Aldo Carotenuto

Why do we fear love? How do we invite betrayal? What can we learn about ourselves from eroticism, abandonment, solitude? What unconscious drives are at work and seducation and jealousy? Are love, suffering and creativity connected? This book brings to light a treasure in the darkness.

Shades of Love and Suffering

Eros and Pathos

Detailed account of a 50-year-old woman's Jungian analysis, during which she recovers her energy and sense of self-worth. The emphasis here is on the importance of dreams, which point the way at times of transition.

A Woman's Healing Journey

The Spiral Way

Guided journey through the world of dreams and psychic reality, showing how individual psychological development parallels the historical evolution of consciousness. Special attention to artists and creativity in men.

Individuation in Jungian Psychology

The Vertical Labyrinth

Trattato di psicologia della personalità e delle differenze individuali

metamorfosi e individuazione nell'Asino d'oro di Apuleio

Le rose nella mangiatoia

"In the analytical relationship, the patient must maintain equilibrium between fear and attraction; the analyst must realize that the analytical process animates fantasies of seduction. In a fable told by a patient, an analyst, and a narrator, the secret meanings of the encounter are revealed. This book fosters a clear understanding of the affective roots of seduction that can lead to transformation and the discovery of a new identity."--BOOK JACKET.

Rites and Myths of Seduction

The philosopher Emmanuel Kant speculated that a dove might think it would find flying easier without the encumbrance of air around it He observed that such a bird would, of course, soon discover flight in a vacuum impossible Carotenuto here demonstrates that, like Kant's dove, the analyst cannot exclude the transference and countertransference from the analytical field -that movement toward healing is not possible without the medium of relationship, created by the interacting personalities of analyst and analysand. Carotenuto explores this subject in historical depth, reflecting on the development of depth psychology from its earliest beginnings in mesmerism and hypnotism. He invokes this history as evidence in support of the importance of transference and countertransference despite the long standing cultural stigma attached to deep relationships between doctor and patient. Finally, he defines the fine line to be walked in the deeply emotional, yet strictly verbal, interaction that must develop as a necessary requisite for effective therapy.

The History of Transference in Psychoanalysis

Kant's Dove

The Call of the Daimon: Love and Truth in the Writings of Franz Kafka includes Kafka's life, characters and events in the novels, contemporary poetry, and Aldo Carotenuto's interpretations of critical Jungian perspectives.

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