by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Bridge Between Culture and the Unconscious In the vast topography of the human psyche, Carl Jung mapped two primary territories: the Personal Unconscious (memories, repressed complexes) and the Collective Unconscious (universal archetypes). However, a crucial...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Architect of the Developmental School In the world of analytical psychology, Michael Fordham (1905–1995) is the figure who dared to bring Carl Jung down from the mythic clouds and into the nursery. While the classical school in Zurich focused on alchemy, adult...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Artist of the Unconscious In the inner circle of Carl Jung, there were theoreticians who built complex intellectual systems, and there were practitioners who lived the psychology in their bones. Barbara Hannah (1891–1986) belonged firmly to the latter group. A...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Matriarch of Analytical Psychology History often remembers Emma Jung (1882–1955) merely as the wife of Carl Jung. However, this reduction misses the reality: Emma was a formidable analyst, scholar, and the stabilizing force behind the entire Jungian movement....
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Biologist of the Unconscious For much of the 20th century, depth psychology and evolutionary biology were enemies. Biology viewed the mind as a machine for survival, while psychology viewed it as a realm of meaning and symbol. Anthony Stevens (1933–2021) was the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Great Systematizer of the Soul Carl Jung was a visionary, a mystic, and a genius, but he was notoriously disorganized. His concepts were scattered across thousands of pages of letters, seminars, and dense books. It was Jolande Jacobi (1890–1973) who took the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Evolution of Consciousness and the Great Mother In the vast landscape of analytical psychology, Erich Neumann (1905–1960) stands as the great systematizer. While Carl Jung was the explorer who discovered the new continent of the collective unconscious, Neumann was...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Empress of the Psyche In the constellation of analytical psychology, Carl Jung is the sun, but Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998) is the moon who illuminated the darkest corners of the night. A brilliant scholar, linguist, and analyst, von Franz was not merely...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Renegade of the Psyche In the quiet, often reverent halls of analytical psychology, James Hillman (1926–2011) was the shout that shattered the silence. He was a Jungian who dared to critique Jung, a psychologist who argued that therapy often makes things worse,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 8, 2024 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology, Ritual and Initiation
The Architect of the Mature Psyche In the landscape of post-Jungian psychology, few figures have mapped the deep structures of the human personality with the precision of Robert Moore, Ph.D. (1942–2016). A psychoanalyst, theologian, and Distinguished Service Professor...
