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 Antonio, Texas
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Mythology, Somatic Psychology
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
M.A., Other degree not listed here
If so, from what institution?
University of Texas
Texas A&M
Are you a licensed or clinical therapist?
Gestalt Therapist
Retired School Administrator
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?
Have been involved in the Jungian and Gestalt community for over 40 years...currently a counselor and life coach in retirement.
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
Facebook
Jung Page
Depth Psychology
Kaleidoscope
What is your WEB SITE (IF you would like to promote it)?
https://www.gwynnemayer.com
If you have a Twitter, Facebook, Blog, or LinkedIn account and would like to have people "follow" you, list it here
http://www.gwynnemayer.com
facebook: Gwynne Sonnen Mayer
Comments
Welcome Gwynne,
Glad you have already become involved in what the Alliance has to offer and what you have to strengthen the Alliance. You list Gestalt therapist and I have enjoyed the Gestalt manner of dream analysis along with the depth psychological approach. I am especially interested in bringing depth psychology to the "now" of life. We get a little esoteric sometimes making it hard to appear inviting to seeking minds and souls. Again, welcome and I look forward to your additional posts.
Ed
Hi Gwynne. Welcome to the Alliance! So glad you've joined us. I love to see that you offer dreamwork as part of your services. I'm sure you'll find lots of likeminded others here!
In fact, I think as you begin to immerse yourself in the community, you will find a dynamic group of individuals 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." 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