Coming into Mind The Mind-Brain Relationship: A Jungian Clinical Perspective

Review of Margaret Wilkinson, Coming into Mind: The Mind-Brain Relationship: A Jungian Clinical Perspective, Hove, UK, Routledge, 2006. The reviewer describes this book’s unique contributions to the emerging body of literature on psychotherapy and neuroscience. Contributions include integration and application of neuroscience findings with clinical practice, particularly when working with early relational trauma; attention to the analytic process and relational dynamics; and synthesizing analytical psychology and Jungian analysis with neuroscience, clinical practice, and trauma research. Examples and case studies that apply neuroscience findings in analysis are discussed. Unanswered questions regarding the relevance of neuroscience to analysis are raised. Therapeutic recommendations garnered from neuroscience are compared with Jungian analysis and current analytic and psychotherapeutic approaches. © 2007 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.