About the Book
Thomas Kirsch is one of the foremost architects of the contemporary Jungian scene and has influenced the evolution and organization of analytical psychology worldwide. His works on the history of Jungian analysis and his memoir of a "Jungian life" have been widely appreciated and this book contains important examples of these interests. Gathered together in The Selected Works are Kirsch’s original and humane contributions to diverse areas, such as: training and the dynamics of analytical institutions; clinical themes in Jungian analysis and how these differ from what typically happens in psychoanalytic treatment; as well as a continuation of his remarkable work into the personalities and prejudices that characterize the profession of Jungian analysis.
As Andrew Samuels observes in his foreword, "In these chapters, we see Tom’s humanity, generosity and flexibility". Given the multifarious dynamics of the training community, Kirsch accepts that things can sometimes go wrong, and he is open about his experiences in this regard. For Kirsch, rather than a simple question of psychologically damaged people becoming analysts, the figure of the "Wounded Healer" is always present in depth psychology.
Kirsch is an exceptionally gifted communicator and several of these chapters stem from lectures and conference presentations. However, behind the appearance of informality emerges, not only a formidable intellect at work, but a warm and compassionate perspective on the human condition. The Selected Works will be of vital interest to analysts, therapists, trainees, academics, and students working in the areas of Jungian analysis and Jungian studies around the world.
Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Foreword v
Acknowledgements x
Chapter 1 1
The Relationship of the REM State to Analytical Psychology
From the American Journal of Psychiatry, 124, no 10, April 1968
Chapter 2 12
The Practice of Multiple Analyses in Analytical Psychology
From Contemporary Psychoanalysis 12, no 2, April 1976
Chapter 3 24
Jungian Analysis
From the International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Neurology, edited by Benjamin B. Wolman, Aesculapius Publishers, 1977
Chapter 4 37
Analysis in Training
From Jungian Analysis, edited by Murray Stein, Open Court Press, 1995
Chapter 5 56
Family Matters: The Descendants of Jung and Freud
From the Journal of Analytical Psychology 43, no 1, January 1998
Chapter 6 70
Jungian Diaspora
From The Psychoanalytic Review 89, no 5, October 2002
Chapter 7 78
Toni Wolff–James Kirsch Correspondence
From the Journal of Analytical Psychology 48, no 4, September 2003
Chapter 8 90
History of Analytical Psychology
From Analytical Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives in Jungian Analysis,
edited by Joseph Cambray and Linda Carter, Routledge 2004
Chapter 9 135
Thomas B. Kirsch Interviews Edward Edinger, December 4, 1996
From The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, 23, no 2, 2004
Chapter 10 155
Cultural Complexes in the History of Jung, Freud and Their Followers
From The Cultural Complex: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche and Society,
edited by Thomas Singer and Samuel L. Kimbles, Routledge 2004
Chapter 11 173
The Role of Personal Therapy in the Formation of a Jungian Analyst
From The Psychotherapist’s Own Psychotherapy: Patient and Clinical Perspectives,
edited by Jesse D. Geller, John C. Norcross, and David E. Orlinsky,
Oxford University Press 2005
Chapter 12 184
The Legacy of C. G. Jung
From Who Owns Jung? edited by Ann Casemont, Karnac Books, 2007
Chapter 13 203
Joseph Lewis Henderson 1903–2007: A Biography
From Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, 2, no 1, 2008
Chapter 14 233
A Visit to Hildemarie Streich
From Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, 3, no 2, 2009
Chapter 15 239
Reflections on the Word `Jungian’
From Cultures and Identities in Transition: Jungian Perspectives,
edited by Murray Stein and Raya A. Jones, Routledge 2010
Chapter 16 254
C.G. Jung: 50 Years After His Death
From the International Journal of Jungian Studies, 3, no 2, September 2011
Chapter 17 266
Preface to The Jung-Kirsch Letters
From The Jung-Kirsch Letters: The Correspondence of C. G. Jung and James Kirsch,
edited by Ann Conrad Lammers, Routledge 2011
Chapter 18 278
Introduction to First Reflections:
Initial Responses to C. G. Jung’s Red Book (Liber Novus)
Based on essays presented in San Francisco, 4–6 June 2010
From The Red Book: Reflections on C.G. Jung’s Liber Novus,
edited by Thomas B. Kirsch and George Hogenson, Routledge 2013
Chapter 19 283
A Lifelong Reading of Jung
From How and Why We Still Read Jung: Personal and Professional Reflections,
edited by Jean Kirsch and Murray Stein, Routledge 2013
Chapter 20 307
Jung’s Relationship with Jews and Judaism
From Analysis and Activism: Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology,
edited by Emilija Kiehl, Mark Saban, and Andrew Samuels, Routledge, 2016
About the Author :
Thomas B. Kirsch is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Palo Alto, California, and the son of two first-generation Jungian analysts, James and Hilde Kirsch, who began their analytic work with C. G. Jung in 1929. He graduated from Yale Medical School (1961), did his residency in psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University, and then spent two years with the National Institute of Mental Health in San Francisco. He completed his Jungian training at the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco (1968). He was president of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco from 1976–1978, served on the executive committee of the International Association for Analytical Psychology, 1977–95, and was IAAP president 1989–95. Dr. Kirsch was the co-editor of the Jungian Section of the International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry, and Neurology, 1977, as well as editor of the Jungian section of the three volume International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis edited by Alain de Mijolla, 2005. He is the author of The Jungians: A Comparative and Historical Perspective (Routledge 2000), Consulting Editor of The Jung-Kirsch Letters (Routledge 2011), the correspondence between his father James Kirsch and C. J. Jung, as well as the author of many published chapters in books, articles in scientific journals, and book reviews. He co-edited with George Hogenson The Red Book: Reflections on C.G. Jung’s Liber Novus (Routledge 2013), and his memoir, A Jungian Life, was published in 2014. For more information on Dr. Kirsch, see his website at www.jungians.com.
Review :
'The footprints of Dr. Thomas Kirsch’s journey as an inheritor and lifelong contributor to the Jungian tradition are tracked in this fine volume. The full arc of his contributions to Jungian organizations, theory, history, and clinical practice unfold in these pages which reveal Kirsch as a man with rare gifts of insight, thoughtfulness and feeling who did not dodge landmines in his own psyche, in Jung’s legacy or in his colleagues. Born of a mother and father who were both Jungian analysts, some eighty years later Dr. Kirsch became the first person ever to be interviewed on film in Jung’s Bolllingen library where his modesty and deep knowledge of the human psyche show him to be that rarest bird, a Jungian "wise old man" who has lived fully the hand that fate dealt him.' - Thomas Singer, M.D., USA
