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The Hero's Journey: Integrating Jungian Psychology and EMDR Therapy
A new language of healing for EMDR
The hero’s journey made famous by Joseph Campbell and seen in countless iconic stories also offers a therapeutic map for healing, as psychologist and teacher Dr. Andrew J. Dobo reveals in The Hero’s Integrating Jungian Psychology and EMDR Therapy.
EMDR therapy, which uses bilateral stimulation to help clients process traumatic and troubling pasts, helps them live out their own hero’s journey and find their path to a new way of life. Dr. Dobo’s book shows how the stages of the hero’s journey offer a powerful parallel to the stages of healing in EMDR.
Through the lens of Jungian psychology, Dr. Dobo unveils how therapists can be companions on this hero’s journey by watching for crucial clues and gently guiding clients to healing. He shows how recognizing seemingly insignificant statements during sessions can unveil stunning truths about clients’ lives that will help them move past their pain and into the realm of hope.
In his knowledgeable, accessible style, Dr. Dobo demonstrates that by combining creativity, a new understanding of the language of the unconscious in the context of mythology, and Francine Shapiro’s standard EMDR protocol, therapists can learn to magnify their healing skills while discovering their own inner genius.
The hero’s journey made famous by Joseph Campbell and seen in countless iconic stories also offers a therapeutic map for healing, as psychologist and teacher Dr. Andrew J. Dobo reveals in The Hero’s Integrating Jungian Psychology and EMDR Therapy.
EMDR therapy, which uses bilateral stimulation to help clients process traumatic and troubling pasts, helps them live out their own hero’s journey and find their path to a new way of life. Dr. Dobo’s book shows how the stages of the hero’s journey offer a powerful parallel to the stages of healing in EMDR.
Through the lens of Jungian psychology, Dr. Dobo unveils how therapists can be companions on this hero’s journey by watching for crucial clues and gently guiding clients to healing. He shows how recognizing seemingly insignificant statements during sessions can unveil stunning truths about clients’ lives that will help them move past their pain and into the realm of hope.
In his knowledgeable, accessible style, Dr. Dobo demonstrates that by combining creativity, a new understanding of the language of the unconscious in the context of mythology, and Francine Shapiro’s standard EMDR protocol, therapists can learn to magnify their healing skills while discovering their own inner genius.
292 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 14, 2023
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April 27, 2023
As Dr. Dobo says, "EMDR is a lightning bolt of transformational power, but if you do not know how to access it, then EMDR is reduced to the power of a flashlight battery." Just as that is true, this book is totally transformational! This book has transformed me. Being an EMDR certified clinician, this book's exactly what I needed; it clicked with me throughout. I've gained so much insight and feel inspired and even more excited about this work after reading it. I obsessively read this until just now finished, and wrote all throughout it as I read. I'll reference it over and over again for my work, both professionally and in my inner work, till it integrates just like common sense. I absolutely love this book.
July 23, 2024
I listened to the audiobook and the quality of the sound was not great. The content was interest; however, not strongly related to EMDR except for encouragement about a Jungian approach to therapeutic outcomes.
May 25, 2023
Great insight. Parts of the book (single or grouped paragraphs) seemed to jump around a bit, making the flow of the text a bit jittery.
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