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Dreaming and the Default Mode Network – Dr Dale Mathers

Jacqueline Wearn — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:29:23 +0000

As therapists, we live near our dreams and those of our patients. Dreams intrigue, enrich, and can terrify. We amplify them, to glimpse their meaning, using free association, active imagination and guided imagery. Neuroscientific research now shows the neural network which scripts dreams is the one which understands them – the Default Mode Network […]

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The Replacement Child: Where Life and Death Coincide

Jacqueline Wearn — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:27:30 +0000

(Image courtesy of Psychology Today, 2013) The phenomenon of the replacement child carries profound psychological and symbolic significance. As defined by Jungian analyst Kristina Schellinski, the replacement condition in the psyche emerges when a child is unconsciously expected to substitute for a lost sibling or another deceased family member. In such cases, the child is not fully […]

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Liz Greene – Honorary Member of AJA

Jacqueline Wearn — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:39:01 +0000

Dr Liz Greene is an internationally acclaimed personality, scholar and teacher. An American-British astrologer, psychologist and author, she has been one of the most consistently popular astrologers of the 20th century, co-founding with Howard Sasportas, the Centre for Psychological Astrology in London. She is also an AJA graduate and has practiced clinically as an Analytical […]

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Sharon Blackie – Honorary Member of AJA

Jacqueline Wearn — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:52:59 +0000

Sharon Blackie (b. 1961 –) is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author, and a psychologist who also has an academic background in mythology and folklore. She has a degree in Psychology, a PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience from the University of London (researching anxiety and panic), MAs in both Creative Writing and in Celtic Studies, along […]

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Andrew Samuels – Honorary Member of AJA

Stephen Garratt — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:03:51 +0000

Andrew Samuels (b. 1949 – ) is a Jungian analyst, educator, author, activist, and prolific thinker in the field of analytical psychology. His working life includes clinical practice, a tenured professorship in analytical psychology, writing, and political organizing and activism. He has been at the forefront of analytical psychology for the past forty years, focusing […]

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Anne Baring – Honorary Member of AJA

Stephen Garratt — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:00:09 +0000

Anne Baring 1931 – (MA Oxon, PH.D. (hons) in Wisdom Studies, Ubiquity University 2018) was educated in England, France and America. She is a Jungian analyst and the author and co-author of 7 books including, with Jules Cashford, The Myth of the Goddess; Evolution of an Image (1992); with Andrew Harvey, The Mystic Vision (1995) and The Divine Feminine (1996); and […]

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Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective

Ruth Williams — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:41:02 +0000

And just like that, money, fame, power and beauty are worthless… Mother nature’s message to us all: “You are not necessary, The air, earth, water and sky without you are fine. When you come back, remember you are my guests not my Masters. Wampanoag Nation or ‘People of the Dawn’ This is the sort of […]

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The Triumphant Victim A Psychoanalytical Perspective on Sadomasochism and Perverse Thinking

Stephen Garratt — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:59:31 +0000

Most people have some idea of the meaning of the words sadism and masochism, but often this does not go beyond rather vague ideas of either inflicting or enjoying pain. Few people ask themselves what is behind such behaviour, and this applies even to healthcare professionals and therapists. Using non-technical language, accessible for both the […]

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Freud’s ‘Outstanding’Colleague / Jung’s ‘Twin Brother’

Stephen Garratt — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:57:05 +0000

The suppressed psychoanalytic and political significance of Otto Gross Otto Gross was the first analyst to link his work with radical politics, connecting inner, personal transformation with outer, collective change. Since his death in 1920 his work has been suppressed, despite his seminal influence on the developing analytic discipline and on the fields of sociology, […]

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A New Therapy for Politics?

Stephen Garratt — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:53:08 +0000

Andrew Samuels has established an international practice as a political consultant, working with senior politicians, political parties and activist groups. His lectures and workshops on the application of ‘therapy thinking’ to social and political issues attract wide interest. His previous books in this area, such as The Political Psyche and Politics on the Couch, have […]

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