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== Reception == Together with Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, Jung was very influential in the field of depth psychology, which is closely related to the topic of sexuality. Together with Kleiner Hans, Über Konflikte der kindlichen Seele was one of the first books that write about sexuality of children. In Jung's opinion infants and young children are psychologically a part of the parents' psyche. He claims that a child's psychological disorder is exclusively caused by disturbances in the psychic sphere of the parents. This statement, which emphasizes the importance of parents for early childhood development, was not widespread at Jung's time. It is also partly confirmed in modern research on young children. Some psychologists such as child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst Michael Fordham, did not fully agree with Jung's statement. He states that a child should be seen as its own psychological individual. It should not be seen as merely an appendage of the parental psyche. When Freud presented a phase of development characterized by a lack of experience with objects in his essay Zur Einführung des Narzissmus (English: Introduction of Narcissism), he also referred to the concept of an introversion of the libido, which Jung introduced in Über Konflikte der kindlichen Seele. Freud differentiated the meaning of this concept in many ways in his work Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (English: Changes and Symbols of Libido). In 1977 Jung's book was mentioned in psychology magazines such as Neue Bücher zur Seelsorge und Psychologie (English: New books about pastoral care and psychology). Jung's explanations of Anna's dreams where also mentioned in books such as Die Sprache des Traumes by Wilhelm Stekel, which is a textbook about interpreting dreams, written for doctors and psychologist. Almost 100 years after publishing Über Konflikte der kindlichen Seele, Jung's findings and statements are still being proved and used, for example for psychodynamic family therapy and family counseling.
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