by Jeff Howlin | Feb 16, 2012 | Depression, Dreams, Editorial, Ethics, Psychology, Psychotherapy
I came to receive a copy of this unpublished letter from Viktor Frankl while doing a psychology internship through a VA system outpatient clinic. At that time I worked primarily with Vietnam veterans suffering from PTSD. A university classmate of mine, who was a... 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 25, 2012 | Editorial, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy
I saw a middle-aged man recently exercising vigorously with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He paused periodically to take deeper drags on his cigarette. There was a humorous side to this scene, but even more, it reminded me of the forces that hold us back in... 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 | Jan 1, 2012 | Dreams, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy
Walls come in many sizes and shapes; big and thick, concrete and hard, colorful and graffiti-filled. Walls stop things, quickly. They don’t give. There is no easy way through. Walls are solid and they mean business. I heard the following dream with an important image...
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