Jung and Phenomenology with Roger Brooke, PhD

To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://paypal.me/danieru22?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US Roger Brooke joins us to discuss his book, Jung and Phenomenology. We hope you enjoy. Jung and Phenomenology: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0415097126?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback AI Generated Description: What if phenomenology is a radically practical way to see guilt, dreams, symbols, and therapy more clearly? In this conversation, Roger Brooke explores how a phenomenological lens changes our understanding of psychology and Jungian thought from the way guilt appears differently to a priest, a policeman, or a therapist, to why the “elephant in the room” may be the most important phenomenon present. Daniel guides the discussion through Brooke’s book Jung and Phenomenology, examining phenomenology as a method of setting aside assumptions and studying experience on its own terms. Brooke shares vivid clinical examples to explain how mood, interpretation, and unconscious patterns shape the world we inhabit. Together, they explore: What phenomenology is and how it can be used in psychotherapy Why therapists should listen more and hold theory lightly How guilt becomes a whole way of being in the world The relationship between Jung and phenomenological psychology The distinction between psyche and mind How dreams and nightmares reveal what is calling for our attention Why archetypes are better understood as potentials for being in the world The transformative power of symbols The embodied nature of psychological experience Jung’s concept of synchronicity and its philosophical limitations Ancestral presence, object relations, and the meaning of lived experience This is a rich and provocative conversation about how meaning appears in everyday life and why psychology can miss something essential when it reduces experience to theory alone. A thought-provoking listen for anyone interested in Jung, phenomenology, depth psychology, psychotherapy, symbolism, dreams, and the nature of the psyche.