A Jungian Approach To Psychosis, Spiritual Crisis, and Healing Our Deepest Wounds | Dr Tim Read

24-02-2023 • 1 hr 35 mins

Dr. Tim Read is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author based in London.

He joins us on the show to discuss the deep unconscious, complexes, being triggered, and why we need a new way to treat mental illness. We talk about the difference between spiritual crisis and psychosis; how modern psychiatry is broken; and why psychiatrists should undergo psychedelic therapy.

Additionally, we explore the difference between being in process and processing; how our triggers are an opportunity to step into our healing journey; the role of relationships in our healing; how to help shift culture and community to better support people in crisis; how to support people in psychotic delusion (without colluding in their delusions); and the point at which we should involve psychiatric intervention.

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Episode Breakdown

(0:00) Opening
(1:51) Overture
(5:31) Patron Thanks
(6:46) Interview begins
(8:28) The deep unconscious, COEX/complexes, and being triggered
(12:45) Why we need a new way to treat mental illness
(14:03) A bit more into COEX systems and processing being triggered
(21:16) Being triggered distorts our perception of reality
(22:40) Being triggered offers us an opportunity to heal (in process vs processing)
(24:48) Getting stuck in a trigger
(30:33) Triggers are an opportunity to step into our healing journey
(33:30) How to process being triggered
(36:30) The role of relationships in our healing process
(40:40) How do we help shift culture and community to better support people in crisis
(43:12) Why psychiatrists should undergo psychedelic therapy
(44:35) Modern psychiatry is broken
(48:10) A definition of Spiritual Emergency, Spiritual Crisis
(51:34) The difference between spiritual crisis and psychosis
(56:34) Mental illness is not biologically rooted (bipolar, psychosis, and schizophrenia)
(1:00:07) Exploring the root of mental illness from a Jungian perspective
(1:13:55) The deepest personal touches the transpersonal
(1:15:36) The challenge of touching the transpersonal
(1:17:40) The point at which we should involve psychiatric intervention
(1:21:07) Psychiatric medication can be necessary at times | don’t let ideology get in the way of common sense
(1:26:04) How to support people in psychotic delusion (without colluding in their delusions)
(1:29:59) It’s all about love | Love is the key ingredient
(1:32:07) Follow-up links
(1:34:00) Outro