The Art of Jungian Couples Therapy

Within this accessible volume, Nelson and Delmedico apply a Jungian approach to provide fresh ways of thinking about couples therapy, and the profound unconscious forces at play when couples create a life together.

Elizabeth Éowyn Nelson, PhD, Jungian scholar and international speaker, has taught at Pacifica Graduate Institute since 2003. She has published two books as well as several academic papers and individual chapters on diverse subjects including dream, feminism, film, mythology, technology, and research. She is on the board of the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies and served as General Editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies for five years. Anthony Delmedico, PhD, LMFT is a depth psychotherapist and AAMFT-Approved Supervisor in private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has written about the depths of relationship, fatherhood, divorce, and sexual abuse.

Introduction 1. The Self, Individuation, and Jungian Couples Therapy 2. Couples and Complexes 3. The Archetypal Basis of Coupled Life 4. Typology in Couples Therapy 5. The Shadow and the Couple 6. The Alchemy of Relationship 7. Diversity and Contemporary Coupling 8. Jung and the Soul of the Therapist