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How do Archetypes Show Up in Relationships

How do Archetypes Show Up in Relationships

by | Feb 4, 2025 |

  The Role of Archetypes in Romantic Relationships: A Jungian Perspective on Love and Loss Love is one of the great mysteries and marvels of the human experience. It is a force that has inspired countless poems, songs, and stories throughout history, and that continues to shape our lives in profound and often unexpected ways. At the same time, love is also a source of some of our deepest pain and struggle. When relationships fail, when hearts are broken, we are confronted with equally profound feelings of...

How Family Scripts Can Control Your Life

How Family Scripts Can Control Your Life

by | Feb 4, 2025 |

Unpacking Family Scripts: How Your Childhood Narratives Shape Your Present The stories we tell ourselves about our lives are powerful. They shape our sense of identity, our relationships, and our very experience of reality. And perhaps no stories are more formative than the ones we inherit from our families of origin - the scripts that were written for us long before we had the awareness or agency to question them. Family scripts are the unspoken rules, roles, and narratives that govern how a family system...

How Childhood Religious Trauma can go Unnoticed

How Childhood Religious Trauma can go Unnoticed

by | Feb 4, 2025 |

How Religious Trauma Shapes Your Adult Relationships and Self-Perception Religious trauma is a deeply wounding experience that can have far-reaching effects on an individual's emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. It is a complex phenomenon that often occurs in the context of authoritarian, fear-based religious environments that prioritize rigid doctrine over individual autonomy and critical thinking. At its core, religious trauma represents a profound betrayal of trust. When a religious institution...

Recognizing the Lasting Influence of Narcissistic Abuse in Your Life

Recognizing the Lasting Influence of Narcissistic Abuse in Your Life

by | Feb 3, 2025 |

How Can you Heal Narcissistic Abuse in Therapy? "I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself." -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Narcissistic abuse is a form of emotional and psychological manipulation that can leave deep, enduring scars on a person's psyche. It's a kind of soul wound that impacts every aspect of one's being - from self-image and interpersonal relationships to the very sense of reality itself. When you've been subjected to...

How can therapy help you overcome a breakup?

How can therapy help you overcome a breakup?

by | Feb 3, 2025 |

When everything broken is broken, and everything dead is dead, and the hero has looked into the mirror with complete contempt, and the heroine has studied her face and its defects remorselessly, and the pain they thought might, as a token of their earnestness, release them from themselves has lost its novelty and not released them, and they have begun to think, kindly and distantly, watching the others go about their days— likes and dislikes, reasons, habits, fears— that self-love is the one weedy stalk of every...

The Neuroscience of Trauma and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Perspective

The Neuroscience of Trauma and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Perspective

by | Feb 2, 2025 | ,

Key Points: Different psychotherapy modalities target distinct brain networks and memory systems, leading to varying treatment outcomes for different types of trauma. The triune brain model (MacLean) and research on emotional memory (LeDoux) and lateralization of brain function (Gazzaniga) provide a neuroscientific framework for understanding the impact of trauma on the brain. Personality factors and individual differences in brain organization, as revealed by qEEG brain mapping, influence the subjective...

The Ripple Effect of Carl Jung’s Ideas

The Ripple Effect of Carl Jung’s Ideas

by | Jan 28, 2025 | , ,

What Schools of tThought did Carl Jung Influence? When Carl Jung began developing his theories of the psyche in the early 20th century, he likely did not foresee just how far his ideas would reach. As a psychoanalyst and philosopher, Jung was primarily focused on understanding the human mind and our inner worlds. Yet his groundbreaking concepts like the collective unconscious, archetypes, and the process of individuation ended up sowing seeds of insight that would sprout up far beyond the realm of psychology....

New Frontiers in Brain-Based Therapies for Trauma

New Frontiers in Brain-Based Therapies for Trauma

by | Jan 27, 2025 | , , ,

What are Newer Brain-Based Therapies for Trauma?  In recent years, there has been a surge of interest and research into novel therapies that target the brain and nervous system to treat the effects of psychological trauma. These emerging approaches leverage new insights from neuroscience to heal trauma in ways that go beyond traditional talk therapy. By working with the brain and body, they aim to resolve trauma stored in the nervous system and transform painful memories. This article will explore several of the...

The Window of Tolerance: The Healing Gateway in Somatic Therapy

The Window of Tolerance: The Healing Gateway in Somatic Therapy

by | Jan 19, 2025 | ,

What is the Window of Tolerance in Psychology? In the realm of psychology and personal growth, the concept of the "window of tolerance" has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding the dynamics of stress, emotional regulation, and resilience. First coined by psychiatrist Dr. Dan Siegel, the term refers to the optimal zone of arousal where a person is able to function most effectively - neither too overwhelmed nor too disengaged. Interestingly, while the specific language of the "window of tolerance" is a...

The Fusion of Science and Mysticism: Neurobiology and Soul

The Fusion of Science and Mysticism: Neurobiology and Soul

by | Jan 19, 2025 | ,

Eastern Body, Western Mind: Exploring Anodea Judith's Book Key Points: Anodea Judith integrates the Eastern chakra system with Western developmental psychology, somatic theory, and Jungian archetypes to create a comprehensive framework for understanding human development. The seven chakras represent distinct stages of physical, emotional, and psychological growth, each with its own developmental tasks and challenges. Unresolved traumas or unmet needs at any stage can lead to energetic blocks in the corresponding...