psychoanalysis – A New Vision for Mental Health

How This Jungian Life Made Carl Jung Cool Again

Author: Editorial 15th September 2023 0 Comments

This article by Louis Cheslaw has been published in Vulture. It begins: “For Matthew Quick, the author of Silver Linings Playbook, 2020 was the third year of a crippling writer’s block. Long runs near his home, in the woods of North Carolina’s…
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Carl Jung, Culture & Society, Deborah Stewart, Joseph Lee, Lisa Marchiano, Louise Cheslaw, Matthew Quick, podcast, psychoanalysis, This Jungian Life, Vulture

The Psychology of Fairy Tales

Author: Editorial 4th September 2023 0 Comments

The producers (Eternalised) of this 48-minute video say: “Fairy tales fascinate us and give us a sense of warmth and home-coming that comes from the mythical realm of the imagination, a necessary complement to our everyday life. We are fundamentally…
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fairy tales, imagination, Marie-Louise von Franz, meaning, narrative, psychoanalysis, psychology, videos

Why Good People Do Bad Things, and the Search for the Holy Grail of Psychotherapy with Dr. Jonathan Shedler

Author: Editorial 2nd March 2023 0 Comments

This podcast is described as follows: “In life we often keep repeating the same patterns, even if they are not beneficial to us. And even if we become aware of this, we likely may still not understand ourselves. That’s because we don’t…
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audio, Jonathan Shedler, psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychotherapy, Talking Therapies

That Was Then, This Is Now: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy For The Rest Of Us

Author: Editorial 10th February 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Jonathan Shedler has been published in Contemporary Psychoanalysis. The abstract says: “Psychoanalysis has an image problem. The dominant narrative in the mental health professions and in society is that psychoanalysis is outmoded, discredited, and debunked. What most…
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Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Jonathan Shedler, psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic education, psychotherapy, Talking Therapies

Psychiatry & Its Discontents

Author: Editorial 11th August 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Prof. Andrew Scull. The publishers say: “Written by one of the world’s most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull…
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Andrew Scull, community care, history of psychiatry, medical model, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology

Decoding Jung’s Metaphysics

Author: Editorial 9th June 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Bernardo Kastrup. Carl Jung is a hugely important figure in the history of psychology, and in particular within the field of psychoanalysis in relation to the concept of the collective unconscious, Jungian archetypes, and…
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Bernardo Kastrup, books, Clients & Patients, Jung, metaphysics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, psychology

The Psychologist

Author: Editorial 25th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Charlotte Beale has been published by Mad in the UK It begins: “One day, after very many preceding days, I decided to stop functioning. I lay in my mother’s bed, which was sodden with hours of tears, and…
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CBT, Charlotte Beale, Mad in the UK, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Schema Focus Therapy, Talking Therapies, trauma

The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves

Author: Editorial 11th April 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. James Hollis. The publishers say: “The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves explores the need to know ourselves more deeply, and the many obstacles that stand in our way. The various chapters illustrate internal obstacles…
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books, Carl Jung, depth psychology, James Hollis, meaning, mythology, personal narrative, philosophy, Psyche, psychoanalysis, psychology, spirituality

Point of View: Research or Reality? The Flawed Science of Psychotherapy

Author: Editorial 11th February 2022 0 Comments

This interview with Dr. Jonathan Shedler, published on the Psychotherapy Networker website, is conducted by Ryan Howes. It begins: “Get into grad school. Choose an approach. Make sure it’s evidence based. Build your practice. This formula has been the standard for…
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CBT, Jonathan Shedler, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Networker, Research, research psychology, Ryan Howes

Jung

Author: Editorial 9th June 2021 0 Comments

“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens”Carl Jung There are many people no longer with us whose ideas, actions, writings, thoughts (etc) feed into a modern-day new vision for mental health. Carl Gustav Jung is one of them. This…
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Andrew Samuels, archetypes, audio, BBC, Brett Kahr, Carl Jung, collective unconscious, Freud, In Our Time, individuation, Melvyn Bragg, psychoanalysis, Radio Four, Ronald Hayman