by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Apr 27, 2025 | Guided Meditations
If you struggle with anxiety, panic, or trauma, you know how easily the mind can get hijacked by worries about the future or regrets about the past. Mindfulness offers a powerful pathway back to the safety and stability of the present moment. This grounding meditation...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Apr 27, 2025 | Guided Meditations
Do you struggle with a specific phobia, traumatic memory, or overwhelming emotion that feels impossible to face? This guided meditation will help you build the capacity to gradually transform your relationship to this challenging inner experience through the power of...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 26, 2025 | Anthropology and Evo Psych, Color Psychology, Jungian Concepts
The Subcortical Brain and the Roots of the Unconscious The human mind is a vast and complex landscape, with conscious awareness representing only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface lies a realm of unconscious processes, instincts, and archetypal patterns that...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 24, 2025 | Evidence Based Practice
For much of the 20th century, the dominant paradigm in psychology was behaviorism, which focused on observable behavior and sought to understand the mind through the lens of stimulus-response conditioning. This approach gave rise to cognitive-behavioral therapy...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 22, 2025 | Color Psychology, Jungian Concepts
Throughout history, mystics, philosophers, and wisdom traditions from around the world have independently arrived at strikingly similar insights into the nature of the human psyche, the path to healing and wholeness, and the fundamental structure of reality. These...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 20, 2025 | Color Psychology
The Psychology of Blue: Authentic Communication, Self-Expression and Inner Truth Blue, the color of the clear sky and deep ocean, has long been associated with calm, trust, and expansive awareness. From midnight indigo to tropical turquoise, blue hues invite us to...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 19, 2025 | Jungian Concepts, Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers
Carl Jung’s Tension of Opposites: Mapping the Psyche’s Polarities for Healing and Wholeness One of Carl Jung’s most profound yet often misunderstood ideas is the concept of the tension of opposites within the psyche. Far from a simple binary or a...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 4, 2025 | Psychology Topics
How Does Somatic Therapy Heal Trauma? Trauma is not just a psychological experience; it is a full-body experience. When we undergo a traumatic event, the impact is not confined to our thoughts and emotions, but is also deeply encoded in our physical being. Our bodies...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Sep 15, 2024 | Resources and Recommendations, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
F.A.Q. about Brainspotting What is Brainspotting? Brainspotting is an innovative psychotherapy approach that uses specific eye positions to access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain (Grand, 2013). It was developed by Dr. David Grand in 2003 as an offshoot of...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Jul 10, 2024 | History of Psychotherapy, Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology
Who is Arnold Mindell? Arnold Mindell is a pioneering figure in the field of depth psychology who has made significant contributions through his development of process-oriented psychology, also known as process work. Mindell’s approach represents a creative...
