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The Afternoon of Life: Jung's View of the Tasks of the Second Half of Life
Author(s) -
Kelleher Karen
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1992.tb00367.x
Subject(s) - unconscious mind , psychology , psychoanalysis , meaning (existential) , personality , adult development , meaning of life , depression (economics) , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
The second half of life is marked for some by depression and an absence of meaning. Carl Jung believed that middle and old age, like youth, have specific developmental tasks. While the developmental tasks for youth involve turning outward and engaging life, the goal for the mature individual is to consolidate an integrated personality by integrating the conscious and the unconscious parts of self. The application of Jungian principles with mature depressed clients in the clinical care setting is discussed.