Sigmund Freud And Carl Jung - 1830 Words

Lonnie Spears Professor Dianne Owsley General Psychology July 15, 2015 Freud vs. Jung â€Å"One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil. And why, then, should you not pluck at my laurels? You respect me; but how if one day your respect should tumble? Take care that a falling statue does not strike you dead! You had not yet sought yourselves when you found me. Thus do all believers -- Now I bid you lose me and find yourselves; and only when you have all denied me will I return to you.† (Nietzsche Quoted by Jung to Freud, 1912), [McGuire, 1974] Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung became friends in 1907 during what were turning points in both of their lives. There was a twenty-year age gap between the two men, Freud being fifty-one and†¦show more content†¦Through Jung’s studies on word association, Freud was able to further link to experimental psychology. He was then able to express his ideas about the psychodynamics of culture and religion (Gay, 1988; Jones, 1955; Kerr, 1993). The relationship was not without benefits for Jung. Jung was able to broaden his thoughts on the etiology and treatment of neurosis and psychosis. This gave Jung a political card to play in the international psychoanalytical movement. Upon meeting Freud, Jung was already a promising psychiatrist with a gift for psychological research. He was a prestigious junior appointment at one of the top centers in Europe that treated psychotic disorders before meeting Freud. (Kerr, 1993). In 1913, Jung had broken away from Freud and was by then internationally known for original contributions to clinical psychology and for his leadership of the psychoanalytic movement. In 1912, Jung authored a book called Transformations and Symbols of Libido (Jung 1912). This marked his independence from the movement. The reasons for the break-up between Freud and Jung is many, but their contradicting views in their science were likely the crumbling of their foundation. (Billinsky, J.M. (1969) Jung and Freud: The End of a Romance) The Unconscious Mind: Jung and Freud had different concepts of the