Tag: primary narcissism

• Narcissus and the Absent Father: Towards an Ecological Understanding of Narcissism and Ego Development

  

  Dr. Tom explores the idea of the absent father in the development of primary and secondary narcissism. He analyzes and amplifies the themes present in the original story Echo and Narcissus as a means to develop an ecological understanding of narcissism and its effects on healthy and unhealthy ego development.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  December 25, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Myth and Psychology, Narcissism

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypes, Carl Jung, Echo and Narcissus, Father Archetype, Father Son Relationship, Iron John, Mother Archetype, Narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Narcissus, object attachment, Object Relations Theory, primary narcissism, Robert Bly, secondary narcissism, shadow archetype, transformation

• Narcissism: 2 Grasp Healthy Ego Development v. Despair

  

  Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. (Carl Gustav Jung) The Traits of Narcissism Narcissism has recently become a booming topic of discussion both amongst professionals in the psychological community and the public at large. The well known psychological publication, Psychology Today, offers a myriad of information and advice to help you understand the symptoms…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  December 9, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Myth and Psychology, Narcissism

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypes, Carl Jung, ego, ego / Self Axis, ego development, ego psychology, Featured, Love, Love and Early Attachment, Mother Archetype, mythology and psychology, Mythopoetic Men’s Movement, Narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, primary narcissism, Robert Bly

• Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha & Psychoanalytic Perspectives of Childhood Development

  

  Sigmund Freud (1917/1966) developed a theory about autoerotic zones that affect the development of children until early adult life. While Freud’s stage theory ends with the emergence of young adult life, these stages coalesce into an adult personality that is ready to fulfill the primary life task of reproduction. Freud based the theory of autoeroticism…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  June 21, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Depth Psychology, Dr. Thomas Maples, Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud

  archetype, Carl Jung, Child Psychology, Childhood Development, ego development, Hermann Hesse, Introjection, Melanie Klein, object attachment, Object Relations Theory, Oedipal Development, primary narcissism, Projection, Psychoanalysis, psychological defense mechanisms, Psychosexual Development, Sigmund Freud, superego development, The Stockton Therapy Network, triangulation

• 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