Echo's Subtle Body: Contributions to an Archetypal Psychology
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Book Overview
Collected here are all of Patricia Berry's writings between 1972 and 1982, which together develop a style of psychotherapy that is based on the primacy of the image in psychical life. The book contains the often referred to but out-of-print essays "An Approach to the Dream" and "What's the Matter with Mother?" as well as newer papers. The style poetically concrete, the insights bolstered by clinical example, dream interpretation, and mythical references, each paper revisions an important analytic construct-reductions, dream, defense, telos or goal, reflection, shadow-so that it more adequately and sensitively echoes the poetic basis of the mind. One of the best available introductions to the fresh ideas now enlivening the practice of Jungian analysis. Of special interest to psychotherapists and to all concerned with myth, dream, and feminine studies.This newly revised third edition includes a text written in honor of James Hillman: "Rules of Thumb Toward an Archetypal Psychology Practice."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0882140620
ISBN13:9780882140629
Release Date:September 2017
Publisher:Spring Publications
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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a teacher's dream of a book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Pat Berry's clear and poetic style creates a dream of a book for teachers of college/grad school courses in counseling. Dream group leaders will love it. Echo is the book to choose if you want students to experience a master at work in the art of psychotherapy. The essay, "An Approach to the Dream" is one not to be missed!
Psychology with imagination
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
No one writes like Pat Berry. She can take you down into the subtlest spaces and the deepest insights, all the while writing as though she were having a conversation with you. Countless times I have recommended her to people looking for an excellent therapist. In that same spirit I recommend her book. It has guided me for many years, and I've stolen ideas from it for all of my own books. Consider the chapter, "Defense and Telos in Dreams." The title sounds fancy, but it explores a basic idea: our emotional problems contain the solutions to our lives. The riches in this book are astounding. It's one of ten indispensable books I take with me whenever I travel for a long period. Thomas Moore
Most Highly Rated
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
When this book was published in 1982, it was the first and then only down to earth explanation of the practice of the archetypal psychological version of Jungian therapy. Now all these years later, it remains the best expression of practical archetypal psychological work with dreams, fantasies, and behaviors. All the more is the case because of the inclusion of the new essay by the author of "Rules of Thumb." For those really interested in what the psychological practice is all about, this is a must read! Most highly recommended! David L. Miller. Syracuse, New York.
At last!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
At last Berry's groundbreaking work is in print again! One of the foremost psychological thinkers of her generation, Berry is a true original. This sparkling collection of essays is recommended to anyone interested in understanding psychic life, clinicians and general readers alike. A gold mine.
a fine collection of her best papers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
...It's worth having. The author takes archetypal psychologyand applies it poetically and relevantly to a host of contemporary andliterary topics. Worth looking for.
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