The Psychology of the Transference

The Psychology of the Transference is an authoritative account of that central issue in all analysis, the handling of the transference between analyst and patient. This is made doubly fascinating because lung does this by drawing on his conceptions of archetypes and man's inner life. The bond between analyst and patient is seen as being analogous to the kinship libido between the alchemist-adept and his 'mystic sister'. The book is one of the finest of lung's later writings. It contains practical applications to familiar psychological situations in both the clinical context and everyday life. Probably one of the finest of Jung's later writings, and merits repeated reading and pondering; readers will find in it, for the first time, the practical applications to familiar psychological situations.