A Dangerous Method – The Dangers of Boundaries in Psychotherapy

C.G. Jung has come in for quite a lot of public attention in the past several years, first in 2009 and following with the publication of The Red Book and all of the publicity and buzz surrounding that phenomenal work, and now with the Hollywood film, “A Dangerous Method,” which takes place during his years of psychiatric residency at the Burgholzli Klinik in Zurich and his association with Sigmund Freud. Most centrally, the film dwells a young female patient at the Klinik named Sabina Spielrein and her relationships with Jung and Freud. A century after the events depicted, the director David Cronenberg attempts to bring the era back to life in vivid color and on the big screen.