It must be emphasized that "Boundaries of the Soul" is as much a book about the nuts-and-bolts of the actual psychotherapeutic process -- right down to lengthy sections describing such topics as the nuances of a psychotherapist's waiting room -- as it an introduction to the conceptual framework of Jungian psychology.

Singer's systematic breakdown of Jungian psychology is actually very concise, informative and digestible, but in total comprises, perhaps, only a third of the content; the rest of the book explores the actual practice and experience of psychotherapy, and will likely only be of interest to prospective psychoanalysts or analysands.

That being said, despite the significant lack of brevity, I finished the book feeling that I had extracted a basic but clear understanding of Jungian psychology -- and there were actually quite a few literary gems of wisdom that I collected as well. Singer was a talented writer.

My only objective criticism of the book is that Singer periodically injected her feminist, egalitarian, some would even say cultural Marxist politics into the book. In several instances, she actually criticized Jung himself for not designing a psychology that was 100% compatible with her ideological beliefs, and she writes Jung off as being "a product of his era" whenever she disagrees with certain attitudes or beliefs of Jung's that were "patriarchal".

Well, perhaps I could level the same criticism at Singer: she was as much an ideological product of her era as Jung was of his. ( )

This is a revised edition of a classic introduction to Jung and the practice of Jung's psychology. It incorporates the latest developments over the last two decades, particularly in the areas of male/female relationships, psychotherapeutic drugs, and applications to the business world and industry.