Some fear that case studies, even Jungian case studies will lack creativity. They envisage talking endlessly to a minimally responsive therapist who records everything, but shows little of his or her reaction. They even fear that it will be overly rational, and distant from feeling.…
Will power is necessary to enable the individual to confront issues. But that is not the same as just assuming that will power will cut right through the situation. Fortunately, the very good news is that there are self-healing forces at work in the psyche…
There can be a strong connection between perfectionism and addiction, as Jungian case studies readily recognizes. We live in the midst of intense pressures that many experience as a continual demand to overcome, and to excel. For many, this leads to a gnawing, unending driven-ness,…
How do you compare to the "most typical person" in this video? When it comes to the categories the video looks at, perhaps your conclusion, like mine is that "The most typical person in the world is not like me, in many respects." But might…
Psychiatrists in the United States have turned away from "talk therapy" or case studies with their clients because it was too time-consuming. Now the focus of psychiatric practice is most often very short meetings. One psychiatrist interviewed by the Times sees some 1200 patients for…
The intensity of grief as an experience is something shared by almost all human beings. Its devastating character echoes down through the aeons, affecting nearly every life in every generation. Clearly, anyone who has a grief reaction of any intensity is never going to forget…
Listening is fundamental to all good therapy. Really, it's the key thing in meaningful human interaction of all kinds. Listening represents the power of someone else taking our story seriously.
From a Jungian symbolic perspective, animals, and dogs in particular, often symbolize the bodily and instinctual dimensions of human life. When they appear in our dreams, for instance, dogs can often symbolize our instinctual side. This may relate to the sexual side of our nature,…
The self is something greater than, and distinct from, the ego,and it is something that plays a very active role in the psychological life of the individual. I often see it at work when I have the experience of working with individuals who have simply…
The calling of the /a-midlife-transition is to assist in the encounter of the one who wishes to emerge with the already established identity of the person who starts to hear the call of their inner self, in whatever form that call takes. The /a-midlife-transition recognizes…