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The Healing Power of Myth

Posted on November 7, 2017
by Lisa Marchiano
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“In the last analysis,” Jung wrote, “most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old unforgotten wisdom stored up in us.”[i] When we lose contact with our instincts, we become cut off from our sense of who we are, where we came from, and what we know about our place in the cosmos. This sense…

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Charlotte Bronte on the Couch

Posted on March 14, 2017
by Lisa Marchiano
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My article on the negative father complex entitled “Marrying Mr. Rochester: Redeeming the Negative Father Complex” was just published by Psychological Perspectives. Here is a link where copies (up to 50) can be downloaded for free. In the article, I explore how the father wound in a daughter can present itself as a haunting presence in adulthood, and how creative engagement…

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Initiation by Desire

Posted on July 22, 2016
by Lisa Marchiano
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  Michael Meade writes beautifully about initiation by desire, which I will explore here. Initiation is that which separates us from outmoded forms and opens us up to our unique story waiting to be told. It is the experience that reveals our place in the world and awakens us to what wants to come into the world through us. Initiation…

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Fairy Tales in Therapy — How They Heal

Posted on June 30, 2016
by Lisa Marchiano
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This article in The New York Times introduced me to a new concept – “emotional granularity.” Emotional granularity refers to the ability to feel and differentiate finely tuned emotions. It is the ability to identify that you are feeling melancholy, irritable, or teary rather than simply knowing that you feel bad.  According to the article, those who possess emotional granularity…

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About Time… how being with kids shifts our perspective

Posted on February 9, 2016
by Lisa Marchiano
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It seems to me that both the time-bound and timeless perspectives are good and necessary ones. That they are sometimes at odds with each other is merely part of the fascinating tension of mothering.

Carrying Authority — The Legend of the Gargoyle

Posted on January 21, 2016
by Lisa Marchiano
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I remember being curious as to whether being able to say “no” to a screaming four year old demanding dessert after consuming no dinner would carry over into “real” life. Would I now begin to feel more firmly rooted in my own authority in all areas of my life?

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