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Stress, Power, Resilience — and Myth, Part 1

October 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Anxiety, Carl Jung, depth psychology, Hope, Meaning, mythology, Oakville, power, Psychology and Suburban Life, resilience, stress, trust, work

There are many things in the 2010s that can easily make people feel powerless. In addition, the majority of us struggle, or have had to struggle with our own inner wounds. What we each need to meet our lives is what psychologists increasingly refer to as resilience, the power to “roll with the punches” that life throws. Where do we find it? How can psychotherapy or Jungian analysis help us?

Persisting Imprints of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

September 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, psychological crisis, psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, stress, Trauma

There has been a considerable amount of valuable recent research on changes to the brains of Americans as the result of 9/11, as a recent article on the Discovery website reports. The article relies on the research of Judith Richman and colleagues published in 2008 in the American Journal of Public Health , which concluded, among [...]

The Creative Fire and the Burden of Guilt

June 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Carl Jung, creativity, depth psychology, guilt, inner life, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, Psychotherapy, soul, visual arts

We may seek to avoid the experience of guilt, but we will never really succeed. As Jung frequently pointed out, the feeling of guilt is the unavoidable accompaniment in any situation when we cross any of the taboos inherent in social structures and actively, creatively express ourselves and live our lives. And while guilt feelings will occur, [...]

Trust and Betrayal, Part 2: 4 Simple, Difficult Truths

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · depth psychology, Hope, Meaning, parent-child interactions, psychological crisis, Psychotherapy, Relationships, The Self, therapy, trust

Following on from my last blog post on trust and betrayal, the following are four truths about the experience of betrayal of trust. They are surprisingly easy to state. However, really taking in what they mean for our lives is likely a much bigger psychological task. 1. An Experience of Betrayal Can Deeply Impact A Person’s Ability [...]

Stuck

April 4th, 2010 · No Comments · complexes, compulsion, depth psychology, Hope, Identity, Individuation, inner life, Jungian analysis, Psychology and Suburban Life, soul, wholeness

One of the common experiences that brings people into therapy is the feeling of being “stuck”. This is an expression that people commonly use to describe the experience of being brought up again and again against some psychological issue that seems incredibly difficult or even impossible to resolve. Sometimes this sense of “stuckness” can concern some aspect [...]

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