Family Constellations And The Collective Unconscious

Although many psychological and psychiatric theories abound, depending on what school a person adopts, most of the theories pretty much originate from a specific source and branch from there. This is true, especially when it comes to family dynamics.

In trying to fathom emotions of the modern family of today, Bert Hellinger, in his book “Love’s Hidden Symmetry,” has come up with certain conclusions about why we react the way we do, and namely, it is so we fit in with our family group more effectively.

Yet it can be said that Hellinger is not necessarily the first to have brought up this theory. Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud’s protégé, came up with some similar dynamics, but instead of addressing these dynamics as the “family constellation,” as Hellinger calls it, Jung tagged it the “collective unconscious.” Although these two mental health experts lived a century apart, their theories both have many similarities.

In this paper, I will try to identify both of the theories, then compare and contrast them with one another. Finally, I will place my personal thoughts and experiences explaining how this has touched my own life.

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