Introduction
Welcome to the web site of Dennis Merritt, Ph.D., Jungian
psychoanalyst. I have been in private practice at the
Integral Psychology Center in Madison, Wisconsin since l983 working
with individual adults.
Dream work and use of the I Ching
in analysis are my fortes, and I incorporate sandplay therapy
as a subtle yet powerful form of active imagination (see these
topics in the Menu). I integrate elements of psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, brief
therapy (as articulated by James Gustafson, M.D. and my web site
article) and Winnicott into a Jungian ecopsychological perspective.
I discovered Carl Jung
while working on my Ph.D. in Insect Pathology (microbial control
of insects) in Berkeley in the late Ô60s.
After getting an M.A. in Humanistic Psychology from Sonoma
State College in California, I literally followed my dreams and
went on to train at the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland.
My Zurich thesis, "Synchronicity Experiments with
the I Ching and their Relevance to the Theory of Evolution",
was an attempt to integrate science and Jungian psychology. "Big Dreams" led me back to
Wisconsin, Madison in particular (see Menu:
"Dreams and a Sense of Place"). IÕve
combined my scientific and Jungian sides through week-long ÒSpirit
in the LandÓ conferences (see Menu) and a book soon to be completed,
The Dairy FarmerÕs Guide to the UniverseÑJung, Hermes
and Ecopsychology. Participation in Native American
ceremonies through a connection to the Rosebud Lakota Sioux has
had a profound affect on my worldview and analytic practice.
I do dream interpretation and I
Ching consultations in person
or by phone (see Menu).
I have been working with the I Ching
since 1975 and my article, ÒUse of the I Ching
in the Analytic Setting," has been translated into Chinese
and published in Quadrant in
2001 (see Menu). Besides using the I Ching in analysis I help individuals in a single three-hour
intensive process or a four-hour process with couples using the
yarrow stalk method. See
the last paragraph of the Bob Dylan article for the I
Ching's guidance for the United States post September 11 and
"Dance, Archetypes and the I Ching" for an archetypal perspective on a dance as
illuminated by the philosophy and hexagrams of the I
Ching. The
latter article also illustrated the close similarity between Jungian
thought and Chinese philosophy as expressed in the I
Ching. I conduct weekend workshops and give lectures throughout
the country based on the Madison Jungian Studies Program and topics
listed under Lectures, Courses and Workshops.
An excellent expression of the holistic, ecopsychological
dimensions of Jungian psychology at the social, economic, political
and environmental levels is expressed in the Earth Charter (see
Menu).
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of new additions to the site, schedules of lectures and workshops
or questions on the Madison Jungian Studies Program.
Please inform me of the particular topics in the following
lists that you would like to have presented in Madison so I can
plan accordingly.
e-mail: DLMerritt@cal.berkeley.edu
Telephone:
(608) 255-9330 ext. 5
Fax: (608) 255-7810
Website: www.DennisMerrittJungianAnalyst.com
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