Typology: Archetypal Insight and Interpersonal Understanding
Opening the Darkened Caverns In Integrity In Depth, Jungian Analyst and Typology Specialist John Beebe suggests that therapy engages typological functions of both the...
Read MoreNurturing the Unique Genius of the Soul
… All I did was give him a look of confident expectation. An infant learning to walk, you know he can learn to walk,...
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This week's theme is going to focus on two things. First, we are going to piggyback on our recent “Future Selves” blog and focus...
Read MoreOur Future Selves
The Closest of Strangers As we speak, at this very moment, there is someone very close to you whom you will never meet. You...
Read MoreGrief and Loss
"When we deny the full expression of our grief, it lays like a weight on our hearts, causing emotional pain and physical ailments"...
Read MoreFear and Self-Doubt
The Identified Problem Fear is part of the human experience and unanimously felt. However, our fears are also deeply personal and rooted in lived...
Read MoreShadow and Vulnerability
It goes without saying that this year presents a difficult task for all of us. We all have questions about our place in this...
Read MoreShadows and Halloween
Our Celebration of the Macabre “To confront a person with his Shadow is to show him his own light…anyone who perceives his Shadow and...
Read MoreHestia and the Hearth
Hestia and the Hearth One important distinction between the masculine and feminine within the human psyche is in the role of intimacy. ...
Read MoreThe Great Momism of Psychotherapy
One of the greatest disparities of our modern day is the supremely undifferentiated nature of feminine archetypes. By feminine, I, of course, do not...
Read MoreThe Unconscious: A Hades Analogy
Wrestling With the Unconscious Mind We can no longer deny that the dark stirrings of the unconscious are active powers and that psychic...
Read MoreA Poseidon Analogy: Anger Management Therapy
Poseidon: The Ancient Greek God of Anger Management? Throughout our years of doing work at Barn Life Recovery, we have seen many patients...
Read MoreThe Nurturing Father Figure: A Zeus Analogy
The Father Figures of Greek Mythology As we begin our work with the Olympian Gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, it is important to...
Read MoreA Soulful Look at Myth & Fairytale
"Magical consciousness has to accommodate shadows or it has immediately made its potency finite. Some vital energy is drained from us when we disconnect...
Read MoreThe Father Archetype
The Father Archetype Uranus once ruled as the god of the skies. With Gaia (Mother Earth), Uranus is the primal father archetype and force...
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