On synchronizing time and eternity

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Murray Stein
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Self ◽  
Active Imagination ◽  
Nature Of Time ◽  
Piano Lesson

ABSTRACTIn this paper I attempt to show how Jung conceived of the interface of time and eternity in the self. To do this, I use his commentary of Wolfgang Pauli's ‘world clock’ vision, and to that I add my commentary on Pauli's active imagination, dedicated to M.-L. von Franz, titled ‘The Piano Lesson’. This article is a meditation on the nature of time, of eternity, and of their psychological interaction in the process of individuation. This has relevance to clinical work as well.

Entering One’s Own Life as an Aim of Clinical Psychoanalysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 883-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Patient Population ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Self ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Population Changes ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Time Parameters

The historical development of psychoanalysis has demonstrated that the aim of clinical work can change as the patient population changes. One of the main tasks of psychoanalytic working through today is to help difficult patients trapped in imitative dynamics and “never-to-be-born selves” enter a life of their own. Particular emphasis is given to activating a body-mind relationship, catalyzing emergence from the unrepressed unconscious, and constructing space-time parameters in relation to the most primitive and undifferentiated emotional experiences. Two clinical cases are presented, in the first of which the analyst found himself invested with an intense devitalization that tested his capacity to be present. In the second case the analyst was confronted by the necessity of stimulating the birth of basic functions of mental notation in relation to blind and dangerous acting out. The confrontation in the analytic relationship mobilized the patient’s internal resources of self-observation and self-containment, from which the capacity to exist and be present to the self could emerge.

scholarly journals Working on dreams, from neuroscience to psychotherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Caviglia
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Self ◽  
Current Clinical Practice ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Psychoanalytic Approach ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Aggressive Drive ◽  
Cultural Openness

Within the current clinical practice, the debate on the use of dream is still very topical. In this article, the author suggests to address this question with a notable scientific and cultural openness that embraces either the psychoanalytic approach (classical, modern and intersubjective), and the neurophysiological assumptions and both clinical research and cognitive hypotheses. The utility of dream - in the clinical work with patients - is supported by the author with extensive bibliographic references and personal clinical insights, drawn from his experience as a psychotherapist. Results: From an analysis of recent literature on this topic, the dream assumes a very different function and position in the clinical practice: from ‘via regia to the unconscious’ of Freudian theories - an expression of repressed infantile wishes of libidinal or aggressive drive nature - it becomes the very fulcrum of the analysis, a fundamental capacity to be developed, a necessary and decisive element for the patient’s transformation. The dream can also be use with the function of thinking and mentalization, of problem solving, of adaptation, as well as an indicator of the relationship with the therapist in the analytic dialogue or of dissociated aspects of the self. Finally, the author proposes a challenging reading of the clinical relevance of dream: through listening to the dream, the clinician can help the patient to stand in the spaces of his own self in a more open and fluid way and therefore to know himself better, to regulate his affects, to think and to integrate oneself.

Can There be a Literary Philosophy of Time?

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Currie
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Structure ◽  
The Self ◽  
Philosophy Of Time ◽  
Fictional Narratives ◽  
Nature Of Time ◽  
Metaphysics Of Time

This chapter takes the discussion of the metaphysics of time in a different direction. It asks whether the treatment of time in fictional narratives can teach anything about the nature of time, or the concepts and experience of it. In particular, it asks whether it can teach lessons that people cannot get from the usual philosophical studies of time. To pursue this question, the discussion assesses two main lines of thought that suggest the answer ‘Yes’. First, it focuses on such claims as that one can learn about time, and even about the self. Second, it considers the idea of appealing to a narrative with an unusual temporal structure, and to the ability to engage imaginatively with the narrative's time, to produce an argument that more usual structures are not necessary to time.

scholarly journals Strategies to improve clinical confidence in nursing students' c: A Narrative review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sh Ahrari ◽  
F Heshmati-Nabavi ◽  
N Toghian-Chaharsoughi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
The Self ◽  
Educational Method ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Review Study

Introduction: Universities are responsible for nurturing nurses who have clinical skills and confidence. Self-confidence is one of the main components of clinical work and, nursing students have more efficient self-confidence. This review study aimed to find strategies for self-confidence improvement in nursing students. Methods: To conduct this review study initially, using the keywords self-confidence, professional self-confidence and the self-confidence of nursing students in Persian and English, separately and in combination, between 2008 and 2018, a total of 1536 articles were obtained from Medline, CINAHL, ProQuest, Ovid and Science Direct databases. The full text of the articles was reviewed for inclusion and exclusion criteria and finally, 16 articles were selected for the final analysis. Result: The findings indicated the efficacy of the short-term educational program on self-confidence skills of baccalaureate nursing students. Studies have shown that students demonstrate greater abilities in terms of knowledge, critical thinking, clinical understanding, or satisfaction upon simulation-based learning. Conclusion: Simulation-based nursing educational interventions have strong and special educational effects in the field of psychology, especially in promoting the self-confidence of nursing students. Therefore, due to its positive effect on students' self-confidence, this method is proposed as a superior educational method in nursing students.

scholarly journals From the Instinctual to the Cosmic: Jung’s Exploration of the Colour in The Red Book, 1915-1929/30

