by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 23, 2026 | Mythology and Therapy, Psychology Book Reviews and Non Fiction, Psychology of Media and Culture
Who was John Gardner? John Gardner’s “Grendel” is a postmodern retelling of the Old English epic poem “Beowulf,” which explores themes of existentialism, nihilism, and the nature of evil through the eyes of the titular monster. Published...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jan 6, 2026 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Philosophy for Therapists, Psychology of Media and Culture
When the Unconscious Goes Online What happens when Jung’s collective unconscious meets the internet? This question, once relegated to speculative philosophy, has become one of the most pressing concerns of our metamodern age. We are witnessing something...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jan 3, 2026 | Psychology
Three Words for the Same Darkness Generation Z has done something linguistically remarkable. They have invented multiple terms for lying in bed, each carrying entirely different moral weight, each revealing a distinct relationship to rest, productivity, and...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The history of depth psychology is often told as a story of great men. We speak of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung as the titans who mapped the unconscious mind. Yet the territory of the soul was not explored by these men alone. Standing in the penumbra of Carl Jung’s...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 25, 2025 | History of Psychotherapy, Parts Based Therapy, Psychology Book Reviews and Non Fiction
The Architecture of Desire: Rethinking Libido from Freud to Friston The history of depth psychology is, at its core, a history of a single argument: What fuels the human machine? For Sigmund Freud, the answer was singular, biological, and relentless. He believed the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 20, 2025 | Comparative Religion for Therapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
I. The Architecture of Magnificent Error In the intellectual history of the human sciences, there exists a rare and distinctive category of scholarship which might be termed the “magnificent failure.” These are works of sweeping ambition, immense...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 20, 2025 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists
The Convergence of Metaphor and Mechanism The history of psychotherapy is often narrated as a fractured lineage, a series of schisms where the “scientific” present supposedly corrects the “mystical” errors of the past. For nearly a century, the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 17, 2025 | Dreams and the Unconscious, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychology of Artists, Poets, and Writers, Psychology of Film and TV
Disclaimer: Neil Gaiman, the author of The Sandman, has been accused of serious misconduct. While we do not condone his alleged actions or endorse financially supporting him, his influential work has been significant in the fields of psychology, myth studies, and...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 17, 2025 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy
Weaving the Web of Meaning: Clifford Geertz’s Cultural Anthropology and Its Implications for Trauma and Consciousness in Psychotherapy In the realm of psychotherapy, understanding the intricate tapestry of human experience is paramount. To truly grasp the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 2, 2025 | Discover + Heal + Grow: Taproot Therapy Collective Podcast Episodes, History of Psychotherapy
The Birth of Consciousness and the Human Dilemma: From 24,000 BCE to the Crisis of Modern Psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjqONBMp4xc Around 24,000 BCE, a profound shift occurred in human evolution that would fundamentally alter the trajectory of our...
