We tend to think that desire declines in the second half of life, but Jungian therapy challenges us as to whether that is really true. As life goes on, there are actually some things that we yearn for with greater and greater intensity, and they may well have a profound importance for our psychic wholeness. Is Blake a [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2012
Jungian Therapy & the Second Half of Life, 2: Desire
February 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Jungian, Jungian therapy, second half of life, therapy
Tags:analytical psychology·Jungian counselling·Psychotherapy
Jungian Therapy & the Second Half of Life, 1: Openness
February 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Jungian, Jungian therapy, second half of life, therapy
Growing older can tempt us to close ourselves off from new kinds of awareness and new possibilities for living. How do we avoid this, and stay open, alive and mature?
Coping with Change: Archetypal & Individual Therapy
February 15th, 2012 · No Comments · archetypal, change, coping, coping with change, individual therapy, Psychology and Suburban Life, therapy
To practice individual therapy in 2012 is to see how coping with change plays an ever greater role in peoples’ lives. Many of my clients are forced to cope with a faster and fastter pace of change almost month to month. Change at work can be the most strenuous, but sometimes coping with change in other areas of life can be as much of a challenge.
Jung Freud Individual Therapy & Major Life Transitions 2
February 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments · individual therapy, life transitions, major life transitions, therapy
My first post on “A Dangerous Method” looked into the depths of the film to see what it could teach us both about the nature of individual therapy and the psychological character of major life transitions. This post looks at two other insights that the film offers about major life transitions and the nature of the individuation process. [...]
Jung Freud Individual Therapy & Major Life Transitions 1
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · individual therapy, life transitions, major life transitions, therapy
The relationship between Freud, Jung and Sabina Spielrein portrayed in the film “A Dangerous Method” provides great insights into effective individual therapy and the psychological impact of major life transitions. But, both in the media and in the film, these insights are often eclipsed behind the drama of the relationship between Spielrein and Jung. The film faces a big challenge to convey the nature of the [...]