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-75
Author(s):  
Diane Finiello Zervas
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
The Self ◽  
Active Imagination ◽  
Experimental Medium

Jung wrote extensively about colour symbolism in his patients’ dreams, paintings, and active imagination, beginning with his first mandala study in 1929, and continuing during the 1930s as he learned more about alchemy and Eastern esoteric texts. Students of Jung and Jungian analysts are already well acquainted with this material. The publication of The Red Book (2009), and Jung’s visual works in The Art of C.G. Jung (2019), present new opportunities to study how Jung explored colour between 1915 and 1929. This paper will trace Jung’s colour journey, concentrating on imagery that illustrates the instinctual and cosmic energies of the new god, the self and individuation. Jung’s evolving colour symbolism demonstrates The Red Book’s crucial role as an experimental medium, and confirms that Jung had developed a well-established colour hermeneutic by the 1920s. KEY WORDS colour, instinct, cosmos, new god, self, individuation, mandala, Goethe.

Psicoterapia di coppia - Psicoterapia di gruppo Una dialettica possibile?

GRUPPI ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
Barbara Bianchini ◽  
Antonella Castelbarco ◽  
Valentina Chiorino ◽  
Rina Maria Galeaz ◽  
Laura Porta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy ◽  
Emotional Dynamics

- Through the exploration of the "bond" concept (as expressed by Kaës) - which is the specific unconscious reality that emerges from the encounter of two or more subjects - work with couples is analyzed through the evolution of what the authors see as the most fruitful paradigms for clinical work. Our understanding of individual and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy is examined, and basic clinical theoretical tenets are identified during the meeting with the couple. We determine the cardinal concepts by which we explore the evergrowing complexity of emotional dynamics. The therapist needs to observe and investigate both inner and outer personal aspects, as well as reciprocal emotional dynamics in order to define not only the self but also the meaning of us. The authors examine different phases in the couple's life, and, more specifically, what happens within the couple when a newborn arrives. Particular attention is given to the construction of the couple's common setting. Referring to transference and counter-transference dynamics, analogies and differences between group psychotherapy and couple psychotherapy are outlined in order to establish a possible dialogue between the two approaches.Key words: bond, couple, group, transference, counter-transference, unconscious group organizers.

scholarly journals Jung’s Red Book, improvisation, and the mētic spirit

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-123
Author(s):  
Randy Fertel
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
The Self ◽  
Active Imagination ◽  
Analytic Method ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
New Approach ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACTUnderstandingThe Red Book as an improvisation and Jung as an improviser offers a new approach to understanding the active imagination and the analytic method that emerged from it. Such an approach uncovers the mētic spirit – the spirit of polytropic intelligence – that informsThe Red Bookand the archetypal figure of Hermes/Mercurius/Trickster that informs all improvisations and will come to dominate Jung’s career. The rhetoric of improvisation inThe Red Bookconveys that, uncontaminated by the directed consciousness or ego, personae and imagoes arise spontaneously from his unconscious and control him, not he them. Such gestures privilege non-rational ways of making art and knowing the self and world, part and parcel of the paradigm shift that characterizes the 20th century. Jung’s Red Book is on the leading edge of that effort to shift from objective rationality to a rationality that can embrace subjective elements: the unconscious and the irrational, not just the “broad highways” but also the “back alleys” of human experience.

scholarly journals From the Instinctual to the Cosmic: Jung’s Exploration of the Colour in The Red Book, 1915-1929/30

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-75
Author(s):  
Diane Finiello Zervas
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
The Self ◽  
Active Imagination ◽  
Experimental Medium

Jung wrote extensively about colour symbolism in his patients’ dreams, paintings, and active imagination, beginning with his first mandala study in 1929, and continuing during the 1930s as he learned more about alchemy and Eastern esoteric texts. Students of Jung and Jungian analysts are already well acquainted with this material. The publication of The Red Book (2009), and Jung’s visual works in The Art of C.G. Jung (2019), present new opportunities to study how Jung explored colour between 1915 and 1929. This paper will trace Jung’s colour journey, concentrating on imagery that illustrates the instinctual and cosmic energies of the new god, the self and individuation. Jung’s evolving colour symbolism demonstrates The Red Book’s crucial role as an experimental medium, and confirms that Jung had developed a well-established colour hermeneutic by the 1920s. KEY WORDS colour, instinct, cosmos, new god, self, individuation, mandala, Goethe.

Problem behavior in autism spectrum disorders: A paradigmatic self-organized perspective of network structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucio Tonello ◽  
Luca Giacobbi ◽  
Alberto Pettenon ◽  
Alessandro Scuotto ◽  
Massimo Cocchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Self ◽  
Network Structures ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Critical Equilibrium ◽  
Self Organized Criticality ◽  
Acute Agitation ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

AbstractAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) subjects can present temporary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness, named problem behaviors. They have been shown to be consistent with the self-organized criticality (SOC), a model wherein occasionally occurring “catastrophic events” are necessary in order to maintain a self-organized “critical equilibrium.” The SOC can represent the psychopathology network structures and additionally suggests that they can be considered as self-organized systems.

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