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.
Oakland, California
Which of the following best describes your proposed membership status? If you are signing up with your first and last name, please choose "Individual." Please do NOT choose one of the other options unless you are creating a profile page with a business or organization name
Individual
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Mythology, Ecopsychology, Somatic Psychology, Dreamwork
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
PhD
If so, from what institution?
Pacifica Graduate Institute
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?
I am a life coach with a PhD in Depth Psychology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute. You can see my webiste here for more info: https://www.aldermancoaching.com/ I am also an author who writes from a depth perspective. I'm working on my second book. The first one you can see here: https://www.routledge.com/Symptom-Symbol-and-the-Other-of-Language-A-Jungian-Interpretation-of/Alderman/p/book/9780815359135#:~:text=Book%20Description,-Every%20statement%20about&text=Guided%20by%20this%20primary%20assumption,the%20workings%20of%20linguistic%20signs.
I am drawn to Depth Psychology as a way of understanding self and others, a form of healing, a mediation of numinous experiences, and a way of addressing the insanity of the world. I would like to connect with others of like mind.
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
The International Association of Jungian Studies
What is your WEB SITE (IF you would like to promote it)?
https://www.aldermancoaching.com/
If you have a Twitter, Facebook, Blog, or LinkedIn account and would like to have people "follow" you, list it here
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAMAAAXSFL0BjK2aOhwAIzsSTqgeTSKWRkIajHs&trk=hp-identity-name
Comments
You're welcome Bret. I really like your statement...."I am drawn to Depth Psychology as a way of understanding self and others, a form of healing, a mediation of numinous experiences, and a way of addressing the insanity of the world." and as a Bay Area refugee (not that Boulder is all that bad) and Pacifican, I sense a kindred spirit and offer appreciation of this. Aho Bret.
Mark
Greetings Bret and a very warm welcome to the online depth psychology community. It's great to see you here! This is an exciting time for the Depth Psychology Alliance, as we are expanding and adding many features to this forum.
It looks like we share roots and branches in the Bay Area and as fellow Pacificans.
As you may know, we now are made up of over 4,000 members from all over the world. I hope that as you have explored the community you have noticed what a dynamic group of like-minded people are here, all who are 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.
Great to see you've already begun to settle in and personalized your profile image.
If you haven't discovered this already, there are many opportunities to engage as you browse the site. Please feel free to post a topic for discussion in the forum, respond to another member's post, or share a link to an article or web site you like.
Here are a few quick links to front page items that may be of interest to you. The Multimedia Library contains talks, videos and articles that may be of interest to you. The Depth Insights e-zine has articles, poetry, and images from past issues. And, then we have the Events page which contains calls for papers, upcoming conferences, and workshops.
You can also weigh in on the weekly depth discussions by clicking the image and quote at the top of the home page. And here's a link to help you navigate the site for your convenience. We share many interests, so I look forward to seeing your posts and comments around the various forums.
FYI, fellow board member Donna May and I will be hosting an online Deep Meet and Greet to welcome you and other new members to the Alliance.It would be great to meet with you and get to know you a bit more at that time. The Deep Meet n Greet is set for Thursday, Sept. 24th at 6pm PDT. You should RSVP for the event here if you think you can make it. In the meantime, I look forward to seeing you around the boards & please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
In soul,
Mark Sipowicz, board member
"When I rise up, let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret like a leaf."
--Wendell Berry