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 CA
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Somatic Psychology, Transpersonal Psych
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?
LCSW, yes.
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?
Love Soul Work, archetypal access, dream work, somatic psychology,...
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
NCGPS (group psychotherapy), SCRTI (Systems centered training), CAMFT,
What is your WEB SITE (IF you would like to promote it)?
https://www.shiftinperspective.com
If you have a Twitter, Facebook, Blog, or LinkedIn account and would like to have people "follow" you, list it here
michael gelbart profile on linkedin
Comments
Welcome Michael,
Glad you found and decided to join the Alliance. There are many LCSWs along with other mental health professionals along with analysts within the Alliance. I see your website focuses a bit on the male side of life. Glad to see you doing that work in that I believe there is a shift in the definition of the masculine that has moved from an exterior systemic change of the last 20 years to an interior systemic (if you will) change. Would enjoy hearing whether this is just my projection or something you have experienced as well. Again, welcome to the Alliance. I look forward to your posts.
Ed
Hi Michael. A warm welcome to the Alliance. Once you have a chance to explore the online community a bit, I think you'll find a dynamic group of likeminded people who are all highly intrigued by the field of depth psychology. And, while there are many Jungian analysts, clinicians, and 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, I hope you're finding opportunities to engage as you browse the vast content and interact with others. You may want to consider joining the online book club if you haven’t already—There's a new author each month, and you can jump in at anytime and participate at whatever level you wish. February brings a wonderful new book from Jungian Analyst Erel Shalit as well as a special online study group on Astrology with long-time astrologer Kathleen Burt.
Meanwhile, I see you're in the Bay Area so you may want to join "Bay Area Hive" (under groups) to get updates and connect with people here. We're planning our first in-person meetup and speaker evening in Marin on March 23, so it should be a great opportunity to actually get some in-person connection. You can see more about the event in the Events section, too.
In case you need detailed help getting started and navigating the site, please 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