by Jeff Howlin | May 7, 2013 | Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Symbolic, Unconscious
There is a great paradox for the psychotherapist in helping a client navigate through depression. On the one hand, life can be extremely painful and debilitating for a person suffering with symptoms of depression, especially for moderate to severe depression. Some... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 10, 2013 | Archetypes, Biology, Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Self
How do you fit the two million-year-old man or woman into your modern world? In other words, what aids this transition? I wrote an article last month called, The Ancient Path. It was about the idea that there is a two million-year-old man or woman in all of us. The... by Jeff Howlin | Mar 26, 2013 | Archetypes, Biology, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Imagery, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Spirituality, Symbolic, Unconscious
I don’t usually write about my own dreams on this blog, but I had a recent dream that reminded me of an elemental truth. Here is the dream: I was riding a horse down a river with the water up to the horse’s knees, and I had a fishing rod in my hand and I was fishing.... by Jeff Howlin | Feb 24, 2013 | Child Psychology, Ecopsychology, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Symbolic
There is a movie called House of Cards (1993), starring Tommy Lee Jones and Kathleen Turner. It is a story about a family, a father who died unexpectedly, a troubled young girl, and a big dream and vision. Tommy Lee Jones plays a psychiatrist trying to help the girl... by Jeff Howlin | Jan 6, 2013 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Soul, Spirituality, Symbolic
The hawk flies free over the valley below. If you climb the mountain and look toward the valley below, you may see the soaring hawk. Watch the hawk glide and circle while it soars on the currents of air, searching for its prey hiding amongst the rocks, trees and... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 16, 2012 | Biology, Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Symbolic, Unconscious
Drake Wood Duck* If you pay attention to the natural world around you, it is not hard to see that plants and animals utilize color in all of its grandeur. The same is true for you and your unique psychology. Your inner world and specifically your dreams, utilize color...
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