Monday, September 10, 2018

The Firebird: Exploring Depression as Transformational Ground

I'm looking forward to presenting this talk and telling one of my favorite tales on Oct.2 at the Jung Foundation/NYC! So powerful to me is the metaphor of the Firebird and the resilience it represents that I've made it my cover photo on Facebook, and it will soon be the image on the home page of my updated website, when I can get to that big job!



Depression and anxiety are the twin maladies of our time. The Centers for Disease Control predict that by 2020, over 80% of women will have experienced depression. Beneath the roots of depression and anxiety in our personal lives, many depth psychologists believe these miseries are a reflection of the violence and destruction taking place throughout our nation and world, including to our earth itself and its beautiful peoples.

Traditional cultures understood depression and other non-ordinary mental experiences as states of emergence rather than as disorders. I follow the path of story, as these wise ones did, to transmute sorrow, anger, and fear into life-affirming attitudes and choices in the real world.

This experiential presentation helps you take a fresh and creative approach to depression through the rich metaphors, visual images, characters, environments, and heroic plot of a famous Russian folk tale.

To view the announcement on the Jung Foundation website: http://www.cgjungny.org/forums.html#bruce

"Thank you for your wonderful Firebird presentation. Looking at depression through a story lens was useful. Definitely useful." -- from The Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute, presented on May 8, 2014.

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