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Linda Carter

Disciplines:
jungian psychology
analyst
psychotherapy/music therapy

Summary

American Jungian analyst who has written on music therapy from a Jungian perspective — contributing to the intersection of analytical psychology and music as a therapeutic medium.

Core Contribution

Develops the Jungian approach to music as a therapeutic medium — arguing that music's capacity to move the psyche without language connects it directly to the unconscious, making it a powerful medium for accessing the archetypal layer of experience.

Historical Influences

C.G. Jung Music therapy tradition

Intellectual Lineage

USA

Contemporaries & Peers

Jackson

Minds Influenced

Jungian music psychology Jungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

Jungian music therapy

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