Andrew Samuels (born 19 January 1949) is a British psychotherapist and writer on political and social themes from a psychological viewpoint. He has worked with politicians, political organisations, activist groups and members of the public in Europe, US, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Russia and South Africa as a political and organisational consultant. Clinically, Samuels has developed a blend of

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and post-Jungian, relational

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and humanistic approaches.

Career

Andrew Samuels began his career running a commune-style radical theatre company in the late 1960s and early 1970s, directing plays in and around Oxford. At the age of 22 he declined an offer to become the assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and instead went on to develop a drama and youth

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project in South Wales, working with deprived children. He then gained a Diploma in Social Administration at the

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, subsequently qualified as a

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social worker and went on to train at the

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(founded in 1946 in London to develop the ideas of

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) where he is a training analyst. He co-founded Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility which was formed in 1995 as an independent organisation that emerged from the

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. It was founded by a group of therapists and analysts from disparate theoretical backgrounds (psychoanalytical, Jungian and Humanistic) who wished to use the insights gained in the consulting room and elsewhere by taking them into the outside world to influence political and public discourse. Considering the sometimes enormous interdisciplinary divides, it sought to bridge these divisions. The organisation deliberately included psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and counsellors under one roof, something never previously attempted. He co-founded "Antidote": a psychotherapy-based

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which, supported by a number of

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luminaries, launched its manifesto for an "Emotionally Literate Society" at the

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. He is also a founding member of the

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, a

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formed in 2002 for Jungian scholars and clinicians. Samuels and Renos Papadopoulos were among the first professors of

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in the world (the first being David H. Rosen at

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in 1986). They are the co-founders of the Masters in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at the

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, UK. The ethos of the course is to take an informative, critical and reflective stance in relation to the core concepts of Analytical psychology as developed by

, post-Jungians of all schools and scholars in academic disciplines. This is balanced with an emphasis on clinical theory as well as on applications of Analytical psychology in areas such as cultural and

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, social and political theory, philosophy and religion. In 2006, he was elected one of the first group of six honorary fellows of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). In 2009, he was elected chair of the UKCP. He is Emeritus Professor of Analytical Psychology at Essex, Visiting Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies at

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, Honorary Professor of Psychology and Therapeutic Studies at

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and Visiting Adjunct Professor at the

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Books

Samuels' books include ''Jung and the Post-Jungians'' (1985), ''The Father'' (1986), ''A Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis'' (1986, with Bani Shorter and Alfred Plaut), ''The Plural Psyche'' (1989), ''Psychopathology: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives'' (1992), ''The Political Psyche'' (1993) and ''Politics on the Couch: Citizenship and the Internal Life'' (2001). This last book won the Gradiiva Prize 2001 awarded by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Andrew Samuels' books have been translated into 19 languages.

Select bibliography

Books

*Samuels, A., (1985). ''Jung and the PostJungians.'' London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. *Samuels, A., (ed.)(1985). ''The Father: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives.'' London:

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. *Samuels, A., Shorter, Bani. and Plaut, Fred. (1986). ''A Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis.'' London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. *Samuels, A., (1989). ''The Plural Psyche: Personality, Morality & The Father.'' London: Routledge. *Samuels, A., (ed.) (1992). ''Psychopathology: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives.'' New York: Guildford Press. *Samuels, A., (1993). ''The Political Psyche.'' London: Routledge. *Samuels, A., (2001). ''Politics on the Couch : Citizenship and the Internal Life.'' London : Profile.

Book chapters

*Samuels, A., (1996). 'The Future of Jungian Studies: A Personal Agenda.' In M. Stanton & D. Reason (eds) ''Teaching Transference: On the Foundation of Psychoanalytic Studies'', London: Rebus Press. *Samuels, A., (1998). 'Will the post-Jungians Survive?' In Casement, A. (ed.) ''Post-Jungians Today, Key papers in Contemporary Analytical Psychology'' New York: Routledge. . *Samuels, A. (2006). 'Transference/Countertransference.' In R. Papadopoulos (ed.) ''Handbook of Jungian Psychology.'' New York: Routledge.

Journal articles

* * * * * * * * * *Samuels, A., (1991). 'Pluralism and Training', ''Journal of the British Association of Psychotherapists, 22''. * * * * * * * * *

Newspaper articles

*"Comment & Analysis: Solutions for our lost children.(Guardian Leader Pages)." The Guardian (London, England) (14 September 2004): 25. Gale Custom Database – Newspapers. Thomson Gale. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (CELPLO). 18 October 200

References

External links

Official websiteSamuels on BBC Radio 4 with Melvyn Bragg on "In Our Time: Jung"
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