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.
Charleston, South Carolina
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Mythology
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
No
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 in the middle of the journey into Unus Mundus and have spent the last year in seclusion, so I am literally searching for validation and proof that I am not crazy. I am a poet, lyricist, singer, and inquisitive soul who needs support from this community. I am in the process of writing a memoir and creating a blog to showcase my writing.
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
No.
What is your WEB SITE (IF you would like to promote it)?
https://onestotamefire.wordpress.com
If you have a Twitter, Facebook, Blog, or LinkedIn account and would like to have people "follow" you, list it here
https://www.facebook.com/OneToTameFire
https://www.facebook.com/Sugarshortz
Comments
Hi Darla. Welcome to the online depth psychology community. I'm glad you've found us. It sounds like great synchronicity give your journey--which I'm sure many of us here can relate to.
Meanwhile, as you may know, we currently have nearly 1500 members here from all over the world. 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 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.
Also you may want to consider participating in the online book club: July brings us “Marked by Fire: Stories of the Jungian Way” from Editors/Jungian Analysts Patricia Damery and Naomi Ruth Lowinsky. Since the Book Club is all done via writing in an open forum, you can join anytime and participate at your own level and schedule.
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