by Jeff Howlin | Feb 11, 2012 | Depression, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psychology
Even in winter the flower finds a way to bloom. In January, there was a winter-time lone rose in my backyard. Nature can surprise us like that. A rose is not necessarily rare to see where I live in coastal Central California in January. But a single, brilliant red... by Jeff Howlin | Feb 1, 2012 | Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy
We share a deep emotional connection with the rest of the animal world whether we choose to acknowledge this or not. We have evolved from and with the other animals sharing this planet with us and this fact has not been forgotten by the deeper part of our souls.... by Jeff Howlin | Jan 17, 2012 | Depression, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy
I borrowed the phrase “waking up into the night” from a James Hillman quote that I remembered from a column that I read some time ago. I liked it then, and I like it even more now as I was thinking about this quote recently during a mostly sleepless night. Hillman was... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 1, 2011 | Depression, Ecopsychology, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy
If you live in the San Francisco or Monterey Bay area, you know the fog very well. It is a constant part of life here, and you find different camps of people in respect to their relationship to the fog. You can find those who tolerate it, maybe even like it, and those... by Jeff Howlin | Oct 23, 2011 | Depression, Ecopsychology, Nature
I write alot about the natural world. I seem to be drawn back again and again to using examples from nature to help people cope with the various sufferings brought to the psychotherapy hour. As a psychologist and psychotherapist, I’ve found that examples from... by Jeff Howlin | Oct 17, 2011 | Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Nature, Synchronicity
Not long ago I was walking on a cliff trail in Santa Cruz overlooking the Monterey Bay. It was a quiet Monday morning and I heard a strangely familiar sound from long ago. I looked out over the bay and saw four Tundra swans flying over the bay heading west to an...
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