The Harry Venice Psychology Podcast: Attachment, Complex Trauma (PTSD), Jungian
By: Harry Venice
Language: en-us
Categories: Education, Self Improvement, Society, Culture, Philosophy
Join renowned therapist Harry Venice on a journey that will change the way you think about life. This podcast breaks down Attachment Styles, Complex Trauma (CPTSD) and Jungian Psychology (Shadow Work and Alchemy). You will learn how to use these insights to heal and have an energy filled, authentic life. Finding your true self is hard. This podcast will help.
Episodes
Carl Jung's Aion: an Introduction - Answer to Job Lecture 2: Narcissism, God, and the Shadow series
Dec 15, 2025Episode 22 of the Harry Venice Psychology Podcast - Season 2, Lecture 2.
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Carl Jung’s Answer to Job Lecture 1: Introduction to Book of Job (Narcissism, God, and the Shadow)
Jul 13, 2025Episode 21 of the Harry Venice Psychology Podcast - Season 2, Lecture 1.
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Im Certified to score Adult Attachment Interviews for Reflective Function and can help you repair your attachment security. I m also an Attachment, Trauma, and Jungian Therapist.
I work with clients who are ready to heal attachment wounds and trauma, and also those interested in Jungian therapy and psychology.
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#020 Be an ORIGINAL: "From Trauma to True Self: Reclaim Your Inner Authority" healing attachment trauma through the word "authority"
Jun 05, 2025Episode 20 of the Harry Venice Psychology Podcast:
"Be an ORIGINAL: From Trauma to True Self: Reclaim Your Inner Authority". I trace the word "Authority" to its Latin roots and motivate you towards healing attachment traumas that keep you stuck in the wrong story.
I also discuss some Jungian Psychology (Carl Jung's depth psychology), JUngian Analyst Edward Edinger, James Hollis, and shadow work.
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#019 Healing Trauma and Complex PTSD (CPTSD): Shadow Work and Carl Jung's answer to Trauma
Jun 02, 2025Hi, I am Harry Venice and I am an Attachment, Trauma, and Jungian Therapist. I am also certified to score Adult Attachment Interviews for Reflective Function for clinical and research purposes.
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Complex PTSD or CPTSD is a real disorder with real consequences. Ā It was recently added to the ICD-11 as a diagnosis.Ā CPTSD is similar to PTSD, but is much more complicated due to the long term nature of the trauma & abuse suffered.
In Part 2 of my special lecture on trauma, I explain how Carl Jung...
#018 The Final step to overcome Trauma and Complex PTSD (CPTSD): Neuroscience, Flashbacks Carl Jung's answer to Trauma
Feb 16, 2025How does the Neuroscience of Complex PTSD meet with Carl Jung?!
I explore that in this episode.
Neuroscience provides the foundations. Carl Jung provides a final step.
Complex PTSD or CPTSD is a real disorder with real consequences. Ā It was recently added to the ICD-11 as a diagnosis.Ā CPTSD is similar to PTSD, but is much more complicated due to the long term nature of the trauma and abuse suffered.Ā
In todays special lecture I summarise the key neuroscience behind trauma memory and flashbacks. I then explain how Carl Jung identified a k...
#017 Psychology and Alchemy: an introduction to Carl Jung’s Psychology secret (Intensity, heat, CONFLICT, Shadow)
Feb 11, 2025In Psychology Deep Dive podcast episode 17, Harry Venice provides a mini lecture which is an āIntroduction to Carl Jungās Alchemyā. We focus on Carl Jungās text āAlchemical Studiesā (Collected Work 13) because it is a great introductory text for this difficult topic. In the beginning of this book, Jung discusses the classic Alchemical text:Ā 'The Secret of the Gold Flower' by Richard Wilhelm.
Learning the psychology of Carl Jungās alchemy also helps with our attachment, trauma history and shadow integration which Carl Jung said was a key to shadow work and Jungian psychology. These shadow elements also r...
#016 Live with Passion: the power of Shadow and Attachment
Jan 29, 2025In Psychology Deep Dive podcast episode 16, Harry Venice explores the importance of living with passion and not wasting your life. It starts with small acts of letting go and getting outside of your comfort zone. These things are also linked to our attachment, trauma history and need for shadow intergration which Carl Jung said was a key to shadow work and Jungian psychology.Ā
During this episode Harry also focuses on attachment, secure attachment and emotional attunement. These attachment styles or attachment patterns from our parents really effect our adult choices and shame. Much of this shame can l...
