Category Archives: Psychotherapy

various approaches to psychotherapy, teaching psychotherapy, etc.

#306 – The Now Effect with Elisha Goldstein PhD

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is in private practice in West Los Angeles and is author of the 2012 book The Now Effect (Simon and Schuster, 2012) and co-author of, A Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He synthesizes the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of mindfulness to achieve mental and [...]

#292 The Motherline with Jungian Analyst Naomi Ruth Lowinsky PhD

#291 – Comparing Logotherapy and Positive Psychology with Marshall H. Lewis, MA

#289 – Jung and Holding The Opposites with Jon Jackson MD

It was only after his psychiatric residency that Dr. Jon Jackson discovered Carl Jung. More specifically, he first discovered Marie-Louise von Franz, who remains one of his major influences to this day. He sees himself as an intuitive introvert who has somehow learned to be extroverted in the “real” world. He worked for 15 years [...]

#287 – ePsychotherapy with Ofer Zur, PhD

Ofer Zur, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and forensic consultant practicing in Sebastopol, California. He is the director of the Zur Institute, which offers over 100 online courses and is one of the most extensive online CE programs for psychologists, counselors, LPC, social workers, MFTs and nurses. His teaching, consulting with therapists, and writing focus [...]

#286 – Understanding Jungian Active Imagination with Monika Wikman, PhD

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#285 – A Jungian Initiation Process with Patricia Damery

Patricia Damery is an analyst member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco in private psychotherapy practice in Napa, California, where she and her husband also farm a Biodynamic organic ranch. She has published numerous articles and poems, as well as a book detailing her analytic training and simultaneous entry into Biodynamic farming: [...]

#284 – A Jungian Vision to Save The Planet with Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker who draws from spiritual, feminist, Jungian, medical and personal wellsprings of experience. She is the author of Like A Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet (2011), The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, [...]

#283 – An Update on The Positive Potential of Psychedelics with James Fadiman, PhD

#279 – Grief, Ritual, and The Soul of The World with Francis Weller, M.A.

Francis Weller, M.A., MFT is a psychotherapist and author of the 2011 book, Entering The Healing Ground: Grief, Ritual and The Soul of The world. He has been in private practice since 1983. During that time, he developed a style of working with people called Soul-Centered Psychotherapy. Weller says his approach to working with the [...]

#278 – The Use of Active Imagination in Jungian Sandplay with Maria Hess, PhD

Maria Hess, Ph.D. has been a practicing depth oriented psychotherapist and therapist educator in Sonoma County for over 25 years. She was the founding clinical director and supervisor for Lomi Community Clinic and for Humanidad Counseling Services. An Associate Professor of Psychology at Sonoma State University Maria teaches clinical courses to prepare undergrads for advanced [...]

#273 – Victimization Nation with Ofer Zur, PhD

ZurInstitute.com provides dozens of free articles and guidelines for psychotherapists and the public.

#272 – The Happiness Trap with Russ Harris, MD

#269 – The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism with Pilar Jennings, Ph.D.

Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. is a writer and researcher who has focused on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation practice. She received her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary, and has been working with patients and their families through the Harlem Family Institute since 2004. Dr. Jennings is also a researcher at the [...]

#263 – An Intuitive Approach to Treating Trauma with Sage Breslin PhD

Sage Breslin, Ph.D. is a licensed California psychologist and consultant with nearly two decades of diverse experience. She did her doctoral work at Northwestern University and went on to do post-doctoral study at Harvard. She reports that she has lived and worked in all regions of the United States and in Europe, developing an appreciation [...]

#260 – Whole Psychiatry with Robert Hedaya, MD

#255 – Mindsight with Daniel Siegel, MD

Daniel J. Siegel, MD received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, [...]

#254 – A Psychiatrist’s Most Bizarre Cases with Gary Small, MD

#252 – A Buddhist Perspective on Psychotherapy with Mark Epstein, MD

Mark Epstein, M.D., is a psychiatrist and author of Psychotherapy Without The Self: A Buddhist Perspective (Yale University Press, 2007), Going to Pieces: Without Falling Apart (Broadway Books, 1999), and Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective (Basic Books, 1995). Dr. Epstein is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Medical School. [...]

#251 – Mindfulness and Psychotherapy with Patrick Thornton

Patrick Thornton, PhD, who had been an evangelical clergy at the time, left the church because, as he often will say—quoting the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah— “the bed [was] too short to stretch out on, and the covering so narrow that [he could not] wrap himself in it.” He applies this quote to the doctrine and [...]

#236 – The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Therapies with Jonathan Shedler

Transcript Click here to go to his website! A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#235 – Using Alchemical Archetypes in Jungian Analysis with Monika Wikman, PhD

Monica Wikman, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst and author of Pregnant Darkness: Alchemy and the Rebirth of Consciousness (2005) and various articles in Jungian psychology journals. Monika obtained her BA from UC San Diego and her doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, where her research took her deep into the [...]

#234 – Psychoanalysis in Ireland with Paul Moore

Paul Moore B.A. Psych., M. Phil., M.Sc. is a psychologist and psychotherapist working in private practice in Dublin, Kilkenny & Carlow, Ireland. Paul is also a lecturer in psychology, teaching introductory psychology and social psychology on the undergraduate programme, at Carlow Institute of Technology, in the Life Long Learning department. He teaches courses in the [...]

#232 – Mindfulness and The Art of Choice with Karen Sherman, PhD

Karen Sherman, Ph.D. a licensed psychologist in New York, has been in private practice for over 20 years. Her focus is relationships/marriage and helping people achieve their greatest potential. Karen is the author of “Mindfulness and The Art of Choice: Transform Your Life” which enables people to let go of conditioned responses and empower them [...]

#227 – Reclaiming Your Real Self with Rick Johnson