Essay question:
Describe three key Jungian theories related to the ‘structure of the psyche’. Explore how these might inform the therapeutic frame in contemporary art psychotherapy practice.
Guidelines: Drawing on the lecture series, this essay should show that you have achieved the learning outcomes for the module. See the module descriptor in the hand book as well as the assessment criteria below.
The essay:
Must be clearly written, with an introductory, main body and concluding paragraphs.
Must be proof read and appropriately referenced.
Can use occasional sub-headings if this aids comprehension.
Can include critically selected images.
Can include a degree of clinical material when it is critically thought about and appropriately linked to the essay question. However, the majority of the paper must remain a theoretical exploration.
According to the essay topic, the three key theories that this essay want to focus on can be anything from here. (persona, ego, self and Self , shadow, and anima and animus)
The three element from the psyche can focus on persona, Self, and shadow and from here the essay can talk about the journey of individual which link to the self and Self. And in terms of the contemporary art psychotherapy practice is about how client in the art therapy process responds to the theory. For example, the concept of scapegoat, wounded healer, symbol, and archetypal images.
The essay should begin with the history of analytical pscychology, and a introduction of the structure of psyche. Narrowing down to three main theories about the structure and how it related to the comtemparary art psychotherapy practice
Here are the material for the essay: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xpgaBIH0-pIJU56Br-pp4OIWWEtstD59?usp=sharing