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Dreams of Being Chased

by Jeff Howlin | Apr 29, 2025 | Archetypes, Imagery, Nature, Psychotherapy, Symbolic, Trauma/PTSD, Uncategorized

Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (Looney Tunes) cartoons were popular cartoons in my childhood. The common theme in all of the episodes was the coyote chasing the road runner and coming up with devious methods in attempts to catch the bird. The road runner always...

The Puppet Master and the Free Man

by Jeff Howlin | Jul 20, 2019 | Archetypes, Complex, Consciousness, Ethics, Evil, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Shadow, Soul, Trauma/PTSD, Unconscious

Although it will require some effort, there can be moments in your life when you are truly a free man or a free woman, no matter your circumstances.  During those times, when you are a free woman or a free man, you may discover that they are the most insightful and...

Dreams, Truth Serums and Anti-truth Serums

by Jeff Howlin | Dec 5, 2017 | Dreams, Psychotherapy, Soul, Symbolic, Unconscious

Just the other day I walked by two men who appeared to be homeless and whose conversation caught my attention.  One man said, “You know they have truth serums and anti-truth serums.”  I didn’t hear the rest of the conversation, but I heard enough to make me wonder. If...

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...

Welcome to Your Process

by Jeff Howlin | Sep 14, 2014 | anima, Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Spirituality, Unconscious

“Called or not called, the God will be there,” says the inscription above the door to Carl Jung’s home and on his tombstone. The same can be said for your own psychological process.  Name it what you may, choose to accept or deny it, but there is a deep, potent, and...

Dr. Howlin Interviewed on Dreams, Jungian Psychology and Mental Health Awareness Month

by Jeff Howlin | Jun 7, 2014 | Announcement, Depression, Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy

Last month for May 2014 Mental Health Awareness Month,  I was interviewed by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals and FindaTopDocRadio on BlogTalkRadio. In the interview and podcast below, I answer questions related to dreams, Jungian psychology...
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