NEW232Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Active Imagination, The Technique, Dream Interpretation
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His father was a pastor as many of his extended family. Mother sufered from mental disorder, mainly depression and anxiety, and oten required hospitalizaion. Had a younger sister by 9 yrs. Very solitary youth, engrossed in reading and learning. Curious about the great philosophical and religious quesions but not easy to discuss with his father. In university decided to pursue medicine and went on to specialize in psychiatry. Developed intense interest in occult, supernatural and parapsychological phenomena. Following his graduaion, at the age of 25, he began to work at the burgholzli mental hospital in zurich which was under the direcion of bleuler a world famous expert in psychosis. Married at age 28 to emma rauschenbach (d. 1955) with whom he had 5 children including 4 daughters. Encountered the work of breuer, janet and freud. Developed his clinical pracice and lectured at the.
