by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The history of depth psychology is often told as a story of great men. We speak of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung as the titans who mapped the unconscious mind. Yet the territory of the soul was not explored by these men alone. Standing in the penumbra of Carl Jung’s...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Somatic Experiencing In Alabama
yo There is a specific, heavy feeling that many therapy clients know intimately but struggle to name. It is not quite sadness, and it is not quite fear. It is a sense of fundamental wrongness—a deep, sinking belief that “I am not just making mistakes; I am a...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Dreams and the Unconscious, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Symbolism and Meaning in Psychotherapy
The way madness manifests itself tells us something profound about the age we live in. When James Tilly Matthews sat in the damp cells of Bethlem Hospital in 1810, sketching detailed diagrams of what he called the Air Loom, he was not merely documenting a personal...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Psychology Topics and Articles, Symbolism and Meaning in Psychotherapy
If you have ever tried to meditate and found yourself frustrated by a mind that refuses to go blank, you are not alone. The modern wellness industry heavily promotes mindfulness and “quieting the mind” as the gold standard for mental health. But for many...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Shadow Work” has exploded on TikTok and Instagram, becoming a buzzword for everything from journaling prompts to intense trauma processing. But before it was a hashtag, the Shadow was the central pillar of Carl Jung’s psychology. Jung defined the Shadow...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Architecture of Desire: Rethinking Libido from Freud to Friston The history of depth psychology is, at its core, a history of a single argument: What fuels the human machine? For Sigmund Freud, the answer was singular, biological, and relentless. He believed the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 3, 2025 | Psychology of Conspiracy Theories, Psychology of Media and Culture, Psychology of Politics
The architecture of our economic systems reveals far more than the movement of capital and commodities. Beneath the rational veneer of market mechanics lies a profound psychological infrastructure, one that Jung would recognize as the manifestation of collective...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 19, 2025 | Psychology of Fiction / Flash Fiction / Screenwriting, Psychology of Film and TV, Psychology of Media and Culture
A Review of Into the Abyss by Werner Herzog Trigger Warning: This essay discusses capital punishment, murder, violence, death, and contains descriptions of violent acts including attempted murder. The film and essay examine traumatic events and their psychological...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 2, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
The human psyche operates like a complex orchestra, with different psychological functions playing distinct roles in how we perceive, process, and respond to the world around us. While many are familiar with basic personality typing systems, few understand the...
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...
