by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 25, 2026 | Psychology of History
I’ve been a trauma therapist for over a decade, and I’ve noticed something strange happening in the last few years. My patients aren’t just coming in with anxiety or depression or PTSD. They’re coming in with something harder to name—a...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 10, 2025 | Psychology of History, Psychology of Politics
The Architecture of Collective Identity Edward Edinger, in his seminal work Ego and Archetype, describes the fundamental psychological dynamic that governs both individual and collective development: the ego must separate from the unconscious matrix to achieve...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 27, 2025 | Psychology of Film and TV, Psychology of Media and Culture
In 1982, Ridley Scott released a film that bombed at the box office but succeeded in something far more important: it showed us the future we were already building. Blade Runner wasn’t science fiction. It was documentary footage from a tomorrow that capital was...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 1, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Psychology of Buildings and Architecture, Psychology of Conspiracy Theories, Psychology of Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers
The Divided Mind and the Quest for Meaning Series Part 1: The Meta-Modern Condition | Part 2: The Clinical Reality The Meta-Modern Mind: Navigating Truth in the Age of “Foam” We are living through a crisis of meaning. It is not merely a political divide or...
