Tag: Analytical Psychology
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Practical Parenting: Thoughts for the Day on Doing the Best We Can!
Be the mother or father today that you want your children to be tomorrow (Dr. Tom) One of the common problems I see in my family practice is when parents try to determine what makes them a good parent. Questions such as “am I doing the right thing,” “is it my fault,” and “what can…
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CREATE – Opening the Door to Healthy Communication with Your Children
Have problems communicating with your children? We all do! Dr. Tom explores ways to overcome communication barriers with your child in order to promote positive values and healthy psychological development.
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Practical Parenting: The Art and Importance of Story-Telling for Childhood Development
In this article Dr. Tom explores the art behind and the importance story telling plays on the healthy psychological development of children.
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Adolescent Identity Development and the Hero’s Quest
Convergence of Ego and Self explores the importance adolescent identity development has on healthy psychological development and Self Realization.
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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…
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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…
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Our Archetypal Beginnings
Our Archetypal Beginnings explores the initial archetypal themes that drive the psychological development process of individuation from a Jungian perspective.
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A Developmental Theory of Jungian Psychology
The History between Hermann Hesse and Carl Jung The psychological theories of Carl Gustav Jung share a common history with the writing of Siddhartha. Hesse (2002) began work on this story in 1919 and completed the first portion of the story by 1920. He then underwent a period of severe writer’s block from which he sought…
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Siddhartha: An Archetypal Journey Towards Self-Realization
I lay the foundation for a lifelong developmental theory based on Carl Jung’s theory of individuation as it relates to the archetypal journey of the Buddha.
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Through the Looking Glass: Dreaming, Development, and Getting Back to Even
In this essay, I explore from a depth psychological perspective our growing growing inability to dream, its effects on childhood development, current social woes, and what parents can do to help their children heal during this age of division.
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Divorce and Children: Psychological Reactions & Solutions 4 a Family Divided
Words of Wisdom The Psychology of Divorce As a family therapist, I oftentimes see children who have been labeled by their schools, parents, or other professional parties involved in their life with behavioral disturbances. What is not seen, or is oftentimes overlooked by these parties is the effects family stress has on the development…
