Denise Grobbelaar:

Complexes

Jungian Analyst, Psychotherapist & Clinical Psychologist.

Category: Complexes

Complexes: Filters of reality

Author: Denise Grobbelaar

Date Published: 2023-06-13 16:45:45

A complex can’t be reasoned with. When it is activated, it will play out the dynamics of its programming in the world. There is no objective reality from the perspective of a complex. It operates from the original wounding...

Categories: Anima & Animus, Complexes, Movies, Series & Books

Mother: Archetype & Complex

Author: Denise Grobbelaar

Date Published: 2021-07-07 02:33:15

The mother’s impact on her children can be enlivening or deadening as reflected in the positive and negative mother complexes. Awareness of how mother images live within is us integral to becoming more conscious.

Categories: Archetypes, Complexes

Father: Archetype & Complex

Author: Denise Grobbelaar

Date Published: 2021-06-02 02:46:43

Our own relationship with our father figures repeats in many other relationships, especially in the form of a father complex, whether negative or positive. The complex is based on the specific conditioning or programming we received as children though the real interactions with a father figure. This may compel us to search for father figures all our life, sometimes ruthlessly competing for their attention.

Categories: Archetypes, Complexes

The Un-belonging Complex

Author: Denise Grobbelaar

Date Published: 2021-03-26 23:56:48

As human beings we have an inherent need to belong, whether with an intimate partner, to a family, friendship circle or community with shared values and experiences, and in due course to ourselves, our purpose and innate potential, and ultimately to Earth and the Cosmos.

Categories: Complexes, Impact Of Childhood Experiences (Core wounds)

Parental Complexes

Author: Denise Grobbelaar

Date Published: 2021-02-18 07:02:42

Awareness of how mother and father images live inside us is vital in being conscious of how they influence our current relationships. A parental complex can have enlivening and deadening features...

Categories: Complexes