The feminine self; concept, image and clinical significance

Introduction. 1 Concept. Gender and the self. Masculine and feminine. 2 Image. 3 Clinical significance. Conclusion

'...I have experienced again and again, both as analysand and as candidate analyst, the freeing power of the Jungian understandikng of psyche and its processes, the encouragement it provides ot authentic being and becoming. However, I have also experienced puzzlement and frustration. In the early years of my analysis, the delineations of the masculine and the feminine were clarifying, and the assurance that those qualities and abilities nammed masculine were also mine, to be honored and developed, validated my interests and activities. Moreover, the recognition of the feminine as a reality of essential value for both men and women seemed a vital contribution, both to my well-being as a woman and to the culture. And yet, as my analysis deepened and my acquaintance with Jungian literature grew, so did the discrepancies between my perception of my process and the ways in which it was named and described in much of the literature.'

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