Leyla S Bell, PhD

The analyst must go on learning endlessly. It is his own hurt that gives the measure of his power to heal.~CG Jung, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 16

Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness our emotional chain reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.~Pema Chödrön, 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵

A “perfect” person ends up being one who can consciously forgive and include imperfection rather than one who thinks he or she is totally above and beyond imperfection.~Richard Rohr

In psychology it is very important that the doctor should not strive to heal at all costs. One has to be exceedingly careful not to impose one's own will and conviction on the patient. You have to give him a certain amount of freedom. ~Carl Jung, CW 18

“Unfortunately there can be no doubt that man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be. Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.~CG Jung, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 11

“no one foresees 
where the lines will be drawn 
that separate you 
from the others’ geography 
from their shadows 

you inhabited 
with all your being 
the line 
to be crossed”

[ Poet: Samira Negrouche ]
[ Art: Surrealism exhibit, Centre Pompidou, Paris ]