by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Oct 9, 2024 | Anthropology and Evo Psych, Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Jungian Concepts
What is the Left Hand Path and Right Hand Path? I. In her haunting short story “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson paints a disturbing portrait of a quaint village where residents gather on a sunny summer morning to enact a brutal annual tradition – the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Jul 31, 2024 | Jungian Concepts, Symbolism and Meaning
A Jungian Perspective on Shadow Work and Healing from Fiction In his 1971 novel “Grendel,” John Gardner reimagines the Old English epic “Beowulf” from the perspective of the titular monster. This postmodern retelling offers a provocative...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Jul 15, 2024 | Psychology of Fiction / Flash Fiction / Screenwriting
SPOILERS for Episode 6 and 7 of Disney+’s new show the Acolyte Carl Jung and the Force As Disney’s hit series The Acolyte delves into the mysterious world of the Sith and their relationship with the Force, it appears to be taking the Star Wars franchise...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Jul 5, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers
The Dreamtime as a Cosmological Metaphor for the Human Psyche The concept of the Dreamtime in Aboriginal Australian culture offers a profound and illuminating perspective on the nature of the human psyche. By exploring the parallels between the Dreamtime and...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | May 16, 2024 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology
Confronting the Shadow of Mental Health Challenges The hero’s journey is a powerful narrative structure that has shaped storytelling across cultures and throughout history. First articulated by mythologist Joseph Campbell, the hero’s journey follows a...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Apr 8, 2024 | Jungian Concepts, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
part 1: https://gettherapybirmingham.com/the-villain-with…nd-screenwriting/ part 2: https://gettherapybirmingham.com/using-jungian-ps…d-fiction-part-2/ part 3: https://gettherapybirmingham.com/applying-jungian…onality-theories/ Read More on Jung here: Carl...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Apr 6, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology
Jakob Boehme’s Mystical Theology and Its Resonance with Jungian Psychology “For according to the outward man, we are in this world, and according to the inward man, we are in the inward world…. Since then we are generated out of both worlds, we speak in...
