Category: Analytical Psychology

• Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha & Psychoanalytic Perspectives of Childhood Development

  

  Sigmund Freud (1917/1966) developed a theory about autoerotic zones that affect the development of children until early adult life. While Freud’s stage theory ends with the emergence of young adult life, these stages coalesce into an adult personality that is ready to fulfill the primary life task of reproduction. Freud based the theory of autoeroticism…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  June 21, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Depth Psychology, Dr. Thomas Maples, Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud

  archetype, Carl Jung, Child Psychology, Childhood Development, ego development, Hermann Hesse, Introjection, Melanie Klein, object attachment, Object Relations Theory, Oedipal Development, primary narcissism, Projection, Psychoanalysis, psychological defense mechanisms, Psychosexual Development, Sigmund Freud, superego development, The Stockton Therapy Network, triangulation

• Depth Psychology, and Theoretical Approaches to Childhood Development: Siddhartha, Evolutionary Theory, & Psychological Attachment

  

  Dr. Thomas Maples of The Stockton Therapy Network explores depth psychological theories of childhood development.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  May 15, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Depth Psychology, Dr. Thomas Maples

  Archetypes, Attachment Theory, Biological Development, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, Childhood Development, Dr. Thomas Maples, Erik Erikson, Evolutionary Psychology, Hermann Hesse, Human Development, intelligent design, object attachment, Object Relations Theory, Oedipal Development, Old, psychological development, Sigmund Freud, Sociological Development

• The Wisdom Behind Childhood Mistakes

  

  You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes; and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom Henry Ward Beecher Far too often, I see parents assume responsibilities for their children. That’s our job, right? Our mission: shelter…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  May 10, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Parenting

  Child Psychology, Childhood Development, developmental psychology, Parental Development, Self, Self Realization

• The Holy Family Triune -The Father, Mother, and Child: Archetypal Development during Early Childhood

  

  The Holy Triune explores the archetypal family structure using Jung’s analytical theory of archetypes to explore early childhood development.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  April 29, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology

  archetypal development, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypal theory, Archetypes, Attachment Theory, Carl Jung, Childhood Development, Collective Unconscious, destiny, developmental psychology, Divine Child Archetype, fairy tales and psychology, Father Archetype, Infant development, Mary Louise von Franz, Mother Archetype, mythology and psychology, Mythopoetic Men’s Movement, Oedipal Complex, Oedipal Development, primary narcissism, Robert Bly, Self, Self Realization, Separation Individuation, Sigmund Freud

• ADHD & Childhood Development: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

  

  In this video, I explore ADHD & how Big Pharma is poisoning our kids, ruining their future, by exploiting them for $$$ by pumping them full of amphetamines instead of solving the larger social problems associated with the diagnosis.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 31, 2018

  ADD / ADHD, Analytical Psychology, Mental Health Treatment

  ADHD, Childhood Development, Mental Health, Psychology

• Advance Confidently In The Direction of Your Dreams

  

  The Stockton Therapy Network provides analytically based Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Counseling, Psychology, and Personal Coaching Services for Children, Adolescents, Individuals, & Families in Stockton, CA. We also specialize in various forensic evaluations for the San Joaquin County Superior Court. Dr. Maples is a qualified expert in the San Joaquin County Superior Court. He specializes in…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 25, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Forensic Evaluations

  Analytical Psychology, Business Consultant, Forensic Evaluations, Life Coach, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health, Personal Coaching, Psychology, psychotherapy, Relationship Counseling, Self Development

• Our Archetypal Beginnings: Siddhartha, The Importance of Fatherhood, and a Jungian Perspectives on Early Childhood Development

  

  This article explores early archetypal development and the importance of fatherhood on early childhood development from a Jungian perspective.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 20, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Jungian Psychology, Motherhood, Parenting

  archetypal development, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypes, Childhood Personality Development, developmental psychology, Dreams, Early Childhood Development, family values, Father Archetype, Fatherhood, God, importance of fatherhood, Mother Archetype, motherhood, phoenix, Psychology, The Stockton Therapy Network

• Dreaming Our Children’s Life Forward: The Archetypal Development of Siddhartha’s Early Life

  

  Childhood consists of a time when the paradoxical pull between a parent’s dreams for their child and the innate destiny a child will pursue spurs the process of development forward. I feel a joy in my heart as I watch my two son’s grow into their own being. When they laugh, my heart grows wider…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 12, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Jungian Psychology

  Analytical Psychology, Carl Jung, Child Psychology, Childhood Development, Childhood Personality Development, development, developmental psychology, ego developmet, Father Son Relationship, Inferior function, Jungian Developmental Psychology, Jungian Psychology, Jungian Typology, Love, Love and Early Attachment, Mother Archetype, Mother Son Relationship, motherhood, object attachment, Psychology, social relationship, superego development, The Stockton Therapy Network

• Birth, the Miracle of Life & Archetypal Reveries from A Father’s Perspective

  

  A Father’s Perspective of the Miracle of Life The intrauterine life of the fetus consists of 40 weeks of complete immersion in the womb. This environment exposes the child to the nurturing and devouring nature of the mother archetype. While the child has direct exposure to both the physical and symbolic mother during their gestational…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 6, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Gestational Development, Jungian Psychology, Motherhood

  Archetypal Psychology, Childhood Development, developmental psychology, Fatherhood, Gestation, Individuation, Infant development, Jungian Psychology, Mother Archetype, motherhood, Parental Development, psychological development, Psychology, Stress and pregnancy

• Siddhartha and Archetypal Themes of Early Childhood Development

  

  The story Siddhartha written by the Nobel Laureate author Herman Hesse has differences from the true life of Siddhartha Gautama, the prince that would eventually become the Buddha. Hesse presents Siddhartha as born to the Brahman caste, and having grew up in an intact family who lived near a riverbank situated by a forest. In…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  February 11, 2018

  Analytical Psychology

  Archetypes, Atman, Brahman, Child Psychology, Childhood Development, consciousness, developmental psychology, Divine Child Archetype, ego, ego psychology, enlightenment, Father Archetype, Mother Archetype, Paradox, Psychology, shadow

• Reveries of Consciousness Development

  

  Personal Reveries from Early Consciousness  Our journey to develop consciousness is intimately linked to the development of understanding that exists between life, death, and the other paradoxes that seem to govern the way our mind perceives and processes information. Therefore, the development of consciousness occurs during early childhood, matures throughout the lifecycle, encompasses both our…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  February 2, 2018

  Analytical Psychology

  Carl Jung, Childhood Development, Collective Unconscious, consciousness, development, developmental psychology, Dreams, Hermann Hesse, Mediation, Psychology, reverie, transference, unconscious

• Our Archetypal Beginnings

  

  Our Archetypal Beginnings explores the initial archetypal themes that drive the psychological development process of individuation from a Jungian perspective.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  January 26, 2018

  Analytical Psychology

  Analytical Psychology, archetype, Buddha, Carl Jung, Childhood Development, daemons, ego, enlightenment, fairytales, Individuation, Jungian Psychology, Nirvana, Paradox, phoenix, Psyche, Psychology, Self, Self Realization, shadow, Trickster, unconscious, wayfarer