Shadow Work: Meeting the Parts of Yourself You Hide
Shadow work has become a familiar phrase online, but in depth psychology it refers to a very specific idea: that each of us has a shadow — the disowned, denied and hidden aspects of our personality. For many high-achieving men, the shadow is where unwanted feelings, impulses and vulnerabilities are pushed out of awareness in […]
What Jungian Therapy Actually Looks Like in Practice
Jungian therapy carries a somewhat mystical reputation that does not always serve it well. In the popular imagination it involves archetypes, mythological amplification and extended dream analysis, perhaps conducted in a oak-panelled room with a…
Shadow Work: A Jungian Introduction
The shadow is one of Jung’s most widely referenced concepts and one of his most frequently misunderstood. In its popular usage it has come to mean simply the dark side of a person — the…