AUDREY PUNNETT (Ed): JUNGIAN CHILD ANALYSIS, Cultural Perspectives

Jungian Child Analysis: Cultural Perspectives describes how family heritage, national history and culture influence children and youth and inform their development and relationships. In this book, Jungian child and adolescent analysts from the United States, Brazil, Italy, Romania, Russia, Israel and Taiwan describe cultural, historical and familial factors particular to their countries. Via case studies, they show how these factors are embedded in the psyche. The analysts describe how deep knowledge of the traumatic elements of the history of their nation and of traditional and changing cultural and family values illuminates their work with children, adolescents, and their families. In the case material, they illustrate how these factors can aid or impede the therapy. Their insights not only enhance the work of therapists, but also encourage every reader to look deeper into their own national, cultural, and family history. This deeper look can lead to greater understanding of the Other, as we meet the Other within ourselves, in our work, and in the larger community.