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Santa Monica, CA
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Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Mythology, Ecopsychology
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PhD
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Pacifica Graduate Institute
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In Depth psychology we can explore life as an alchemical process. Through Depth psychology we can embrace metaphor and explore beyond our beliefs to openly hear new ideas. Here, I hope to interact with others who share an interest in Jungain, Depth psychology so I may continue to learn and interact with new ideas, beliefs, and theories that continue to support our imagination.
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The Addiction Complex - Depression Spirituality and Addiction: The Search for Meaning
I came across a statement by Sorajjakool, et. al. (2008) which inspired me to look at the interplay between depression, spirituality, and addiction:
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Greetings, Erik, and (a much belated--sorry about that!) welcome to the online depth psychology community. It's great to have you here! It's so great to see you've jumped right in and shared your blog along with some very important thoughts. It's a much appreciated topic in this community to be sure.
Meanwhile, as you may know, we currently have nearly 2600 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, 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. To begin with, please take a moment to upload a personal photo to your profile and to introduce yourself in the forum. You can also post a topic for discussion there, respond to someone else's post, or share a link to an article or web site you like, or comment on your current work or ask a question.
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I look forward to seeing you around the community.
Bonnie Bright, Founder