Cambridge Scholars Publishing Friendship and its Paradoxes: Essays from the VI Latin American Congress of Jungian Psychology

This collection of essays brings together papers written for, and presented at, the VI Latin American Congress of Jungian Psychology, held in Florianopolis, Brazil, in September 2012. The reader will find contributions by leading Jungian analysts in the continent from Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, to Venezuela and Mexico. The essays here share discussions on issues pertinent to the social and cultural climate of different parts of Latin America, as well as the constantly challenging questions of psychotherapy. They present detailed psychological reflections on the specific theme chosen for the meeting at that time: friendship and its paradoxes. Fraternity, conflicts, tolerance and intolerance, mutuality, conjugal relationships, empathy, sympathy, self-esteem and envy, issues of psychotherapy, mythological amplifications, and perspectives on the possibilities of dialogue between people and nations are among the wide range of topics explored here. As such, this book will appeal to practitioners of psychotherapy, psychologists, and anthropologists, as well as the reader interested in how Jungian psychology is currently meeting the difficult challenges of a changing world. About the Author Gustavo Barcellos is a Jungian analyst in São Paulo, Brazil, and a member of the Associação Junguiana do Brasil-AJB and the International Association for Analytical Psychology-IAAP. He is the founding member and Editor-in-Chief of Cadernos Junguiano, and studied at the New School for Social Research, USA, and the C.G. Jung Foundation, USA. He is the author of many books and articles in the field of archetypal psychology, imagination and the arts, including The Sibling Archetype (2016) and Psyche & Image. He has also contributed to Listening to Latin AmericaExploring Cultural Complexes in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela and Psyche and the City: A Souls Guide to the Modern Metropolis. He has held a private practice in São Paulo, Brazil, since 1985.