What is Depth Psychology?

I am planning a series of posts about Depth Psychology, exploring what it is, the people who practice it and write about it, and how a depth-oriented psychotherapy understands and seeks to effect healing. 

I'm kicking off this series with this video in which Stephen Aizenstat, the founding president of Pacifica Graduate Institute, offers his attempt at a definition of Depth Psychology:

 

James Hillman

R.I.P. James Hillman

Here is the New York Times obituary of James Hillman, who passed away yesterday. Hillman was one of the founders of Archetypal Psychology, an elaboration of Jungian Psychology. He was an enormously creative person, a champion of the soul, and a prophet of the imagination. His passing represents a tectonic shift in the Jungian world and […]

Freud in a psychotherapy session

The Death of Psychotherapy

Last week, I came across an interview on Time’s website in which Alan Kazdin, former president of the American Psychological Association and Yale psychology professor, suggested that individual therapy is outdated and needed to be essentially eliminated as a method of providing mental health care. I reviewed the article as I was preparing to write about it […]

Jung's Anima

Jung’s Anima

Sabina Spielrein, a pioneer of psychoanalysis Photo: MIA OVERGAARD An interesting article posted on the Telegraph website about the early history of psychoanalysis and Jung’s relationship with Sabina Spielrein. The article was prompted by the upcoming release of the movie A Dangerous Method, about the relationship between Jung, Freud, and Spielrein. The movie is directed by […]