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Welcome to the Jung Podcast.The purpose of the podcast is to provide core information about Carl Jung's Analytical Psychology. Ever wondered what your dreams mean?  - what an archetype is? - what is the Shadow?  These and other such issues are answered in the Jung Podcast. Very soon you should be able to discuss not only your dreams, but movies and art in terms of Jung's model. The podcast starts with the assumption that you are new to Jung and by the third episode, with the new material you have learned, assumes that you have a working knowledge of the basic model - all through just listening to a very clear, and simple explanation of Jung.

JUNG’S THEORY OF TYPOLOGY PART 2In this episode I continue with an overview of the extraverted and introverted attitudes, as well as review the four functions in terms of the perceiving and judging functions. We also examine the superior and inferior functions in an attempt to understand how these are simply ways of dealing consciously with the world. As the inferior function is an attribute of the psyche that often trips us up, this is a critical aspect of our continued development of the fundamentals of Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology. Examples are given to aid our understanding of these aspects of typology.

JUNG PODCAST #11 JUNG'S THEORY OF TYPOLOGY part1In this episode I introduce the fundamentals of Jung’s theory of typology. I overview some of the issues pertaining to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and offer statements from Jung that caution us against viewing type as a rigid form of categorisation of people.  The two attitudes – extraversion and introversion are explained using quotes from Jung, Beebe and Sharp. In order to understand Jung’s idea that introversion is the withdrawal of libido from the object and extraversion is the investing of the object with libido I offer basic ideas from object relations theory and a critical quote from John Beebe who argues that libido is invested in or withdrawn from an archetypal image.

In this episode I cover the interpretation of an actual dream, using the material covered to date.

Part 2 of the Model of the Psyche. This episode has been re-uploaded to deal with difficulties some subscribers had with the download.

This is the third part of a Jungian Approach to Dream Interpretation. In this episode we deal with the types of compensatory dreams we may have and examine the critical issue of whether to take an objective interpretation to the dream, or a subjective interpretation. www.jungian.ca

In this, the second episode that deals with dreams, we begin with practical approaches to dream recall. Mention is also made of useful ideas about sleep hygiene techniques you can use to aid sleep. Types of dreams that we may have are explained, including traumatic, childhood, recurrent and prospective. The vast majority of dreams we have are compensatory or complementary. Finally we examine those dreams that cause us to feel ashamed or embarassed - nasty dreams in which we do things that we find objectionable.

In this episode I introduce a Jungian approach to dream interpretation. The focus of this episode is the issue of sleep and why we should interpret dreams at all. For more on this topic, including references, please see my webpage at www.jungian.ca

This episode is part 2 of the Persona

In this episode I cover the archetype of the Persona as well as begin to address the issue of what a symbol is.

In this episode, I review the concept of projection and examine three core archetypes of the psyche, that of the Shadow, the Anima, and the Animus. For comments and questions about this episode, please contact me at jbetts5@telus.net or through my website at www.jungian.ca