The Quest: Vision in an Age of Crisis. Jungian Psychotherapy

The stages of contacting the deep psyche are explained as a practical method for all therapists. This method, starting with inner awareness, proceeds to encounter the area of suffering. One area of the deep psyche (the heart chakra in Hindu philosophy) can experience healing by another (the brow chakra). This is compatible with Western psychotherapeutic knowledge of body centres and focussing awareness.

A method of alignment, a descent, to the deep psyche is described and a case study provided to demonstrate how the "scan" can work. This is a mixture of ancient Oriental and Western technique. 

The book upon which these podcasts are based is:  

Healing Intelligence:The Spirit in Psychotherapy - Working with Darkness and Light.

 (Karnac Books 2012).    It can be otained at    https://rb.gy/v4vntt

Jungian therapy leans towards a collaboration with the unconscious rather than just grasping its significance. The style of therapy is therefore only analytic in parts and favours a movement of the ego towards the Self. The essence of the therapy lies in the transcendent function - the new centre that emerges which is positioned on the ego-Self axis and facilitates the interaction of both consciousness and the unconscious.

Healing takes place in a context. We construct rituals that provide this. Other disciplines provide their own way of encouraging the healing to take place. In this podcast I outline the Jungian context and based on this my version of the stages of psychotherapy.

Healing energies are a natural intelligence within the psyche promoting the unconscious state of wholeness we call health. This health is, for the most part, intensely desired by those who suffer pain, division, and conflict within themselves; for some it is the central goal of life to recover it. Those who wish to heal the wounds of others as well as their own should know there are different methods to heal psychological distress.

Psychotherapy and Healing - a Jungian Approach

There are a wide range of emotional wounds which are a damage to the sense of self. Just as there are numerous healing mechanisms in the body likewise there is a wide range of healing energies in the psyche. It is of considerable benefit to the practitioner to be familiar with these. An overview is given of the podcasts to follow which include a deep investigation of the healing intelligence in the psyche and the role of the therapist in this process. Prepare to be stretched beyond your traditional trainings and conceptions of how emotional healing takes place.  The book upon which these podcasts are based is:  

Healing Intelligence: The Spirit in Psychotherapy 

Working with Darkness and Light.

 (Karnac Books 2012).    It can be otained at    https://rb.gy/v4vntt

Musical extracts in these podcasts taken from:

1. BBC radio 3 recording of Beethoven’s 3rd symphony 2005 and made available on the Internet Archive on a Creative Commons label.   https://archive.org/details/BBCSymphony3Beethoven_1

The image accompanying these podcasts is The Sower and the Seed which was drawn by Lindsey C. Harris and was incorporated on the front page of the book of that name.