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Stress, Power, Resilience — and Myth, Part 1
Some of the greatest stressors that people experience in the second decade of the 21st century stem from the things which people feel powerless to control. At times, individuals can feel like life is...
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Stress, Power, Resilience — and Myth, Part 2: Getting Real
Recently, I started a series of posts about the growth of resilience, which is a very key part of the work of psychotherapy. I’d like to share a personal experience of mine through which I became...
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Stress, Power, Resilience and Myth, Part 3: In Myself
This is the third in my series of posts about resilience, and its role in the work of psychotherapy. In my last post, I wrote about personal experiences through which I was changed, and, through...
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Life Crisis, Meaning and Psychotherapy
When a psychotherapist, and especially a Jungian analyst uses the expressions “life crisis” and “meaning” today, he or she means something specific. It’s something different from a “major crisis“,...
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Jungian Psychotherapy, the Dream and the New Year
Depth psychotherapy such as Jungian analysis knows that it’s not at all uncommon for the psyche to be particularly active with dreams at the end of the year, and at the beginning of a New Year. Years...
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The Self as Hidden Treasure in Jungian Psychotherapy
Jungian psychotherapy and Jungian analysis put a high value on the uniqueness of the individual, and on the treasure that is the inmost Self. Jungians see symbolic reflection of the motif of the Self...
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Psychotherapy and Instinct: Saving Our Inner Sled Dogs
There’s a story that relates to instinct and psychotherapy, and involving dogs, that has recently come out of Whistler B.C., a town that hosted part of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. It’s a very...
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Jungian Psychotherapy and Listening
This is a brief post on a psychotherapy quotation on listening that I tweeted recently. It’s such a powerful statement, though, that I think it deserves its own blog post. “Listening is a magnetic and...
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Psychotherapy, Jungian Analysis and Creativity
Some fear that psychotherapy, even Jungian psychotherapy will lack creativity. They envisage talking endlessly to a minimally responsive therapist who records everything, but shows little of his or...
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Psychotherapy and Renewal: Persephone’s Big Comeback
Frederic Leighton – The Return of Persephone (1891). There’s a lot of truth for psychotherapy in the Greek myth of Persephone and it’s all tied up with the yearly renewal of the seasons. Persephone, a...
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