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Old 12-13-2008, 09:33 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SageTree View Post
One of the major reasons that Jung broke with Freud was due in part to his obsessive ideas of the Father/Daughter relationship. His daughter Anna, who was also a psychoanalist, broke with her father's ideas, because of sexual infatuation. although she did go on to study the ego, and developed ideas in child psychology. Freud said we stop developing at age 6. Most of his patients were sexually abused women, whom he developed his theories on, and most of them were just case studies, Freud never really proved anything. He was a pioneer for sure. He found the land were the resources could be drawn, but he was no miner of the catalyst he created. Mostly Freud is good for what he did to make people draw different conclusions.Freud's conclusions were based on studying the 'sick', while Jung's ideas revolved around finding out what makes a person stay well, by studying healthy individuals. In my opinion that too is a better method of study. If I was paying a doctor who told me he learned everything he knew about health from sick people, then I might scratch my head a little and wonder. It's like looking at the sinner to see what helps people be better people, instead of just looking to the good for wisdom on goodness. Know what I'm saying?

If a doctor stood on a stage today and talked about using strict Freudian methods they would be laughed off the stage. Jung's is still highly respected, and doesn't have the ethics problems to deal with.

There aren't clinics out there practicing his methods, plain and simple. That speaks for itself.

My personal favourite approach in psychology is Narrative Therapy.
There are in fact many psychologists that practice psychoanalysis, a form of psychotherapy in which Freud created, and some people swear by it. It is all a matter of preference, one person may like things one way, another person likes things another way.

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