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 [...]
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Jung Freud Individual Therapy & Major Life Transitions 1
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · individual therapy, life transitions, major life transitions, therapy
Jungian Therapy for Anxiety & the Overly Driven Person
January 26th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Anxiety, driven person, Jungian, Jungian therapy, therapy, therapy for anxiety
It’s actually painful to be an overly driven person, as both Jungian therapy and therapy for anxiety in general recognize. When any of us allows ourselves to get caught in this way, we run a great risk of chronically devaluing our inner life, and our true worth
Jungian Therapy and Divorce Counselling, Pt. 1: Loss
January 20th, 2012 · No Comments · counselling, divorce, divorce counselling, Jungian, Jungian therapy
For Jungian therapy a key focus in divorce counselling is to look at what is trying to emerge in the life of the individual as relationship ends. But before that can occur, there is often some very important, although difficult, work to be done in the ashes and shards of the dying relationship.
Jungian Therapy, Loneliness and Life Transitions
January 11th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Jungian, Jungian therapy, life transitions, loneliness, Transitions
Recently, I’ve been struck by the number of clients who have come to see me in the course of undergoing very significant life transitions. The situations of these clients bring home to me a lot of significant truths about the loneliness experienced at such times
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Jungian Therapy, Time and the New Year: 4 Reflections
January 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Jungian, Jungian therapy, New Year, therapy, Time
If life is limited and finite, I need to live in the ways that are most meaningful to me. To do that, I must know what it is that I really value. And to know what it is that I really value, I will have to encounter those parts of myself that I do not usually encounter or acknowledge — the undiscovered unconscious self.
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 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.
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, [...]
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.