#015 Baby Girl movie: sex, power and love addiction is not what it seems (the Black Dog symbol and Shadow Work)
Jan 28, 2025In Psychology Deep Dive podcast episode 15, Harry Venice explores the shadow through the "Baby Girl" movie netflix starring Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas. This movie explores the shadow symbol of the black dog which also appears in Goethe's book "Faust". Faust is a book which Carl Jung said was a key to shadow work and Jungian psychology.Ā
The movie Baby girl begins with a black dog appearing and a young man who can control the dog. Nicole Kidman is a powerful CEO but she is afraid of the dog, afraid of her shadow. Yet this young man w...
#014 Shadow work: a summary of Goethe's Faust and finding your shadow through the Black Dog symbol
Jan 27, 2025In Psychology Deep Dive podcast episode 14, Harry Venice provides a summary of Goethe's "Faust" and explains the roots of the shadow work concept.Ā
Carl Jung often wrote about the book of Faust and the Black Dog which appears in that story. In this way, shadow work has its roots in the story of "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The dog represents the shadow. This is the Jungian Psychology concept of the shadow, commonly known now as shadow work.Ā
The shadow also relates to attachment styles, attachment styles, attachment theory, cptsd, and trauma.Ā
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#013 - Carl Jung: Transforming your energy and changing your attitude (Jungian Shadow Work)
Jan 11, 2025In today's Psychology Deep Dive Podcast Episode, Harry Venice discusses Carl Jung's Collected Work 8 on: Why itās hard to change your attitude & transforming your energy (Jungian Psychology and Shadow Work).
Harry breaks down a key passage of Carl Jung's book, 'Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche' (Collected Work 8) to explain why it is hard to change attitude and the transformation of energy in the shadow work and individuation process.
This involves considerations of the shadow, the unconscious mind, dealing with mother and father complexes, attachment styles, family attachment, individuation, shame, dreams, dream analysis, dream in...
#012 - 6 Steps to overcome the Mid-Life Crisis or the "middle passage"
May 16, 20246 Steps to the Mid-Life Crisis or "middle passage"Ā - PDD #12 (Psychology Deep Dive Podcast Episode #12)
Harry Venice breaks down a key passage of Carl Jung's Essays on Analytical Psychology (Collected Work 7) to distill 6 key steps to overcome the challenges of the mid-life crisis or "middle passage".
This involves considerations of the shadow, the unconscious mind, dealing with mother and father complexes, attachment styles, family attachment, individuation, shame, dreams, dream analysis, dream interpretation, symbols, symbols of transformation, the hero's journey, archetypes, etc. It also involves first understanding the personal psyche and then transitioning and accessing the o...
#011 - How our intimate partners can reveal our real shadow: shattering the persona mask of “the complete man”
May 15, 2024How our intimate partners can reveal our real shadow: shattering the persona mask of āthe complete manā - PDD #11 (Psychology Deep Dive Podcast Episode #11)
Harry Venice carries on from the previous episode and discusses a letter by Carl Jung as a springboard to access our true, deeper shadow. In this letter, Carl Jung says he doubts the genuineness of āthe complete manā because it is ātoo much of a concoctionā.Ā In the letter he refers to Goetheās Faust. This leads to a discussion of persona, the psychological projection of the God-image, and Carl Jungās anecdote in his autobiogra...
#010 - Transference in the therapy process: Projection, God-image, Hero's Journey, Adler, Freud, Mother and Father complex
May 13, 2024Harry Venice provides listeners with a practical discussion of the Jungian Depth Psychology concept of transference in the therapy process. This leads to a discussion of the God-image, projection, the hero's journey, Carl Jung and his Symbols of Transformation (Collected Work 5), mother complex, father complex, devouring mother, narcisistic parents, the worship of nature and Gods in past history. There is also discussion of Sigmund Freud and Adler and their subjective premise and its contribution to their psychology theories in psychoanalysis.Ā
This is a longer epsiode where we go into the shadow and the psychotherapy process and jungian a...
