I just realized that I have not posted here yet in the new year. I have been busy working on a new workshop combining fairy tales and mask making and the time just slipped away from me. I promise to be more faithful in the weeks to come.
I want to call your attention to the wonderful blog of Neil Scheurich, Ars Psychiatrica. He is a psychiatrist in North Carolina and takes a very thoughtful look at some of the same issues I write about. His recent posts on identity are really lovely.
And did you notice that In Treatment did quite well at the Golden Globes? Of course, this delights me as it will lead more people to watch it and then to read here about each episode. The new season starts this spring and I will be there blogging each episode.
My son started an MSW program this past fall, intending to become a therapist. So in the coming months, I will be making posts from time to time about things I would tell a young therapist about doing this work.
In our online Jung Study Group, we have been reading Memories, Dreams, and Reflections. There always little nuggets to be found and this is one --
"...when one follows the path of the individual, when one lives one's own life, one must take mistakes into the bargain; life would not be complete without them. There is no guarantee that we will not fall into error or stumble into deadly peril. Anyone who takes the sure road is as good as dead." (MDR, p. 297)