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Marine On Saint Croix, MN
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Mythology, Transpersonal Psych
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
In progress, M.A., PhD, Jungian
If so, from what institution?
Saybrook University
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?
My thesis-in-progress at Saybrook is entitled: Night Vision: The Role of Dream Content in the Combat Theatre. Here is a brief synopsis of my research: Psychoanalytic treatment for combat deployed and post deployed soldiers considers the broad symptomology of PTSD. While clinical research has identified the PTSD correlation between sleep disorders and combat trauma, most studies have overlooked the subjective nature of the dream as integral to the psyche. Moreover, the rich content of autonomous dream imagery is the means which to acknowledge unrecognized aspects of the psyche. Our intrinsic ability to dream is an underrated, unconscious adaptive process of self-awareness and self-healing. Despite the therapeutic value of dream analysis, the interpretation of dreams has been an under studied and under utilized strategy of communicating with soldier clients about the psychological and environmental conflicts that plague them. An understanding of dream imagery should be a part of every therapist’s toolkit. My desire to practice psychology can be summed up in the following quote from Robert Johnson: “It is not too difficult to get the skeletons out of the closet with people, but to get the gold out is a different matter. That is therapy. Psychology is the art of finding the gold of the spirit.”
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
MN Jung Association. MN Psychoanalytic Association.
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As you may know, we currently have nearly 2000 members from all over the world and we're growing. 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 various walks of life including artists, writers, doctors, scientists, 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, as you may be aware of the January online book club featuring "The War of the Gods in Addiction" with David E. Schoen who is, of course, also offering a free 4-week teleseminar which started January 9--though you can listen to the archived version and join any future week. Since the online part of the Book Club is done via writing in an open forum, you can participate at your own level and schedule--and you can join the discussion anytime, even if you don't have the book. Also upcoming in January is a special study group on the Red Book with Robert Bosnak starting January 19.
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.
~Mark Sipowicz, Alliance Board Member