by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 1, 2026 | Guests, Relationships, Therapy Related
When we ask AI for advice, what we are offered is comparable to psychopathy: a performance of warm emotional intelligence without care or concern for our fate. As today’s guest Dr. Aaron Balick has written, “it may have a warm exterior, but its heart is...
by Lisa Marchiano | Jun 18, 2026 | Archetypal, Personal Issues, Relationships
A father who is absent – whether due to untimely death, a demanding job, family breakup, or simply an inability to step up and meet his children’s needs – may deprive his children of the emotional bedrock they require. They can...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 21, 2026 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts, History & Development of Analytical Psychology, Relationships
In this final episode of our series on Jungian alchemy, we explore coniunctio, the union of opposites that gives rise to new wholeness. There are many ways in which we might encounter coniunctio in outer life. We might fall in love, form a...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 14, 2026 | Dream Blog, Dreamography Blog, Dreamography Project, Dreamwise, Personal Issues, Relationships
Erotic dreams are extremely common. We may experience them as pleasurable, exciting and moving, or as disturbing and upsetting. It can be hard to talk about erotic dreams, even in therapy, as they insist on attending to secret satisfactions and...
by Joseph Lee | Feb 5, 2026 | Relationships
VIDEO AUDIO In the aftermath of the holidays, many people find themselves facing an old question in a new stage of life: what does an adult child owe aging parents, especially when the relationship was full of criticism, absence, harm, or disappointment? The pressure...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 20, 2025 | Relationships
VIDEO AUDIO Phenomenology and Core Features of Contempt Contempt presents as a cold, distancing attitude that devalues another person. It skips addressing concrete problems and attacks a person’s self-worth. Typical signals include eye‑rolling, a curled lip,...