Chapter 4 Jungian

Question 1

What is the collective unconscious in Jungian theory?

Answer 1

The collective unconscious is the genetically stored universal, or ancestral cultural, spiritual images or archetypes that predates birth and is bequeathed to the nascent psyche of each subsequent generation.

Question 2

What is the goal of therapy in Jungian?

Answer 2

The goal of therapy is to unite the conscious with the unconscious and how one sees and experiences the Self, that is of a higher, thus whole and complete order.

Question 3

What are archetypes in Jungian Theory?

Answer 3

Unconscious universal patterns that can be traced across cultures and influence how people think, feel and behave

Question 4

What is the Ego in Jungian Theory?

Answer 4

Complex sets of representations of oneself that has both conscious and unconscious elements that are both personal and collective

Question 5

What is the Self in Jungian Theory?

Answer 5

stems from a deeper connection with life and all humanity

Question 6

What are Shadows in Jungian Theory?

Answer 6

Unpleasant, socially unacceptable, feral, base, immoral aspects of the psyche that if unacknowledged and denied can cause psychological impairment and deterioration

Question 7

What is Persona in Jungian Theory?

Answer 7

The “Public face.”

Question 8

What is Anima/Animus in Jungian Theory?

Answer 8

The feminine side of the male (Anima), and the masculine side of the female

Question 9

What is a Hero in Jungian Theory?

Answer 9

Perseverance, undaunted, helpful companion, hubris, overconfidence

Question 10

What is the wise old man/woman in Jungian Theory?

Answer 10

Strength, quietness, fortitude; nurturance, forgiveness

Question 11

What is the trickster in Jungian Theory?

Answer 11

Shape-shifter, human chameleon, the speaker of truth through paradox; the harbinger of transformation and change.

Question 12

What was Carl Jung?

Answer 12

It was believed that he was a Mystic and believer in the divine (in a secular sense)

Question 13

What is the role of the counselor in Jungian theory?

Answer 13

The therapist is a healer and guide that moves the client toward integration of their polarities, and ultimate connection with the cosmos.

Question 14

What are the four stages of therapy in Jungian?

Answer 14

Confession - Catharsis

Elucidation – Achieve insight through childhood memories that relate to the presenting problem

Education – Insight is translated into meaningful, substantive change in behavior

Transformation – Consciously connected with self and collective unconscious

Question 15

What is the role of the counselor in Jungian theory?

Answer 15

Fellowship and collaboration – Comrades in arms

Educator

“Whatever works” attitude

I can only take you as far as I have so far gone myself

Question 16

What are the three levels of the collective unconscious in Jungian Theory

Answer 16

Conscious mind: That part of you and your mind that you are aware of

Personal unconscious: Forgotten elements of one’s history, repressed memories, and elements that were never conscious

Collective Unconscious: A universal consciousness made up of archetypes that everyone has access to

Question 17

What Jung’s psychological types that eventually became part of Myers-Briggs?

Answer 17

Extravert/Introvert – General attitude and orientation to life

Thinking/Feeling – Analysis and logic vs. values and morality (not necessarily emotive)

Intuitive/Sensing – reliance on the unconscious or collective unconscious material vs. the reliance on the senses

and then added:
Judging/Perceiving – Having things in life planned out, orderly and organized as opposed to a more spontaneous, exploratory zest for new possibilities.

Question 18

What are some examples of goals in Jungian theory?

Answer 18

Facilitate catharsis related to childhood experiences (early phase)

Increase awareness with persona and how it is maintained (early and middle phase)

Increase sense of wholeness and wellbeing (middle and late phase)

Question 19

What does the intervention of using symbols in Jungian theory look like?

Answer 19

Attending to the symbols found in dreams and daydreams; ones choice of metaphors; symptoms, fantasies, and synchronicity (Uncanny and meaningful coincidences that cannot reasonably be explained by chance)

Question 20

What are some interventions in Jungian Theory

Answer 20

Symbols

Dream Analysis

Active Imagination

Analysis of Transference

Synchronicity

Sand play

Question 21

What does active imagination intervention look like in Jungian theory?

Answer 21

Using imagination or fantasy to tied up the loose ends of a dream

Question 22

What is the purpose of Dream Analysis in Jungian theory?

Answer 22

Dream Associations. What is to come in the future of the client.

Question 23

What does the intervention of synchronicity mean in Jungian theory?

Answer 23

Meaningful coincidences