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.
India
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Mythology, Ecopsychology, Transpersonal Psych
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
Other degree not listed here
If so, from what institution?
The National Institute of Design
Are you a licensed or clinical therapist?
no
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?
Current project rooted in cultural depth & archetypal pedagogy, Joseph Chilton Pearce's chakra development, new media literacies & Vygotskian pivots!
Nascent PhD in online community distance healing.
Perhaps some synchronicity & synergy?!
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
PsychExchange.co.uk
Comments
Welcome Aditi,
And apologies for such a late welcome. I am interested in your project. I see India as a land filled with archetypal energies and images. So much has been lost or downplayed here in the West. There are many topics within the Alliance so I believe you will find much to your interests. Again, welcome and I look forward to your posts.
Ed
Hello Aditi. Glad you've found the Alliance, and please forgive the belated welcome. I hope you've had a chance to explore the community a bit and that you are finding 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. When you're ready to jump in, please feel free to post a topic for discussion in the forum, respond to someone else's post, or share a link to an article or web site you like. You can also post a few paragraphs of your own blog in the Blogs section and put a link so people can go to your site and read the rest.
Also, you may want to consider joining the online book club—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 book from Jungian Analyst Dr. Michael Conforti, a specialist in archetypes and new sciences, "Field, Form, And Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature, and Psyche." Dr. Conforti is also offering the free teleseminar you mentioned. April will bring a whole new topic: "Eros and the Shattering Gaze: Transcending Narcissism" with Ken Kimmel.
In case you need detailed help getting started and navigating the site, you can use the following link-- http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/page/navigating-the-site--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