Via intention to personal authenticity : incorporating Lonergan's method of self-appropriation and Doran's psychic conversion into the clinical practice of depth psychology

Abstract

Depth psychology (psycho-analysis, Analytical Psychology, Jungian psychology, archetypal psychology) lacks some if not all of the following in clinical praxis: systematic structure, well defined objectives, a working understanding of the psyche and the relations of self, subjectivity and objectivity, means of systematically appropriating the mind's full functional potential, and a clear understanding of psychopathology's relation to intentionality and human authenticity. Patients can be iatrogenically damaged by these shortcomings. Bernard Lonergan and Robert Doran offer self-appropriation, transcendental method, intentionality and psychic conversion as means of rectifying the shortcomings; these means were incorporated into clinical praxis with patients. The thesis describes Lonergan's and Doran's contributions, the means of clinically implementing them and some outcomes. As well, the impact on the training of depth psychologists is discussed.

Date of Award	2009
Original language	English