James Hollis, PhD, has written many books and his most recent (2013) is Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives. In it he considers how we are all governed by the presence of invisible forms—spirits, ghosts, ancestral and parental influences, inner voices, dreams, i
On March 20 this year we celebrate the Spring Equinox. In the rhythm of the seasons, there are two points in the cycle where light and dark are equal – the spring and autumn equinox. These are the occasions for special festivals that celebrate the polarities of life, from ancient times until today. On the Spring Equinox <
Many people find themselves in situations where they do not want to put elderly or disabled parents into nursing homes, or where they do not or cannot afford to get outside care for special needs children or family members.
When clients are dealing with shock, we work with them to create a situation in the present that supports them in exploring their shock in a “peeling the onion” approach, going back in time from the most recent shock to earlier experiences, and providing appropriate treatment for each situation. In the hypnotherapy as well as the psychodrama and
In hypnotherapy we directly access the client’s unconscious, and the words he/she uses to communicate their experience are precise and personally deeply meaningful to the client. We always want to use the client’s exact wor
Therapists, like yourself, sit hour after hour, day after day, week after week, listening to clients who go over and over their problems and why they can’t change. You offer suggestions and they play the “Yes, But Game” telli
The subconscious mind is a wonderfully complex piece of internal mental machinery. Most of us try to understand the complexities of the subconscious mind and the even deeper complexities of the unconscious mind with the relative simplicity of conscious mind. Herein lies the problem.
During one of my very first
From Jungian Psychology we have been introduced to the concepts of shadow parts. These shadow parts are actually hidden parts of our personality, hidden, that is to us, but certainly not to our friends, family and co-workers. Shadow parts are akin to the blind spot
Most people have experienced some of their most profoundly meaningful experiences in the most fleeting of moments. Consider the adage to “smell the roses along the path.” Being fully present in the experiencing of each moment also implies that the meaning and
Entering into psychotherapy, or any method of honest self-reflection, demands a willingness to lose something as well as to gain something. Personal growth often involves “loss”: the loss of illusions I have believed in order to avoid the truth. Perhaps I have constructed a self-image that is too flattering, or just the opposite I may have believed mys