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Dr Jeff Howlin

@DrJeffHowlin

I am a California licensed, Jungian psychologist practicing in Santa Cruz, CA.

 Jeff Howlin
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Joined April 2009
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The old tree now gone Legacies; dry leaves scattered Pelicans glide by #haiku
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The quiet stillness Even the fall warblers know Winter is coming #haiku
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Sand on my pretzels Summer color blues bleeding The good kind of lost #haiku #micropoetry
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Please don’t steal my words They come from a sacred place That you do not know #haiku #micropoetry
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Striving to capture A perfect moment in time Just a few small words #haiku #micropoetry
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Color and Emotion in Dreams and in Life (archives) by Jeff Howlin santacruzpsychologist.com/co… “Dreams can be compensatory in nature…bringing balance.”
Color and Emotion in Dreams and in Life - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

Color and Emotion in Dreams and in Life - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

Drake Wood Duck* If you pay attention to the natural world around you, it is not hard to see that plants and animals utilize color in all of its grandeur. The same is true for you and your unique...

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In the smoke filled skies The cicadas song, echoes Hot summer days #haiku
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Reaching through sharp branches The boy picks the lone berry Sacrifice for love #haiku
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We thought we had time To taste life everywhere The blink of an eye! #haiku
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The tourists sailed by Beyond breaking waves rolling Ocean memories #haiku
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In our dreams, the whole host of the spiritual world lives on. ~John Sanford, Jungian analyst A Realm of the Numinous: Religious Imagery in Dreams and Psychotherapy (archives) santacruzpsychologist.com/a-…
A Realm of the Numinous: Religious Imagery in Dreams and Psychotherapy - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

A Realm of the Numinous: Religious Imagery in Dreams and Psychotherapy - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

For psychotherapists who practice therapy in a way that fully takes into account the totality of the psyche, they will be exposed to their clients’ dreams and other unconscious imagery that is...

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In honor of Earth Day>Knowing the Land, Knowing the Self (from the archives) santacruzpsychologist.com/kn…
Knowing the Land, Knowing the Self - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

Knowing the Land, Knowing the Self - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth, I believe. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience, to look at it from as many angles...

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Learning to See in the Dark (archives) A short story/poem about a man, his motorcycle, and transformation from a long journey in the deep woods. #masculinity santacruzpsychologist.com/le…

Learning to See in the Dark - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

There is a fish that lives deep in the ocean dark The fish has evolved over time To “see” in the deep With a lantern as a light Just in front of its eyes A young man Who knew about this strange fish...

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The uncertainty Space where devils and angels Wait in the shadows #haiku
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Spring: Stepping out of the Winter Shadow (archives) santacruzpsychologist.com/sp… #change
Spring: Stepping out of the Winter Shadow - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

Spring: Stepping out of the Winter Shadow - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

  New beginnings, new growth, the days getting longer as we inch closer to Spring. Even in Winter, there are signs of Spring around the corner. In Coastal California, Ceanothus or California lilacs...

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The yellow flowers Of a mesquite tree in bloom Land on my red shirt #haiku
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A wood covered bridge Beckons to something other Across over here #haibun A short piece about bridge dreams> The Bridge (archives) santacruzpsychologist.com/th…
The Bridge - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

The Bridge - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

In my last blog post, I wrote about the image of the butterfly. The image of the bridge is another significant and common image that presents in dreams. A butterfly image can be an image of transfo...

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Frost on my foot steps Desert cardinal, bird talk A rabbit jumped to the moon #spring #haiku
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Hyacinth flowers And the orange faced pansies Reach for winter sun #haiku
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When it’s time to clear your life from symbolic >Dead Wood (blog post from the archives) santacruzpsychologist.com/de…

Dead Wood - Dr. Jeff Howlin, Ed.D.

If your life was like a tree, you would learn to be a master gardener. You would take the time to prune away all of your dead wood. Like the life of a tree, your process of growth and change can be...

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