Analytical psychology

Analytical psychology is a school of Depth psychology based upon the movement started by Carl Jung and his followers as distinct from the (at the time) Freudian-dominated psychoanalysis. It is based on the concept that we are not aware of our personal unconscious and its concomitant forces and processes. Moreover, Jung also identified a Collective Unconscious.

Analytical Psychology distinguishes several psychological types or temperaments.

Attitude Types

• Extravert
• Introvert

The attitude type could be thought of as the flow of libido (that is psychic energy). The Introvert's flow is inward to the subject and away from the object, ie. external relations. The Extravert's is outward toward the object, ie. towards external relations and away from the inner, subjective world. Extraverts desire breadth, while introverts seek depth.

The Introversion/Extraversion attitude type may also influence mental breakdown. Introverts may be more inclined to catatonic type schizophrenia and extraverts towards manic depression.

Ego function types

• Thinking
• Feeling
• Sensation
• Intuition

These Psychological Types are the foundation of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which adds two more types:

• Judging
• Perceiving

External links

• International Association for Analytical Psychology
• An Outline of Analytical Psychology by Edward F. Edinger, M.D.
• Psychovision: Analytical Psychology and Physics; Carl G. Jung and Wolfgang Pauli