Faria

8. Challenges to Psychological Care in Difficult Times, by Valentyna Samus

9. A Polytheistic Attitude as a Bridge to Transmit Humanistic Values in Analysis, in Times of War,

by Tristan Troudart

Theme: Culture

10. Psyche as Fundamental Value and its Cultural, Historical, and Individual Diversities, by Toshio Kawai

11. Blind Spots in Western Mentality: Imposition vs. Universalism, by Harry Fogarty

12. Freedom and Dignity in a Post-Authoritarian Culture, by Grazina Gudaite

13. Jungian Analysis as a Way of Creating a New Personal Culture, by Shiuya Sara Liuh

Theme: Communitas

14. How Outreach Work Shapes Values: A Zimbabwe Case Study, by Gary Read

15. The Value of Contributing to Making our Jungian Communitas, by Brigit Soubrouillard

16. Conflicts and Their Potential for Solutions-Mediation Within Our Community, by Marianne Müller

17. Ethics and Communitas, by Tom Kelly

Theme: Training of Analysts

18. The Dynamics of Influence in Training, by Jan Wiener

19. Between Knowledge and Values, by Yehuda Abramovitch

20. Dialogue Between Yehuda Abramovitch and Jan Wiener

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