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Dreams: The Road to the Unconscious

Dreaming gives us clear proof of the existence of the unconscious. Our inner psychological life and its dramas manifested in the dreamscape are richly portrayed in the dream’s symbolic elaborations. In the course of depth psychotherapy, the analysis of a dream gives meaningful enrichment that may be missing in the dreamer’s conscious standpoint. Dreams when understood in the setting of a client’s current struggles offer valuable meaning. The dream can clarify not only the causes of one’s distress, but more importantly the purpose and intent of the symptoms being expressed. Serving as a creative guide, the dream supports the psyche’s intent and drive towards wholeness. The very process of telling one’s dreams to the therapist opens the multiple layers of meaning contained in the dream. Mutual reflections by client and therapist complete the work of amplification of the dream. It is the conscious mind engaging directly with the unconscious themes of the dream’s content.

Walter King Psychotherapist Hello, I am Walter King. I am devoted to the work of soulful living and healing. When I form a therapeutic alliance with my client, our work is a trusting in the self regulating capacities of the psyche. Our mutual work together is not concerned with perfection but a striving towards completeness. Through introspection and creative action we bring into awareness one's natural resources as well as the constructive confrontation of one's self defeating patterns. The authentic encounter with oneself in depth means that one not only identifies the historical causes of one's struggles, but also the purpose, meaning and intent of the soul's urge towards fulfillment. The adventure of one's path to completeness respects body, intellect, emotion, intuition, behavior, imagination, fantasy and dream.
I was angry with my friend: I told him my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told him not, my wrath did grow.
William Blake
The spirit of evil is fear….the adversary who opposes life in its struggle….For the hero fear is a challenge and a task for only boldness can deliver from fear. And if the risk is not taken, the meaning of life is somehow violated.
C.G. Jung
Therefore the principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport the patient to an impossible state of happiness , but to help him to acquire steadfastness and philosophic patience in face of suffering. Life demands for its completion and fulfillment a balance between joy and sorrow.
C.G. Jung
Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea– Rudder, anchor, oars, And the fear of going down.
Antonio Machado
Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues.
Hugh Prather
It is a bewildering thing in human life that the thing that causes the greatest fear is the source of the greatest wisdom.
C.G. Jung

Recent Musings

Walter H King

When We Cast a Shadow

When I say “I think this…” or “I feel that…” and “I will do such and so…” a basic psychological consideration arises: Who exactly is the “I” that is presumably the subject behind these experiences? While one may suppose that there is only one subject, one “I”, it becomes clear upon deeper examination that the […]

Have you suffered these conditions?

...Anxiety
...Fear
...Depression
...Loss
...Relationship problem
...Work stress
...Spiritual problem

Start your quest for soulful healing by taking that first step to begin your own depth psychotherapy. You have affirmed the value of discovering all that you can be in your one life left to live.

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Are you seeking a more soulful, organic path of healing for your life's complex challenges? The rich experience of honoring body, mind and spirit awaits you in the compassionate explorations of depth psychotherapy.

Walter H. King, M.Ed., MFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Depth Oriented Psychotherapy

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