by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 11, 2024 | Mythology and Therapy
Executive Summary: The Psychology of Electra The Core Conflict: Sophocles’ play is the definitive study of Arrested Development. Electra is trapped in eternal mourning, representing a psyche unable to metabolize trauma. Jungian Key Concepts: The Electra Complex:...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 11, 2024 | Mythology and Therapy
Executive Summary: The Psychology of The Women of Trachis The Core Conflict: Sophocles’ tragedy explores the destructive power of love when it becomes possessive. It tells the story of Deianira, who inadvertently kills her husband (Heracles) with a “love...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 11, 2024 | Mythology and Therapy
Executive Summary: The Psychology of Ajax The Core Conflict: Sophocles’ tragedy is the definitive study of the Rigid Ego shattering under the weight of change. It explores what happens when a person’s identity is wholly tied to their status (Persona), and that...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 11, 2024 | Mythology and Therapy
Executive Summary: The Theban Cycle & Depth Psychology The Trilogy as Life Cycle: Sophocles’ three plays map the entire journey of human consciousness: 1. Oedipus Rex: The Ego’s collision with the Unconscious (Trauma). 2. Oedipus at Colonus: The...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 11, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Mythology and Therapy
Executive Summary: The Psychology of the Oresteia The Core Conflict: Aeschylus’ trilogy is the foundational myth of Western Justice. It traces the evolution of human consciousness from “Blood Vengeance” (The Furies) to “Civil Law”...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 10, 2024 | History of Psychotherapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Bishop of Analytical Psychology If Carl Jung was the prophet who discovered the new land of the unconscious, Edward Edinger (1922–1998) was the cartographer who drew the maps. A founding member of the C.G. Jung Foundation in New York, Edinger is widely considered...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 5, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Psychology of Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers
The Everywhen and the Architecture of the Psyche In the Western psychological tradition, there is an obsession with linearity. Lives are viewed as straight lines moving irrevocably from birth to death, cause to effect, trauma to symptom. However, the oldest continuous...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 16, 2024 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology, Ritual and Initiation, Spirituality and The Transcendent Function in Psychotherapy
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 no. 4135C-S | Apr 24, 2024 | Mythology and Therapy, Psychology of Conspiracy Theories, Ritual and Initiation
Harnessing the Power of Greek Mythology in Psychotherapy “Song, as you teach it, is not desire, not courtship of something finally attained. Song is reality. Simple, for the god. But when are we simple? When does he pour the Earth and the stars into us? This is...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Apr 23, 2024 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychology of Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Archetypal Psychology and Couples Therapy: Applying Robert Moore’s Ideas to Relationship Counseling Archetypal Psychology and Couples Therapy: Applying Robert Moore’s Ideas to Relationship Counseling Robert Moore, Ph.D. was a pioneering psychoanalyst,...
