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.
San Francisco, CA
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
PhD, Jungian
If so, from what institution?
A Ph.D. From CIIS in San Francisco
Finishing training as an analyst at the San Francisco Jung Institute
Are you a licensed or clinical therapist?
Licensed as a Family & Marriage Therapist
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?
Contact with a larger, diverse community of like-minded individuals.
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
None
If you have a Twitter, Facebook, Blog, or LinkedIn account and would like to have people "follow" you, list it here
None
Comments
Hi Chris. Welcome to the Alliance. It's wonderful to have you here--you're clearly not a guy to let the grass grow under your feet! It was lovely to meet you today and I look forward to staying connected.
Meanwhile, I hope as you explore the community a bit you find a dynamic group of like-minded people who are all deeply drawn by the field of depth psychology. While there are many Jungian analysts like yourself 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.
Also, if you have time, 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. 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. As you may know, in May, we are featuring a wonderful book from Dr. Thom Cavalli, a specialist in alchemical psychology, "Embodying Osiris: The Secrets of Alchemical Transformation." June will bring a whole new topic with an ecopsychological bent: "ReBearths: Conversations with a World Ensouled" with Dr. Craig Chalquist.
Finally, since you're in the Bay Area so you may want to join "Bay Area Hive" (under "Groups") to get update on local events and connect with people here.
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, Founder