Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary psychotherapy, Contemporary Jungian Analysis, written by members of the Society of Analytical Psychology in London, covers the key concepts of Jungian analysis and therapy as it is practised today. Each chapter brings together two essays by different authors to give different perspectives on themes which are of common interest to psychotherapists of all persuasions. Topics include:
* infancy
* gender
* transference
* popular culture
* assessment and pathology
* dreams and active imagination
* the training of the therapist
* religious and spiritual issues.

Contents:
C. Hauke, I. Alister, Introduction. List of films. Acknowledgements. A Jungian Perspective. D. Fredericksen, Jung/Sign/Symbol/Film. L. Lennihan, The Alchemy of Pulp Fiction. P. Berry, The Moving Image, Particular Films. J. Hollwitz, The Grail Quest and Field of Dreams. J. Ryan, Dark City. D. Williams, 'If you Could See what I've Seen with your Eyes...' Post-human Psychology and Blade Runner. J. Izod, 2001 - A Space Odyssey. C. Hauke, 'Let's Get Back to Finding Out who we Are': Men, Unheimlich and Returning Home in The Films of Steven Spielberg. L. Hockley, Studies in Genres and Gender. Film Noir: Archetypes or Stereotypes. M. Dougherty, Love-life: The Use of Films in Analysis in the Interpretation of Gender. J. Beebe, Anima in Film. J. Wyly, 'Gay Sensibility', the Hermaphrodite, and Pedro Almodovar's Films. Glossary.