When you look in the mirror who do you see? The real, imposter, a role, or a true self? The ‘as-if’ person usually wears a mask presenting through the persona of facade, living in fantasy and illusionary worlds. The psychological issues affect intimacy with oneself and others through escaping the present. The results often include […]

With individuation Jung distinguished his psychology from Freud and others. Jung explained individuation in general terms, and in terms of specific schema. According to the outline of general terms there is an experience of the self that initiates the process of conscious individuation. Self is the totality of consciousness and the unconscious. One example of […]

In this archetypal psychological exploration of the goddesses Ananke, the Fates, and the Graces, we will consider how grace and receptivity to the archetypal necessity at work in the deep patterns of the psyche contributes to the discovery of meaning, which ultimately reveals the way our lives are lived in the lap of the gods. […]

Analyzing strengths and weaknesses in models of Substance Use Disorder (SUD), addiction, and treatment through case study: what the clinician should know Analytic/dynamic work generally assumes hidden, deeper forces manifest as visible symptoms, reliance on transference repetition and interpretation of core family constellation conflict, production of structural and, therefore, behavioral change through insight. Analytic/dynamic etiological […]

“Spirit against the spirits” was CG Jung’s expression for the experience of the transcendent function in addiction recovery. It indicates a process, necessary to recovery, for bringing unconsciously motivated behavior to consciousness, thereby transcending or overcoming polarized emotions. The now long-standing experience with addiction treatment suffuses practitioners in an environment of paradoxes that challenge previous […]

When you look in the mirror who do you see? The real, imposter, a role, or a true self? The ‘as-if’ person usually wears a mask presenting through the persona of facade, living in fantasy and illusionary worlds. The psychological issues affect intimacy with oneself and others through escaping the present. The results often include […]

A  Post-Inaguration Virtual Follow-up to The 2024 Presidency Conference at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco The 2024 C.G. Jung Institute Presidency Conference offered deeply moving reflections on many of the issues that roil the United States and that will undoubtedly continue to inflame and divide the country: abortion, immigration, gun control, economic policy, racial […]