Nora Swan-Foster, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, NCPsyA, is a Jungian Analyst and Jungian Art Therapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She is Board Certified and Registered Art Therapist and a senior training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA). Nora teaches at Naropa University, where she was on the faculty for several years. Her art therapy research and publications opened the door for using art therapy as early intervention with childbearing-related issues related to medical trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Nora is on the editorial board for the Journal of Analytical Psychology and her chapter "Jungian Art Therapy" was included in Judith Rubin's Approaches to Art Therapy. She continues to investigate the Jungian path of creativity through teaching, painting, dreams, and active imagination.

Table of Contents

Introduction

My Journey into Jungian Psychology

Why this book?

Navigation: Two Centuries, Two Paradigms

Circumambulating the Stages

Gateway

Attending

Passage

The Map of the Book

Jungian Art Therapy

Images and the Interpretation of Images

Affect, Emotion, and Feeling

Client/patient/analysand

Ego

He/She

Masculine and Feminine Principles

Genius Loci: Sacred Space

Endnotes

Section I: Gateway: Preparing to Engage

Chapter 1: A Jungian Landscape for Theory and Practice

Landmarks: Conscious, Unconscious, and the Symbolic

Jung, Signs, and Symbols

Circumambulation: An attitude for the Inner Journey

Mandalas

Jung's Structure of the Psyche

The Psyche as Circle

Consciousness

Ego

Persona

Unconscious

Shadow

Complex

Archetype

Anima/Animus

The Self: The Numinous Psyche

Psychoid

Psychic Energy

Endnotes

Chapter 2: Jungian Art Psychotherapy: Creating Bridges to the Past

Jung's Contributions: Analytical Psychology as a Framework for Jungian Art Therapy

Origins of Analytical Psychology

Jung's Separation from Freud

Jung's Creative Descent and the Liber Novus-The Red Book-1913-1930

A Journey into Art Therapy

Jung's Influence on Art Therapy-American and British

American Art Therapy

Margaret Naumburg: The Mother of Art Therapy

Naumburg's Academic Accomplishments

Florence Cane

British Jungian Art Therapy and Withymead

Champerowne's Early Days

Endnotes

Chapter 3: Psychic Energy: The Psyche's Life Force

Two Kinds of Thinking and Psychic Energy

Psychic Energy

Tension of Opposites

Body and the Opposites

Movement of Psychic Energy

Progressive and Regressive Energy

Adaptation

Principles of Constancy and Equivalence

Intensity

Jungian Art Therapy Example

Transference/Countertransference

Psychic Energy and Teleology

Endnotes

Chapter 4: Synthetic Method and Transcendent Function and Art Therapy

Jung's Synthetic Method

Subjective

Objective

Amplifications

Art Therapy and the Synthetic Method

Transcendent Function

The Role of the Transcendent Function

Constellation of the Transcendent Function

Transcendent Function and Restoration of Persona

Florence Cane: Transcendent Function, Opposites

Transcendent Function, Symbols, and Art Therapy

The Transcendent Function in Action: Jungian Art Therapy Examples

Students

Art and Individuation

Jung's Two Approaches Towards Images: Creative Formulation and meaning

Facilitating the Transcendent Function

Endnotes

Section II: Attending: Engaging with the unconscious

Chapter 5: Imagination: Creating Imaginal Space

The Imagination

History of Imagination

Imagination and Symbolic Thinking

Symbolic Thinking-A Developmental Process

Productive Imagination

Destructive Forces and Imagination

Clinical Example of Destructive Imagination

Lucinda's Story: Imagination and Amor Fati

Endnotes

Chapter 6: Complex Theory: The Material for Transformation

The Basic Nature of a Complex

Image

Autonomous

Splitting

The Structure of the Complex

Cluster of Complexes

Complexes as Expression of Energy

Complexes, Emotions, and Images

Tina's Story

Complexes, Emotions, and the Body

Carol's Story

The Purpose of Complexes

Progressive and Regressive Complexes

Complexes and Multiplicity

Complexes and Trauma

Complexes and Transference/Countertransference

Complexes and Art Materials

Jungian Art Therapy Example

Endnotes

Chapter 7: Archetypes: Anchors of the Mythic Pattern

Definition of Archetypes

The Structure of Archetypes

Jung and Archetypes

History

Jung's Three Developments of the Archetype

Years 1912-1934

Years 1935-1945

Years 1945-1961

The Psychological Development of the Archetype

How Archetypes Influence Consciousness

Rebecca's Image

The Bipolar Archetype: Instinctual and Spiritual Poles

Myth of Psyche: Instinctual and Spiritual

Instinctual

Spirit

Claire's Story

Self: Archetype as the Spiritual Pole

The Relationship Between Ego, Complexes, and Archetypes

How Do We Recognize an Archetype?

The Archetype of Individuation

Jungian Art Therapy: John and Emergence

Important Summary Points About Archetypes

Endnotes

Section III: Passage: Engaging with Images

Chapter 8: Dreams and Art Therapy

The Importance of Dreams

Freud and Dreams

Jung's Approach to Dreams

How to Catch a Dream

The Structure of a Dream

Types of Dreams

Basic Notes on Dreams

Dreams and Art

Dreams Carry Energy and Emotion

Anna's Dream: Instinctual and Spiritual

The Story of Dawn: The Castle and The Bridge

The Bridge Dream

Alternative Approaches to the Bridge Dream

Dreams of the Past

Dreams that Sing

Naomi and the Boy Animus

Ellen and the Father

Endnotes

Chapter 9: Active Imagination and Art Therapy

Active Imagination and the Pregnant Symbol

Active Imagination-Experiencing the Psyche

Jung's Red Book: The Discovery of Active Imagination

Jung's Method of Active Imagination

Example Dialogue with Art

Von Franz's Method of Active Imagination

Post-Jungian Reflections and Methods

Active Imagination and Transitional Space

Active Imagination and Transference/Countertransference

Creating a Personal "Red Book" Process

An Example of Creating a "Red Book"

Conclusion

Endnotes