by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 21, 2025 | Psychology of Fiction / Flash Fiction / Screenwriting, Psychology of Film and TV, Psychology of Media and Culture
Thomas Pynchon reportedly said about Gravity’s Rainbow, though the quote may be apocryphal, “If I’d written this as nonfiction, the CIA would have killed me.” Whether real or invented, this captures what both Pynchon and Kojima understand:...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 8, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Metamodernism and Deconstruction, Symbolism and Meaning in Psychotherapy
“There is a very strong and very ancient emotion that is rarely mentioned or recognized: it is the anguish we feel for the absence of idols. If the eye has no image on which to rest, if there is nothing to mediate between the mental phantasm and that...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 4, 2024 | Metamodernism and Deconstruction, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Philosophy for Therapists, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Metamodernism, Post-Spirituality, and Depth Psychology: Navigating Trauma in the Contemporary Era In our increasingly complex and fragmented world, the need for frameworks to understand the psyche, culture, and the spiritual dimensions of human existence has never...
