Oldenburg, Indiana – – September 12, 2026 -- Clinical psychologist Claire Hillenbrand Sherman has released "Discover Wholeness with Carl Jung and His Red Book," a guide that translates Carl Jung's analytical psychology into practical exercises for readers unfamiliar with his original texts. The book is available in softcover (ISBN 9781665780834) and electronic (ISBN 9781665780827) formats through Archway Publishing, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Jung's Red Book becomes a roadmap for self-exploration
Sherman draws on Jung's own history, including the period after his professional split from Sigmund Freud, when he explored dreams, symbolic images and inner figures later documented in "The Red Book." Those experiences, including recorded conversations with imagined figures and mandala artwork, became the basis for the analytical psychology concepts the book explains: ego, persona, shadow, collective unconscious, archetypes, complexes, projection, and anima and animus.
Individuation sits at the core of the book's approach
Sherman centers the book on individuation, Jung's term for recognizing and integrating conflicting conscious and unconscious traits rather than eliminating them. She frames psychological wholeness as an ongoing process of awareness, not a state of perfection, encouraging readers to notice qualities they may have ignored or left undeveloped.
Readers practice journaling, active imagination and mandala-making
The book pairs theory with exercises including active imagination, dream exploration, mindfulness and mandala-making, along with reflection questions and writing activities. These are designed to help readers identify personal patterns and link abstract psychological ideas to their own experience, touching on identity, relationships, creativity and spirituality.