"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."
∼ C. G. Jung
∼ C. G. Jung
I have been a psychotherapist for many years. I was a very successful psychotherapist therapist with a large practice, but people kept returning with the same issues. Through our work they would change a few things in their lives. They would get better, but then they would find themselves in the same place as before with the same dissatisfaction, dysfunction or unhappiness. I found that my therapy door was revolving. I began to search deeper. I turned to my own inner life. With the help of several compassionate and talented Jungian analysts I discovered my own truth. I found my own inner voice. I took what I had experienced back to my therapy room. People who came to me began to find their own voices, their truths. Their lives changed. I then pursed Jungian analysts training in Switzerland. I also trained with Marion Woodman and BodySoul Rhythms. I seek to assist other who want to make that journey. Some fittingly call it the journey to wholeness.
Whether you choose to join me on this journey or another analyst/therapist I encourage you to begin now by taking several steps. First begin to keep a journal. I ask everyone who chooses to work with me to keep a journal. Write what you are feeling. This is not a diary but a place where you can write what you feel and begin to explore the roots of those feeling as well as expand those feelings. A journal needs to be sacred and totally private. Write your dreams. Every morning I write my dreams from the night I just woke up from. That is my sacred time. Give that gift to yourself / your Self.