Brian Collinson

Journeying Toward Wholeness

Entries Tagged as 'Jungian'

Jungian Counselling & Self Awareness on the Holidays

December 27th, 2011 · No Comments · counselling, Jungian, Jungian counselling, Self, self awareness, The Holidays

Once the lead-up to the Holidays is over, there is often a quieter period in which people often come to new kinds of self awareness. This can often lead to new paths on a personal journey towards wholeness, if individuals are willing to walk them.

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Jungian Therapy, the Self & the Christmas Tree

December 20th, 2011 · 5 Comments · christmas tree, Jungian, Jungian therapy, The Self, therapy

The symbol of the Christmas tree is quite unusual. For one thing, it’s not at all clear how it fits into the traditional Christian narrative about Christmas. Who would think that the familiar Christmas tree is an ancient symbol of the Self?

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Jungian Counselling & Finding Your Life Purpose

December 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Jungian, Jungian counselling, life purpose, purpose

Finding your life purpose is key in individual therapy, and Jungian counselling stresses the need to make a personal search for meaningful direction in life. For many people, this is an essential journey to make, and Jungian counselling affirms that it’s a journey that we each can make.

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Jungian Therapy, Individuation & Dealing with Feeling

November 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Feeling, Individuation, Jungian, Jungian therapy, therapy

In Jungian therapy, discovering feeling is often a key to individuation, the discovery of our individual identity. Feeling is one of the things that makes us human; discovering our own unique feeling is often an important path to ourselves.

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Jungian Therapy, Stress Reduction & Perfectionism

November 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jungian, Jungian therapy, perfectionism, stress, stress reduction

Our anxiety about these unacknowledged aspects of ourselves can drive us to strive ever more relentlessly to try to cover our weakness and imperfection. Unrealistic expectations for ourselves are rooted in a lack of willingness to accept our own fundamental nature, with its particular strengths and weaknesses.

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Individual Psychotherapy & Hope: 4 Jungian Truths

November 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Hope, individual, individual psychotherapy, Jungian, Psychology and Suburban Life, Psychotherapy

Hope is key to individual psychotherapy — especially for the Jungian therapist.  It is always true that the hope of the client is going to be essential to the healing process of the psyche.  But, especially in an age like ours, with the continual struggle that many face to keep hope alive, hope becomes even more crucial. 1)  Hope from Within, [...]

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Jungian Psychotherapy & Sexual Issues

October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Jungian, Jungian psychotherapy, Psychotherapy

Sexual issues are often part of Jungian psychotherapy and of any form of depth psychotherapy that takes human life seriously. Sexuality is a matter of vital importance to us, and is directly connected to other essential areas of our life, like the aesthetic and the spiritual.

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Individuality, Therapy for Anxiety, & Jungian Analysis

October 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Anxiety, Jungian, Jungian analysis, Psychology and Suburban Life, therapy for anxiety

Therapy for anxiety and Jungian analysis might seem to be two very different things. But if a person really wants to get to the roots of anxiety, there are some very real and powerful connections to be made between anxiety and depth psychology.

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Psychotherapy for Depression: 5 Jungian Insights

September 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · depression, Jungian, Psychotherapy, psychotherapy for depression

Depression, and psychotherapy for depression are very big topics, and the following insights from a Jungian perspective certainly don’t exhaust them, but do show us some ways to begin. . In every case, one has to ask the fundamental question, what is the meaning of my depression?” Jungian psychotherapy often provides the appropriate means to find a vibrant, vital and individual answer to that question.

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Jungian Analysis, Analytical Psychology & Staying Real

September 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment · analytical psychology, Jungian, Jungian analysis

CG Jung invented the method of Jungian analysis and founded the school of psychology known as analytical psychology. there’s a vitality in Jung’s approach to psychotherapy. It profoundly affected people in his time, as it still does. The unique strength of Jung’s approach is best lived out when we can stay grounded in the real wisdom that he brought to psychotherapy work, while keeping open to the best of other influences.

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