by Joseph Lee | Oct 13, 2022 | Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Cesar Carlevarino-Aragon via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_235-OCD.mp3 Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive thoughts; compulsions are unwarranted, involuntary behaviors. Though different, they often go together, for compulsions...
by Joseph Lee | Apr 28, 2022 | Cultural Currents, Guests, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Joeyy Lee via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/033122_Shadowland_BETH_4.14.22.mp3 This is Shadowland, a new podcast experience from This Jungian Life that explores the lives of people who take refuge in the hidden places of our...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 19, 2021 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues, Relationships, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: via Pixabay https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_177-Splitting.mp3 We seem hard-wired to split the world into polarities: right/wrong, either/or, victory/defeat, Democrat/Republican. Infants and toddlers have not yet achieved the...
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 22, 2020 | Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Suicidal depression is a phenomenon unique to the human species. Depression, rage, and powerlessness can overwhelm ego functions, leading someone to believe that escaping life is the only option. Affects of archetypal proportions can act like tsunamis in the psyche....
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 8, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Therapy Related
Although neurosis is no longer a clinical diagnosis, it is often used to describe anxious attitudes and behaviors that are maladaptive to life situations. Neurosis often entails a capacity to function well despite feeling bad; emotional suffering leeches...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 24, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical, Therapy Related
Jung states “the main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis but rather with the approach to the numinous…the real therapy. In as much as you attain to the numinous experiences you are released from the curse of pathology.” Jung defines...