“Everything living dreams of individuation, for everything strives towards its own wholeness – and the greatest possible actualization of the Self is the aim of life.” — Carl Jung
Welcome to the site of
Geri A. Grubbs, Ph.D. LCSW, Certified Jungian Analyst
Laurelwood Valley
Gaston, Oregon
Telephone: 503-747-5271
Email: geri@EastsideJung.com
Main focus of my psychoanalytic practice is on depression, bereavement, relationship conflicts, life in transition, mid-life crises and spiritual emergence / emergency. To help you with these issues, I provide therapeutic guidance in dream processing, active imagination, sandplay, and meditation practices. Spirituality is an important aspect of my work, both personally and professionally, as I utilize the depth psychology of C. G. Jung.
Jungian psychotherapy considers the essential Self (soul or true essence of one’s being) as the primary healing agent of the psyche. The Self is viewed as an inner guide that has the potential to bring about a constant extension and maturing of the personality.
When engaged in Jungian analysis, you will be encouraged to explore dynamic images that are revealed in your dreams, fantasies, and creative expressions, as in sandplay. Through an active engagement with these symbolic structures, you will become more aware of inner conflicts that interfere with positive relationships and life callings. From there, you can then make conscious life-enhancing changes to your life. In addition to the above, I am a certified teaching member of the Sandplay Therapists of America, so offer personal sandplay process and occasional courses in sandplay therapy. I also offer supervision and consultation sessions in dream analysis as well as in sandplay.
“Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.” — Paramahansa Yogananda