Creative Expressions
An Art Therapy Blog
Chiron – Archetype of the Wounded Healer
“Chiron, the archetype of the wounded healer, embodies the profound notion that through wounding comes vulnerability, empathy, and wisdom. Like the revered teacher of Greek heroes, our wounds can become our most profound teachers, facilitating our spiritual development. As Rumi beautifully expressed, ‘The wound is the place where light enters you.’ In Jungian analysis, this light of consciousness, applied over time, encourages not just symptom management but long-term healing, integration, alignment, and personal development.”
Dealing with Discomfort
Dealing with Discomfort Let's talk about dealing with discomfort and this awesome graphic! So this might be my favorite graphic of all times. (I don't know where it came from but I'd be happy to give credit). I look it up on a regular basis to remind myself. ...
Benefits of Depth Psychotherapy
What is Depth Psychotherapy Have you ever wondered why you seem to meet the same kind of people and repeat the same kind of situations? You try to learn from your mistakes and make good decisions and yet it seems like fate. The same types of patterns just keep...
Post COVID Coping with Stress and Anxiety
Overwhelming economic and social pressure The pandemic has turned out world upside down. What is normal anymore? Increased social and economic stressors have put pressures on decades of mounting, and often unspoken inequalities. The country is polarized between...
Understanding the Meaning of Your Dreams, It’s About Context
How Does Dream Analysis or Dream Interpretation Work? In dream pattern analysis, or dream interpretation, we focus on the context of the dream in relation to the context of the real world. When it comes to understanding the meaning of your dreams, its all about...
When the House of Cards Falls
"Why am I so sad? Everything was okay until recently and nothing happened to start it. I don't know why I feel this way!" These are things someone might say who has, in Brene Brown's terms "over-functioning" for a long time and now are experiencing delayed grief. ...