What if integrating body and soul plays a significant role in therapy? And in doing so, it allows life to fulfill itself through us; Marion Woodman is confident it does. I explore in this paper some of the theories Woodman brought to analytic psychology and her unique take and contribution to its practice. I will share the background of Woodman’s work, describe the main points of view of her theory, the model's central assumptions, including significant definitions of terms associated with this theory, and how I personally relate to her pioneering post-Jungian approach.
Read MoreButterflies have been on the earth for hundreds of millions of years; perhaps they have something to teach us. Upon reading Jungian analyst Marion Woodman's (1985) “Chrysalis”, I see they do. The themes in Woodman’s work that stood out involved: psychological transformation, death and rebirth, the natural spirals of growth, resistance to change, and various options to view one becoming as a process of change.
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