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The Mirror in the Room: Understanding Projection and How to Reclaim Your Shadow

Have you ever had an intense, disproportionate reaction to someone else's minor flaw? You might be experiencing projection—one of the psyche’s most brilliant unconscious defense mechanisms. Coined by Freud and expanded by Jung, projection happens when we split off our own unacknowledged traits (our Shadow) and view them in the outer world.

In this post, we explore the depth-psychology roots of projection, look at vivid examples from mythology and cinema (like Star Wars), and outline practical steps to turn the mirror around and reclaim your energy.

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All-gender therapy process group in Pasadena. In-person sessions help increase self-awareness, emotional expression, and relational connection.

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Anxiety is often treated as something to eliminate, but from the perspective of depth psychotherapy, it can also be understood as a meaningful signal from the psyche. Drawing on the work of Marion Woodman, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, and Barbara Sullivan, this post explores how anxiety may arise when the conscious self moves out of alignment with a deeper inner truth.

Therapy for burnout in Pasadena. Depth psychotherapy and in-person therapy to address exhaustion, identity shifts, and deeper healing.

Irritability and mood swings may signal Trickster energy at work. Learn how depth psychotherapy in Pasadena, CA understands emotional volatility as meaningful, symbolic, and transformative.

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In-person depth psychotherapy in Pasadena for people unsettled by political instability, violence, and power—supporting clarity, integrity, and emotional grounding.

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A Jungian exploration of creativity, inner listening, and letting go, with reflections on The Artist’s Way and an invitation to an in-person Pasadena workshop.