Psychology: Exploring the Psychologies of Freud, Jung and Others

Each session will introduce and discuss a different set of key ideas: -

Freud and his ideas about the Unconscious. How we project ourselves from this unconscious through defence mechanisms such as denial and repression.

Freud’s theory of Personality; how our early childhood experiences make us the men or women we are today.

Introducing Jung, his ideas on Introverts and Extraverts, archetypes and the collective Unconscious

Carl Jung on the integration of our unconscious and conscious selves. Plus his ideas on alchemy, art, madness, Hitler and flying saucers!

Alfred Adler on the Inferiority Complex and the role of power. How Adler fell out with both Freud and Jung.

Karen Horney and the feminist challenge. An early feminist response to Freud’s ideas and the first to talk about self-actualisation.

Erik Erikson and the Identity Crises and how happiness depends on the way we negotiate conflict.

Wilhelm Reich and the importance of the Orgasm and how to concentrate life energy to make it rain.

Viktor Frankl on humanities search for meaning, in the face of desolation.

Eric Fromm and the fear of freedom, love, freedom and the liberating potential of Psychology.