Symptoms as Symbols: A Jungian Perspective on psychological symptoms
Jung saw symptoms as symbols of unconscious conflicts or neglected aspects of the self, offering opportunities for growth and self-awareness through integration and the p...
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Leaving the Underworld with Jung on the Blue Note
In hell the processes of giving and receiving love, far from being a pleasant experience, foment shame; the unification of shame and pleasure is the traumatizing experien...
Getting to know your shadow
It is true that we all have traits that can trigger us in a negative way. Traits that we are not proud of and that we would prefer to keep to ourselves.
Ten Dimensions of Dream Meaning
Uncovering the meaning of dreams in psychotherapy from a Jungian perspective.
One Way to Do Dreamwork
A clear, practical guide to interpreting dreams from a Jungian perspective.
Narcissism
The refusal of twoness through sexual addiction.
Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.d.
Lockdown: opportunity or despair?
‘Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way’. Vi...
The Secret To Unblocking Your Creativity May Be In Your Dreams
What masquerades as anxiety, depression or addictive behaviours may really be blocked creativity.
The Road to Hell is Full of Good Intentions - The Shadow of Kindness and Charity
Are our best intentions and efforts to be helpful driven by less flattering hidden motivations?
Why Self-Help Strategies may not be Helping much at all
The cultural mood in the modern Western world encourages rapid and superficial complexity at the expense of depth. This makes real change a challenging process.
James Barnes
The Case for Jungian Psychotherapy
A defence of Jungian Psychotherapy and tribute to an incredible psychotherapist who saved my life.
Political violence and the dialectics of hope
People in the psychological world try to outdo each other in espousal of progressive politics, forgetting that our own professional politics (especially Jungian and psych...
Andrew Samuels