Hi Katherine. Greetings!-- and I have to offer apologies for the belated welcome to the online depth psychology community. I'm behind, but wanted to let you know how glad I am that you've found us. Also, there are a lot of Pacifica students, faculty, and alumni here so you're in good company.

As you may know, we currently have over 1600 members 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 like yourself!-- plus 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: In October, we're featuring "Telling the Difference" with Jungian analyst Paul Watsky-the only book of poetry in our 2012 lineup. Since the Book Club is all done via writing in an open forum, you can participate at your own level and schedule--and you can join the discussion even if you don't have the book.

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