The Taproot Therapy Collective Blog

998 articles on depth psychology, trauma, the history of psychotherapy and the theory behind clinical practice — written by the clinicians at a group therapy practice in Hoover, Alabama.

This is not a content marketing blog. Most of it is long-form writing on subjects that interest us clinically: Jung and the archetypes, how trauma is held in memory and the body, the mystics who shaped psychology before it had a name, cults and coercive control, and what the neuroscience actually supports versus what gets repeated. Some of it is written for other therapists. Some is for patients. A fair amount is for anyone who wants a serious account of something the internet usually treats badly.

Written and edited by Joel Blackstock, LICSW-S, clinical director, with contributions from the practice. If you are looking for therapy rather than reading, start with what we treat or meet the therapists.