Jung’s Word Association Manual is the long-awaited definitive and essential guide to training, research, and practice of Jung’s Association Experiment, both in clinical practice and beyond the consulting room.
Carefully redesigned by training analysts, examiners, and researchers at the C.G. Jung Institute Zurich in consultation with a multi-disciplinary group of international authorities, this manual will enable multi-disciplinary practice and discourse while supporting a research/practitioner model. WAE grabs spotlight as a therapeutic instrument remodelled to deliver measurable patient benefit. Bridging the worlds of empirical science and the depths of the human psyche, this book provides a platform for research into psychotherapeutic effectiveness and efficacy. The incorporation of Jung’s mature reflections and of contemporary research, teaching and practice provides solid new insights to support established and innovative practice and further scientific research.
This is a valuable new resource written for students and for the continuing professional development of analysts, academics, and fellow professionals.
Table of Contents
1. Jung’s Word Association Experiment 2. WAE training for student analysts and practitioners 3. Preparing for the WAE 4. Taking the Anamnesis 5. AE Protocol 6. The Context interview 7. Map of complexes 8. Building and Interpretation hypothesis & Therapeutic use of AE 9. Behind Words – Developmental perspective 10. AE examination document: Example 11. The Word Association Experiment and the DSM / ICD categories 12. Research 13. AE: Further thoughts