Analytical Psychology

24/06/2023

“The world hangs by a thread, and that is the psyche of man” C.G. Jung

Unfortunately, Jungs statement is profoundly relevant within current geopolitics. US neo-cons are beating the war drums and diplomacy is no where to be seen.

18/07/2019

18/07/2019

Jung’s notion of Shadow is disturbingly relevant with regard to current global politics.
Many societies are polarised and scapegoating the vulnerable via psychological projections and identification with an ideology of hate.
The most difficult, and rewarding, part of the individuation process is coming to terms with ones Shadow.

21/02/2017

"It has never been possible to show in reliable research that common mental disorders start with a chemical imbalance in the brain..." (Gotzsche)

https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Sedated-Society-2017-James-Davies/9783319449104?redirected=true&utm_medium=Google&utm_campaign=Base2&utm_source=AU&utm_content=The-Sedated-Society-2017&selectCurrency=AUD&w=AF45AU9HPTXLVCA807TDAMGB&pdg=kwd-104399445939:cmp-683605187:adg-34943826637:crv-151966416706:pid-9783319449104&gclid=CLG49NCfoNICFYeVvAod_z4Aiw

The Sedated Society 2017 by James Davies, 9783319449104, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

26/01/2015

The potential power of the human psyche
http://youtu.be/bS6y-esre1E

Abby Martin interviews Dr. Wayne B. Jonas, Director & CEO of the Samueli Institute, about new research being done on the Placebo effect and scientific studie...

21/01/2015

Recommended reading.
Shamans And Analysts by friend and colleague Dr. John Merchant
http://www.amazon.com.au/Shamans-Analysts-Insights-Wounded-Healer-ebook/dp/B007JL20O2

Shamans and Analysts provides a model by which to understand the wounded healer phenomenon. It provides evidence as to how this dynamic arises and gives a theoretical model by which to understand it, as well as practical implications for the way analysts' wounds can be transformed and used in the...

21/01/2015

The following statement is highly relevant on a global scale.
Freud (1994, p.70 Civilization and its Discontents) wrote…“The fateful question of the human species seems to me to be whether and to what extent the cultural process developed in it will succeed in mastering the derangements of communal life caused by the human instinct of aggression and self destruction.”