Awaking to your Shadow / your Unconscious - Becoming Whole / Real

  Notes on Life-Changing Psychotherapy / Pathways to Major Life-Changing Therapy Taken from the book  The Art of the Psychotherapist  – by James F.T. Bugental – (who worked closely with and share many of the same views as Rollo May)   The following is a Summary of  this book I completed  in  July 2013 – Basics Elements of Dynamic Psyhotherapy In his previous important work,  “The Search for Authenticity " (1965), Bugental summarized the postulates of  Humanistic Psychology , often quoted by other theorists: ·           Human beings cannot be reduced to components. ·           Human beings have in them a uniquely human context. ·           Human consciousness includes an awareness of oneself in the context of other people. ·           Human beings have choices and re...

  On the Jungian concept of "Individuation" or "Wholeness." All of us have, to some degree or other, the impulse towards individuation. Individuation was the core of Jung’s work. Yet individuation has nothing to do with Jung specifically. What I mean is that we find the notion of individuation portrayed in multiple areas. For instance, if you read the Gospel of Thomas you will be reading about Individuation. If you watch the Wizard of Oz you will be going through Dorothy’s process of Individuation. “Somewhere over the rainbow” turns out to be in her own home, in her own home town, within the particular circumstances of her life. It is an inner realisation, not dependent upon outer circumstances. If you watch the series "Judge John Deed", you will see the portrayal of a person who is, for the most part, individuating. The Hero’s Journey, whether the hero be Luke Skywalker or the Knights of the Round Table, is an archetype of Individuation. The hero’s ...