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Rosegrant, J. Why Bion? Why Jung? For That Matter, Why Freud? (Transalted by Konyaev, S. N., Sultanova, M. A.)

Abstract: The present article of a famous American analyst John Rosegrant is devoted to the analytical review of leading theorists and practical psychoanalysts Bion, Jung and Freud. The author aims at finding similarities and differences in their works. In particular, he writes that Bion and Jung both prefer the romantic/collectivist’s approach to therapy and deny the classical/individual approach. On the other hand, Freud tried to use both. The author of the article himself keeps up to Bion and Jung’s approach. Bion and Jung believed that the romantic method used in therapy could provide more opportunities for a patient to get out of stagnation and trigger his self improvement. Freud just like Bacan insisted that it was essential to combine both approaches both in one’s life and psychotherapy. Part of the article is devoted to Jung’s archetypes who believed the archetype to be an independent, spontaneous source of energy that existed in the reality and resembled ‘the gods’. Freud and Jung both thought that the gods (archetypes) were created by projections of one’s spirits (psyche). While Freud believed the gods to be projection of one’s desire and fear, Jung believed them to be super-personal force that does not relate to one’s personal experience but is created by psyche.

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psychoanalysis, Bion, Jung, Freud, therapy, analyst, patient, archetypes, free associations, collective unconscious.

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