Before you go further, please be sure you are applying for membership with YOUR REAL NAME, FIRST AND LAST, or if you are signing up as an organization, publisher, or project, list the organization name here; then list the name of the contact person in the next question.
Bay Area, CA
What are your main areas of interest?
Archetypal Psychology, Somatic Psychology, Transpersonal Psych
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
In progress
If so, from what institution?
JFK University, Pleasant HIll, CA
Please share a little about yourself by way of introduction. What draws you to Depth Psychology and what are you looking for from this community?
I am drawn to Depth Psychology because it is an integrative language that helps to contextualize life, from micro and macro perspectives (self and cosmos); and I appreciate its transpersonal, creative and artistic components.
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
The Holistic Student Union at my pscyhology masters program.
Comments
Taylor,
I'm not seeing any problems on your page or mine so, I think, all is good.
Ed
Welcome Taylor,
Glad you found and decided to join the Alliance. I may have missed this but what area of psychology is your Masters study? Is it congruent with depth psychology are are there some "rough edges" scraping against one another? Hope you find much to your interests in the many blogs, forums, and groups.
Ed
Hi Taylor. Welcome to the Alliance. Glad you've found us.
Once you have a chance to explore the online community a bit, I think you'll find a dynamic group of likeminded people who are all deeply drawn by the field of depth psychology. While there are many Jungian analysts and clinical psychologists here, our members come from many walks of life--artists, writers, doctors, healing professionals, counselors, students, business people, etc--so there is much cross-disciplinary knowledge and experience here to be shared.
On that note, there are many opportunities to engage as you browse the site. Some simple ideas to get your feet wet are to introduce yourself in the forum; asking a question, or responding to someone else's post; or sharing a link to an article or web site you like.
You may want to consider joining the online book club if you haven’t already (so many have joined the past day or two I haven't managed to keep track!)—There's a new author each month, and you can jump in at anytime and participate at whatever level you wish. Even if you don't have the book for this month, you can order it from Assisi Institute now and have it within a couple of days.
The Book Club is all done via writing in an open forum, so you can read all the comments that have gone on so far (including past authors in January and February!) and get a feel for what's happening. As you may know, in March, we are featuring a wonderful new book from Jungian Analyst Dr. Michael Conforti, a specialist in archetypes and new sciences, "Field, Form, And Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature, and Psyche."
Last, I see you're in the San Francisco Bay area. We are holding the first-ever local chapter meetup and speaker evening for the Alliance on March 23, so if you are interested in meeting other Alliance members and likeminded people for a great speaker on Jung, Crop Circles, and the Archetypal Feminine, I hope you'll come! More details here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=l548rqeab&...
In case you need detailed help getting started and navigating the site, you can use the following link--and please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions at all! I look forward to seeing you around the community~Bonnie Bright, Founder