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“The psychological characteristics of Americans exhibit traits that would be accessible to psychoanalysis, as they point to a strong sexual repression. The reasons for the displacement are to be found in the specifically American complex, namely living together with the lower classes. Breedsin particular the N*****. Living together with the barbarian races  has a suggestive effect on the laboriously subjugated instincts of the white race and pulls them down. Strong defenses are therefore necessary, which manifest themselves in the special aspects of American culture […]”

Analytical psychology was developed in contrast to Freudian psychoanalysis. Jung was a student and friend of Freud from 1907 to 1913. Analytical psychology is mainly offered as individual therapy. Here client and therapist usually sit opposite each other. The aim is a dialog between the two as equal partners and a deep human encounter. However, the therapist is also seen as a teacher and "spiritual guide". Besides sickness in addition to the causes in the individual life story and in the social and cultural situation, there are also life conflicts that all people have to overcome: the so-called archetypal problems. His descriptions of these archetypes are based, among other things, on racist stereotypes that have found their way into European science through colonialism. This is why, in analytical psychotherapy, the client is brought into contact with archetypal solutions, such as those presented in myths or fairy tales. This inevitably leads to the reproduction of racist and sexist stereotypes. The "cure" is to be achieved through individuation. Individuation occurs through the realization and integration of previously unconscious polar personality parts such as the so-called shadow as the negative or the animus or anima as the opposite-sex part.

Typology Triad Blog (2021): Jung and racism.

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