The North Pacific Institute for Analytical Psychology captures the difference quite well: Analysis does not offer a quick fix based on changes of behavior or habit, but seeks to help the analysand discover his or her own, unique Self and its blueprint for living.

Where many psychologies seek symptom relief and adaptation, Jungian analysis encourages a journey of deep self knowledge.

Workshops through the Jung Institute or Jung Center (see the next question for their web sites) are a great way to begin to explore Jung's ideas.  I teach regularly in both programs and would be happy to add you to my email list to notify you of my upcoming worskshops.  Email me at individuate@att.net

Jung's thought has become increasingly attractive in recent years and there are many books on him by analysts and non-analysts.  You can search Amazon or another source to find titles.  The Jung Institute also maintains an online store with recordings of many of the lectures and presentations given there.

If you'd like some guidance, you also can email me with your interest and I'd be happy to suggest titles. 

Perhaps the single most effective way is to begin supervision with a Jungian analyst.  An analyst can help you begin to think about your work from a Jungian perspective. 

Another helpful way is to seek training in Jungian ideas and methods.  Both the Jung Institute -- www.jungchicago.org -- and the Jung Center -- www.cgjungcenter.org -- regularly offer workshops for mental health professionals. 

The Jung Institute also operates a two-year Clinical Training Program for licensed clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of Jungian concepts.  It meets one weekend per month.  You can contact me about that program, as I am currently one of its co-directors.

Finally you can study Jung on your own.  There are many fine books on Jungian concepts.  If you'd like suggestions, email me at individuate@att.net.

Yes, on a case-by-case basis.  I am not primarily a child therapist, but have worked with elementary-age children and adolescents for most of my career.  I prefer to refer the most difficult cases to colleagues who specialize in work with children.  But many children dealing with adjustment disorders or difficult life transitions and who are engaged by sand tray, art, play, or other imaginative therapeutic modalities often find work with me a good fit.

If you are thinking about me as a potential therapist for your child or adolescent, give me a call and I'd be happy to help you decide whether I might be a good choice.

I am not currently a member of any insurance networks, but am happy to assist you if you chooose to seek insurance reimbursement.

I will discuss fees during an initial session.  Like many analysts in the Chicago Society, I volunteer as a therapist for the June Singer Clinic run by the Jung Center.  This sliding scale clinic can be reached at 847.475.4848 or online at www.cgjungcenter.org.  Although there are many variables involved, I also am sometimes able to adjust my fee.  This is a possibility best discussed in an initial session.

I work from offices in the Loop and Glen Ellyn. 

Yes, I do both.  I did not set out to work as a spiritual guide, but over the years I was approached by many colleagues and eventually recognized that their requests were telling me something I had not seen. 

I am happy to work with anyone seeking spiritual direction.  I've done most of this work with fellow clergy (of multiple religious backgrounds) and others exploring calls to ministry, but I also see "non-professionals," e.g., people simply seeking to go deeper in their journey with or to the Divine.  This can include non-Christians, as I am quite comfortable working outside my own tradition. 

Given my time constraints, I have done little retreat work, but have been feeling a strong desire to do more, especially retreats at the intersection of the gospels and Jungian ideas.  If that interests you as an individual, or if you are part of a group seeking a retreat leader, please inquire.  This is a part of my work I am ready to develop, and a nudge would help.

Yes.  I work with people to help them discover who they really are, where their life is meant to be headed, and how to live that life to the fullest.  Some see those questions and the journey they invite in religious terms; others do not. 

As a priest, I obviously am at home working with folks committed to religious institutions.  I  know institutional religion well.  Yet I often find it even more rewarding to work with individuals whose journey has taken them out of institutional religion and sometimes out of religion altogether. 

Either by phone or email.

My phone is 630.476.6425

My email address is individuate@att.net.  Be sure to type that address into an email rather than clicking on one of my pages.  For some reason, those clicked emails often do not reach me until much later.