Let’s face it: there are a lot of different forms of therapy / counselling out there. So, why would someone choose to work on themselves with a Jungian therapist, as opposed to another type of therapist? Well, here’s a list of 6 prominent factors, which certainly led me to do Jungian analysis, and which ultimately convinced me [...]
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CG Jung’s Approach: Not for Everyone, but Essential for Some
July 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Carl Jung, Individuation, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, Psychotherapy, The Self, Wellness, inner life, soul, therapy, unconscious, wholeness
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Depth Psychotherapy Heals
June 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, Psychotherapy, Science, Wellness, complexes, depth psychology, unconscious, wholeness
The research paper that I have linked to below is both striking and very important. It provides strong empirical evidence of the effectiveness of “psychodynamic psychotherapy”. That’s a technical term for those forms of psychotherapy, like the Jungian approach, which:
take the unconscious dimension of individuals seriously;
seek to relate to the unconscious in the therapy process;
focus on affect and expression [...]
Tags:analytical psychology·depth psychology·Jungian analysis·Jungian analyst·Mississauga·Oakville·Psychotherapy·wholeness
Work and the Heart
May 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Hope, Identity, Jungian analysis, Psychology and Suburban Life, Psychotherapy, Wellness, soul, wholeness, work
An article from the Globe and Mail of 12 May 2010 , “Working regular overtime linked to increased heart attack risk” raises some very serious questions about the way that we’re living now:
http://bit.ly/99TwPg
The article cites a study published in the European Heart Journal, which finds that employees who regularly put in 11- to 12-hour days have an [...]
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Middle Aged Person Traumatized by Financial Losses…
January 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Current Affairs, Trauma, Wellness, depression, depth psychology, dreams, life passages, midlife, panic
Maybe you know this person, or maybe it's you. When it comes right down to it … who DIDN't lose a lot of money in the Fall of 2008?
However, the person we're describing thought that everything was going great financially, and that they were in investments that were "safe as houses" — until last Fall. Then things suddenly [...]
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Anger: Everybody Has It, So What Do We Do With It?
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Halton Region, Individuation, Jungian psychology, Lifestyle, Mississauga, Oakville, Peel Region, Psychology, Psychotherapy, The Self, Wellness, anger, collective consciousness, depression, depth psychology, soul, wholeness
There is no easy way with anger. It can be one of the most powerful psychological forces that we experience. As an old song once said, "anger is an energy" — and it can be a force for growth in a person's life, or a source of misery and destruction.
At this time, the problem [...]
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Anxiety and the Downturn
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Current Affairs, Georgetown, Halton Region, Individuation, Jungian psychology, Lifestyle, Meaning, Milton, Mississauga, Oakville, Peel Region, Psychotherapy, The Self, Wellness, collective consciousness, depth psychology, life passages, panic, popular culture, wholeness
The present economic conditions are deeply challenging to the ways that we all think about ourselves and our lives. It takes a toll on all of us to be constantly bombarded with negative economic news that often seems only to get worse with each passing day.
It's evident to me from my practice how much anxiety is being created in [...]
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It's Been a While Since I've Posted
November 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Halton Region, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Mississauga, Oakville, Peel Region, Psychotherapy, Wellness, depth psychology, wholeness
…because it's been an extremely busy time for me, professionally and personally!
I haven't given up on this blog, though. I'm still enjoying it and I still want to keep sending out thoughts and reflections, and welcoming dialogue with all of you.
If I can just paddle my canoe past the end of November, I should [...]
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Desert: Depression and Suburban Life
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Halton Region, Individuation, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Meaning, Mississauga, Oakville, Peel Region, Wellness, depression, depth psychology, life passages, soul, suburbia / exurbia
"Depression" and "suburbia" are two words that you don’t usually see in the same sentence. Those who promote suburbia tend to want to portray it as a place where happiness and fulfillment abound. However, as any therapist or counsellor can tell you, depression and anxiety are widespread in the ‘burbs, just as they are [...]
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Is My Life Meaningful — for Me?
July 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Individuation, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Lifestyle, Meaning, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Wellness, depth psychology, life passages, soul, symbolism
One of the most fundamental questions a person can ask is whether his or her life, taken as a whole, is meaningful to her or him. This is different from an abstract question about "The Meaning of Life". There is no abstract universal answer to the yearning that each of us has for a meaningful [...]
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When Shadow Puts the Pedal to the Metal
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Current Affairs, Halton Region, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Lifestyle, Milton, Mississauga, Oakville, Ontario, Peel Region, Psychotherapy, Wellness, anger, compulsion, depth psychology, road rage, suburbia / exurbia
There is no manifestation in our modern lives of what Jungians call "the shadow" that is more dramatic or potentially more deadly than road rage. In its Wednesday July 9/08 edition, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported on a particularly tragic and deadly incident which occurred in the town of Milton, here in Halton Region. [...]
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