In an increasingly superficial and disconnected world, Jungian psychology offers a more soulful alternative. It provides a frame within which we can more easily notice and understand the voice of the unconscious and its implications, allowing us to build deeper relationships and lead more meaningful lives.
In this book, Laurence Barrett explores the fundamental principles and structures of Jung’s model of the mind and considers ways in which these may be applied and extended to a modern coaching and consulting practice. It offers a deep but accessible insight to Jungian theory, supported by a wealth of source materials and rich examples from the author’s own work and experience.
A Jungian Approach to Coaching will help experienced coaches to better support individuals, groups, and organizations, in a rediscovery of their humanity and their potential. It will help turn leaders into people.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Why Jung Matters?
SECTION 1
Foundation
1. Understanding the Mind: A Jungian Model of the Psyche
2. Approaching the Deep Unconscious: The Language of Symbol
3. Facing Life and Midlife: Individuation and the Emergence of the Self
4. Spinning Tales and Making Meaning: The Importance of Narrative in Human Development
5. Dealing with the Dark: The Importance of the Shadow in Development Work
6. Considering Gender: The Other as the Archetype of Soul
SECTION 2
Relationship
7. Finding Ourselves in Others: The Transference and its Importance for Coaching
8. Working with Groups: The Developmental Paradox of Group Coaching
9. Creating the Spaces to Change: Liminality and Developmental Work
10. Exploring the Cultural Complex: Change in Organisations and Societies
11. Building Therapeutic Organisations: A Reverie at Scale
12. Towards a Therapeutic World: Ecopsychology and the Implications for Coaching
SECTION 3
Practice
13. Working Online: An Emerging Practice
14: Tending the Boundaries: The Therapeutic Zone Between Coaching and Psychotherapy
15: Building a Jungian Coaching Practice: Three Fundamental Pillars
Some Final Reflections
Index