A Psychology of Depth

What is Depth Psychology?

The term “depth psychology” was coined by Eugen Bleuler, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Zürich and director (1898-1927) of the Burghölzli Asylum in Zürich, where C. G. Jung began his career as a psychiatrist. It has become used by psychologies that orient themselves around the idea of the “unconscious.

Modern psychological and psychiatric practice tends to split the person into behaviors thoughts and body chemistry.

We are of course all of these things!

but… we're also something more much more!

If someone cataloged your behaviors summarized your thought process read your medical records and said they were you..you would protest! Simply because you are more than the sum of those parts. (James Hollis).

How could me move beyond cognition and behaviorism and get to the root of one’s psychosocial distress?

There is contemporary evidence-based research for Depth Psychology that addresses the way unconscious processes express themselves not only at an individual level but also in society and culture, and how culture affects the psyche.

The efficacy of depth psychological approaches to psychotherapy is growing as contemporary evidence-based studies show the longer-lasting and more profound impact on individuals, couples and families.

Learn more here:

Anton, B. (2015, October 14). Talk Therapy Works. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/opinion/talk-therapy-works.html

Cornelius, J. T. (2014, Oct. 7th). The Case for Psychoanalysis (Version 4). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/IQBx5TONHac

Shedler, J. (2015). Where is the Evidence for “Evidence-Based” Therapy? The Journal of Psychological Therapies in Primary Care, 4(1), 47–59. Available from: http://jonathanshedler.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Shedler-2015-Where-is-the-evidence-for-evidence-based-therapy-R.pdf

Watch this amazing documentary about Depth Psychology.