A collection of articles that explain important Jungian concepts.
“…we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the programme of life’s morning–for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening become a lie.” Carl Jung Midlife is an important period of transition in most people’s lives. In the “first half”…
Just as the first dream we remember from childhood can be very significant, often hinting at our destiny and the key forces that will shape our life, so the last dream we have before death may summarize how we have lived our life. An example of this is this dream of an 82 year-old man…
Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been around for several decades, its exalted status within the fields of psychology, medicine, and healthcare insurance has reached a fever-pitch the past few years. One of the most researched and popular forms of psychotherapy, CBT is increasingly hailed as the “gold standard” of treatment for depression, anxiety disorders, and…
“Anyone who overlooks the instincts will be ambuscaded by them.” Carl Jung The human brain is among the most developed and complex of any creature. Its evolution and refinement has helped us to attain a level of consciousness and a mastery over our environment which far exceeds that of any other animal. But there is…
You live in the age of the psychopath. In this age the values of love, honesty, commitment and integrity are increasingly rare. More and more, individuals are treated like the interchangeable or easily replaced parts of a machine. And this is true not just in the areas of business and government, but in personal relationships…
We use the word “grounded” in many different ways. From a psychological perspective, to be grounded means that we are “down to earth” and don’t have our “head in the clouds.” There is a certain stability associated with being grounded, for the word implies a firm footing, or rootedness. When we are grounded we are…
“Were it not a fact of experience that supreme values reside in the soul, psychology would not interest me in the least, for the soul would then be nothing but a miserable vapor.” Carl Jung In my post, “The Soul House,” I discussed how we live in two houses. One is a physical structure with a street address…
People experience their calling to become psychotherapists in a variety of ways. This article presents several examples and then looks at some important components in the professional development of psychotherapists. Some people know at a young age that they want to become a psychotherapist. Perhaps they observed someone conducting therapy and found it fascinating and…
A man dreamed: “I see a soft bluish light emitted from wounds and sores on someone’s body. I’m to understand that there is a luminescent component to all wounds and to the organs of the inner body. Fascinated, I show this to my children.” One of the things that make this dream so interesting is…
My last article in this series introduced readers to the work of Arnold Mindell, A Jungian-trained psychologist who has developed ways of working with body symptoms for personality growth. This article discusses two of Dr. Mindell’s techniques that may help you utilize your body symptoms/illnesses for personal transformation. The first technique involves approaching the symptom(s) as…
