Category: developmental psychology

• The Holy Family Triune -The Father, Mother, and Child: Archetypal Development during Early Childhood

  

  The Holy Triune explores the archetypal family structure using Jung’s analytical theory of archetypes to explore early childhood development.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  April 29, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology

  archetypal development, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypal theory, Archetypes, Attachment Theory, Carl Jung, Childhood Development, Collective Unconscious, destiny, developmental psychology, Divine Child Archetype, fairy tales and psychology, Father Archetype, Infant development, Mary Louise von Franz, Mother Archetype, mythology and psychology, Mythopoetic Men’s Movement, Oedipal Complex, Oedipal Development, primary narcissism, Robert Bly, Self, Self Realization, Separation Individuation, Sigmund Freud

• Our Archetypal Beginnings: Siddhartha, The Importance of Fatherhood, and a Jungian Perspectives on Early Childhood Development

  

  This article explores early archetypal development and the importance of fatherhood on early childhood development from a Jungian perspective.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 20, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Jungian Psychology, Motherhood, Parenting

  archetypal development, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypes, Childhood Personality Development, developmental psychology, Dreams, Early Childhood Development, family values, Father Archetype, Fatherhood, God, importance of fatherhood, Mother Archetype, motherhood, phoenix, Psychology, The Stockton Therapy Network

• Siddhartha and Archetypal Themes of Early Childhood Development

  

  The story Siddhartha written by the Nobel Laureate author Herman Hesse has differences from the true life of Siddhartha Gautama, the prince that would eventually become the Buddha. Hesse presents Siddhartha as born to the Brahman caste, and having grew up in an intact family who lived near a riverbank situated by a forest. In…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  February 11, 2018

  Analytical Psychology

  Archetypes, Atman, Brahman, Child Psychology, Childhood Development, consciousness, developmental psychology, Divine Child Archetype, ego, ego psychology, enlightenment, Father Archetype, Mother Archetype, Paradox, Psychology, shadow

• Reveries of Consciousness Development

  

  Personal Reveries from Early Consciousness  Our journey to develop consciousness is intimately linked to the development of understanding that exists between life, death, and the other paradoxes that seem to govern the way our mind perceives and processes information. Therefore, the development of consciousness occurs during early childhood, matures throughout the lifecycle, encompasses both our…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  February 2, 2018

  Analytical Psychology

  Carl Jung, Childhood Development, Collective Unconscious, consciousness, development, developmental psychology, Dreams, Hermann Hesse, Mediation, Psychology, reverie, transference, unconscious

• Alchemical Hermeneutics & The Lifelong Journey to Realize Self

  

  Alchemical Hermeneutics and the Lifelong Journey to Realize Self explores methods by which we can understand the depths and language of our developing soul

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  January 24, 2018

  Hermeneutics

  Alchemical Hermeneutics, Archetypes, Attachment Theory, case study, Case Study Method, Collective Unconscious, developmental psychology, Duality, Hermann Hesse, Individuation, Jungian Developmental Psychology, Masculine Development, Masculine Psychology, metaphor, Mythopoetic Men’s Movement, narcissistic split, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Psychological Containment, Psychology, Psychosexual Development, Psychosocial Development, Qualitative Research, Robert Bly, Self Realization, shadow, Siddhartha, Sigmund Freud, Splitting, unconscious

• A Developmental Theory of Jungian Psychology

  

  The History between Hermann Hesse and Carl Jung The psychological theories of Carl Gustav Jung share a common history with the writing of Siddhartha. Hesse (2002) began work on this story in 1919 and completed the first portion of the story by 1920. He then underwent a period of severe writer’s block from which he sought…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  September 21, 2017

  Analytical Psychology

  Analytical Psychology, archetype, Carl Jung, development, developmental psychology, Dr. Thomas Maples, Hermann Hesse, Jungian Developmental Psychology, Masculine Development, Masculine Psychology, personality development, Psychology, Self, Self Actualization, Siddhartha, unconscious

• Siddhartha: An Archetypal Journey Towards Self-Realization

  

  I lay the foundation for a lifelong developmental theory based on Carl Jung’s theory of individuation as it relates to the archetypal journey of the Buddha.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  August 31, 2017

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypal theory, Archetypes, Buddha, Carl Jung, developmental psychology, Erik Erikson, Hermann Hesse, Individuation, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Psychosexual Development, Psychosocial Development, Self Realization, Siddhartha, Sigmund Freud, The Stockton Therapy Network