by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 22, 2025 | Dreams and the Unconscious
What Does It Mean to Dream About Glass Objects in Your Mouth? Dreams about glass objects trapped in the mouth represent one of the most psychologically rich and recurring patterns I’ve encountered in clinical practice. These dreams typically involve glass...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 14, 2024 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
What is the Jungian Shadow in Psychology? There’s a picture opposite me Of my primitive ancestry Which stood on rocky shores And kept the beaches shipwreck-free Though I respect that a lot I’d be fired if that were my job After killing Jason off And...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 20, 2024 | History of Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Wizard of Phoenix In the history of psychotherapy, there are theorists, and there are healers. Milton H. Erickson (1901–1980) was a healer of such uncanny intuition that he was often called “The Wizard of Phoenix.” While Freud was analyzing the past,...
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...
