Brian Collinson

Journeying Toward Wholeness

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Here in the Middle Years of Life: Is That All There Is?

February 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Anxiety, depression, depth psychology, Hope, Identity, inner life, life passages, Meaning, midlife, Mississauga, Oakville, Psychotherapy, soul, stress, suburbia / exurbia, The Self, therapy

The great jazz artist Peggy Lee performed the following beautiful, highly disturbing yet haunting song in 1969, at midlife, in her 50th year:    I doubt that questions get much more real than those in this song.  And the question that Peggy Lee sings about here is of the type, that, for many people, can become achingly [...]

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Beyond Cookie-Cutter Psychotherapy

February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · depth psychology, Identity, inner life, Jungian psychology, Psychology, Psychotherapy, therapy, wholeness

In recent years, there have been certain strong and notable trends emerging in the field of psychotherapy.  Some have been very valuable, but some, unfortunately, have not been for the better. In many cases what's on offer doesn't seem to be anything that really helps people deal with their own personal uniqueness, or the individuality of their lives.  Nothing [...]

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Between Childrens' and Parents' Needs: the Generational Anxiety Sandwich

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · complexes, compulsion, Current Affairs, depth psychology, Jungian analysis, parent-child interactions, parental complex, Psychotherapy, The Self, therapy, unlived life, wholeness

In this post, I would like to write about something that may have a sense of "taboo" about it.  For many of us in the present day world, a powerful struggle goes on in our middle years.  There are greater and greater demands on our personal reserves of compassion, empathy, time, energy and money.  These resources are [...]

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Does February Bring Any GIfts?

January 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · depth psychology, Hope, Identity, Individuation, inner life, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, soul, The Self, therapy

Does February bring us any gifts? How could it?… Here are some things that might be helpful to think about at this time. They’ve proved valuable to me, so I leave them with you for your consideration

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Identity and Anxiety in the Film, "Up In the Air"

January 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Anxiety, Current Affairs, depth psychology, Film, Identity, Individuation, life passages, Meaning, midlife, persona, puer aeternis, unlived life, wholeness, work

Make no mistake, moving is living.  -Ryan Bingham "Up in the Air", directed by Jason Reitman, stars George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.  Clooney's character Ryan Bingham is a full-time corporate down-sizer whose life consists of an endless stream of business travel ("322 days last year").  He moves from place to place, letting people go [...]

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