Stuart MacFarlane is a prominent Jungian analyst that has over 30 years of experience in psychotherapy and currently resides in London, England. Originally from Sydney, Australia, he started his career back in the early 1970s where he studied philosophy & Advaita Vedanta at Yoga-Vedanta Forest University in Rishikesh, India. Advaita Vedanta is an ancient Hindu tradition of scriptural exegesis and religious practice where followers seek enlightenment by obtaining vidya (knowledge). After schooling, MacFarlane returned to Australia and was inclined to integrate his experiences in the East to undertake his own therapy and analysis.
During this time, he began training with Ken Mellor in Transactional Analysis and Gestalt therapy with a specific focus on groups and family dynamics. In 1984, MacFarlane opened his own private practice as an initial bereavement counsellor and then subsequently as a psychotherapist. As his psychotherapy practice picked up more and more patients for counselling, MacFarlane was introduced to Gregg M. Furth, a Jungian analyst, which fueled MacFarlane's interest in analytical psychology.
This introduction eventually spurred MacFarlane to relocate to London where he would undergo full training as an Analytic Psychologist with the Guild of Analytical Psychology (GAP). After MacFarlane graduated, he became very involved in the organizational side of GAP and in its teaching until her resigned in 2014. Since, Stuart MacFarlane, a notable Jungian analyst, has made many strides in the field of analytical psychology and has help hundreds of patients with psychotherapy.
In short, Jungian analysis works off where Sigmund Freud left off with the id, ego, superego and unconscious mind. This method of psychotherapy was developed by C.G. Jung who was a Swiss psychiatrist and an early collaborator of Sigmund Freud. When the two went their separate ways, Jung used the existing framework of the ego and unconscious mind to build upon Jungian analysis. The main difference between Freud's ideology and Jung's is that Freud asserts that dreams are wish-fulfillments where in contrast, Jung asserts that most dreams are attitude-compensations. This is where the unconscious mind contests the ego to contemplate alternative perspectives and if the ego can be interested in it, it can evaluate whether to accept or reject them. This can result in an effective relationship to facilitate a change in the psyche.
During this time, he began training with Ken Mellor in Transactional Analysis and Gestalt therapy with a specific focus on groups and family dynamics. In 1984, MacFarlane opened his own private practice as an initial bereavement counsellor and then subsequently as a psychotherapist. As his psychotherapy practice picked up more and more patients for counselling, MacFarlane was introduced to Gregg M. Furth, a Jungian analyst, which fueled MacFarlane's interest in analytical psychology.
This introduction eventually spurred MacFarlane to relocate to London where he would undergo full training as an Analytic Psychologist with the Guild of Analytical Psychology (GAP). After MacFarlane graduated, he became very involved in the organizational side of GAP and in its teaching until her resigned in 2014. Since, Stuart MacFarlane, a notable Jungian analyst, has made many strides in the field of analytical psychology and has help hundreds of patients with psychotherapy.
In short, Jungian analysis works off where Sigmund Freud left off with the id, ego, superego and unconscious mind. This method of psychotherapy was developed by C.G. Jung who was a Swiss psychiatrist and an early collaborator of Sigmund Freud. When the two went their separate ways, Jung used the existing framework of the ego and unconscious mind to build upon Jungian analysis. The main difference between Freud's ideology and Jung's is that Freud asserts that dreams are wish-fulfillments where in contrast, Jung asserts that most dreams are attitude-compensations. This is where the unconscious mind contests the ego to contemplate alternative perspectives and if the ego can be interested in it, it can evaluate whether to accept or reject them. This can result in an effective relationship to facilitate a change in the psyche.
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