by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 8, 2024 | Christian Mysticism in Therapy, Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
In the garden of his Bollingen Tower retreat, on the shore of Lake Zurich, stands a peculiar monument – a stone cube, some twenty inches thick, carved on three sides with cryptic inscriptions. This is the Bollingen Stone, erected by Carl Jung in 1950 to...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 7, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Philosophy for Therapists
Who was Socrates? Socrates, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy, was born in Athens, Greece, in 470 BCE. He lived during a time of great intellectual and cultural flourishing, known as the Golden Age of Athens. Socrates’ life and teachings...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 10, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Who is Jean Shinoda Bolen? Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. (1936-present) is a acclaimed psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and author who has made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of depth psychology, women’s spirituality, and archetypal studies. Drawing...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 11, 2021 | Dreams and the Unconscious, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
Carl Jung thought that dreams were the way that we use the past to try and conceptualize what the future will be like. When we are on the edge of a big often unavoidable change in our life we begin to dig into our unconscious mind to try to predict the future. Our...
