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Learning to See in the Dark

by Jeff Howlin | Mar 1, 2016 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Symbolic

There is a fish that lives deep in the ocean dark The fish has evolved over time To “see” in the deep With a lantern as a light Just in front of its eyes A young man Who knew about this strange fish Had a big dream In the dream He was riding his motorcycle...

Transformation and Image in Adolescent Jungian Psychotherapy

by Jeff Howlin | Dec 16, 2014 | Adolescent psychotherapy, Dreams, Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy

Society needs to be shaken by the aspirations of those who are not responsible. Donald Winnicott The image is to Jungian psychotherapy as thinking is to cognitive therapy. But there is a difference. In cognitive therapy, it is assumed that one of the events that leads...

The Runt

by Jeff Howlin | May 30, 2014 | Archetypes, Biology, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Nature

The underdog, the oppressed, the scapegoated, the last-picked for the game, the runt—these characters and the means by which they scrap themselves onward in life, weave themselves into some of our favorite stories and myths. The Biblical story of David and Goliath is...

Perseverance and the Extra Mile

by Jeff Howlin | Apr 29, 2014 | Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Soul, Sports Psychology

When you reach the top of North America’s highest chairlift in Breckenridge, Colorado, you will sometimes see a string of people behind and above the lift, carrying skis and poles, climbing even higher. Aside from the joyful pursuit of even fresher powder above the...

The Quiet Therapist

by Jeff Howlin | Feb 11, 2014 | Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Psychotherapy, Soul

I went for a walk in the woods quiet and stillness of the forest I smiled I meandered along a gentle stream of flowing water gurgling I relaxed I ran my fingers over long prairie grasses falling back to the sway of the wind I breathed deep I swam in a granite-bottomed...

In the Middle of the Night: Coyotes, a Synchronicity and the Trickster Archetype

by Jeff Howlin | Jan 22, 2014 | Archetypes, Consciousness, Creativity, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Psyche, Synchronicity

On January, 11, 2014, a good friend of mine who lives in Tucson, AZ, spontaneously sent me a series of photographs taken with a “trail cam.” This camera was mounted in his backyard which backs up to the desert. The photos were all of coyotes in the middle of the...
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