The Quest: Vision in an Age of Crisis. Jungian Psychotherapy

The task of therapists in attuning to the inter-subjective field is:  1. To attune to the deep psyche of the client. 2. To help locate and express wounds as fully as possible. 3. To help clarify, challenge, and where possible, clear out the negativity within the psyche of the client.​ 4. To stimulate natural healing energy and, where required, contribute their own to aid this process within the cl...

Let us presume that much of the early, more reductive work such as the therapeutic alliance, the analysis of character and family history and so forth has been established. However the alignment to the deep psyche and integration has special considerations of its own and is rather different from the earlier stages.

The stages of contacting the deep psyche are explained as a practical method for all therapists. This method, starting with inner awareness, proceeds to encounter the area of suffering. One area of the deep psyche (the heart chakra in Hindu philosophy) can experience healing by another (the brow chakra). This is compatible with Western psychotherapeutic knowledge of body centres and focussing awar...

A method of alignment, a descent, to the deep psyche is described and a case study provided to demonstrate how the "scan" can work. This is a mixture of ancient Oriental and Western technique.  The book upon which these podcasts are based is:   Healing Intelligence:The Spirit in Psychotherapy - Working with Darkness and Light.  (Karnac Books 2012).    It can be otained at     https://rb.gy/v4vntt...

Jungian therapy leans towards a collaboration with the unconscious rather than just grasping its significance. The style of therapy is therefore only analytic in parts and favours a movement of the ego towards the Self. The essence of the therapy lies in the transcendent function - the new centre that emerges which is positioned on the ego-Self axis and facilitates the interaction of both consciou...

Healing takes place in a context. We construct rituals that provide this. Other disciplines provide their own way of encouraging the healing to take place. In this podcast I outline the Jungian context and based on this my version of the stages of psychotherapy.

Healing energies are a natural intelligence within the psyche promoting the unconscious state of wholeness we call health. This health is, for the most part, intensely desired by those who suffer pain, division, and conflict within themselves; for some it is the central goal of life to recover it. Those who wish to heal the wounds of others as well as their own should know there are different meth...

Psychotherapy and Healing - a Jungian Approach There are a wide range of emotional wounds which are a damage to the sense of self. Just as there are numerous healing mechanisms in the body likewise there is a wide range of healing energies in the psyche. It is of considerable benefit to the practitioner to be familiar with these. An overview is given of the podcasts to follow which include a deep...