#009 - Find your Shadow (the inner gold in Shadow Work): Scapegoat and golden child dynamics - the family attachment persona "mask"
May 12, 2024Harry Venice provides listeners with a practical discussion of theĀ Jungian Depth Psychology concept of the shadow, what is commonly known now as shadow work. In this episode Harry goes through Jungian Analyst, Robert A Johnson's book "owning the shadow" operate within the shadow. We also consider the more positive parts of the shadow and the dynamic of a scapegoat and golden child in family systems. This also relates obviously to attachment, attachment theory, parental imagos, self esteem, and identity. TheseĀ concepts are explored via real life examples from Jungian Analysis with a Jungian Analyst.
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#008 - Carl Jung letter about Freud: Counter transference, mid life crisis passage, non-Jungian Jungians
May 10, 2024In podcast episode #08 of the Jung Depth Psychology Podcast, Harry Venice explores a private letter from Carl Jung where he discusses some matters related to Sigmund Freud and their fall out. Other topics which arise include counter transference and why therapists dont talk about it often, the mid life passage, and the existence of many "Jungians" who try to subjectively change, project, or twist their subjective factor into Jung's work.Ā
Matters covered in this podcast: Jungian Psychology, Jungian Analysis with a Jungian Analyst, Depth Psychology, sigmund freud, psychoanalysis, shadow work, archetypes.
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#007 - Complexes and Triggers: a practical introduction to Carl Jung's concept of Complexes and Psychological triggers
May 04, 2024Harry Venice provides listeners with a practical introduction to theĀ Depth Psychology concept of Complexes and triggers. In this episode Harry provides 8 practical points regarding Carl Jung's concept of Complexes and explains how deeply the complexes operate within the shadow. TheseĀ concepts are explored via real life examples from Jungian Analysis with a Jungian Analyst.
Finally, Harry concludes the episode by taking you through a key passage from Carl Jung's Collected Work 8 ('The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche').
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#006 - Anger and Conflict: an exploration of our triggers and complexes
Mar 19, 2024Harry Venice discusses anger and conflict in a very personal and open way. This episode considers a key passage of Carl Jung regarding theĀ benefits of conflict in the iondividuation process. Harry also discovers some practical real life examples of how anger can be triggered in our healing journey.
Anger and conflict is often linked with the parental complexes, especially the 'Father Wound'. On this note, the work of Robert Bly and James Hollis is also considered. Our attempts to repress our true selves can also result in a build up of anger and this is also e...
#001 - Are you living a meaningful life? Nietzsche and Carl Jung on: War, Depth Psychology and the Unconscious
Mar 19, 2024Harry Venice discusses a rare Friedrich Nietzsche book (Abraham Wolf's Lectures on Nietzsche in 1915) and how it relates to Carl Jung his psychology and individuation or living a life of meaning. Nietzsche's idea of 'living a grand life' and the concepts of war, and the conscious versus the unconscious are discussed. There is also an exploration of Jung's attitude to Nietzsche, the shadow and the existence of opposites in the psyche.
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#005 - Archetypes and Psychic Reality: a deep exploration
Mar 19, 2024Harry VeniceĀ deeply discussing Jung's depth psychology concepts of the archetypes and psychic reality. This is done by explorating a passage from Carl Jung's Collected Work 7, 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology'. This one gets deep in thought excavating the deep wisdom of Jung and enters into discussions of opposites, concretising vs psychic reality and of course, some mentioned of our beloved philospher on reality and the ancient: Peter Kingsley.
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#004 - Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason & Carl Jung: Do you understand the limits of Human Reason & Psychology?
Mar 19, 2024Harry Venice discusses Immanuel Kantās āCritique of Pure Reasonā and its relation to Carl Jungās Depth Psychology (Jungian or Analytical Psychology). This episode focuses on Kantās initial statements about human reason, empiricism and their limits. The discussion then turns to psychology, sense perception and even Archimedes (the Archimedean Point) and Jean Piaget. These are all critical foundations for understanding Carl Jung's psychology and psychology in general.
Most importantly, there is a consideration of how all the above relates to how we in modern society, including the DSM, tend to categorise people which can be dangerous...
#003 - Overcoming Fear, Control and Perfectionism: from Immanuel Kant to a story of skiing
Mar 19, 2024Harry Venice starts this episode with an intention to discuss Immanuel Kant's philosophy but takes an unexpected twist from discussing Kant's Critique of Pure Reason to a personal discussion of fear, control, perfectionism, and taking risks. Sometimes the small things, or risks, are really the big things which open new doors to our reality.
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Duration: 00:12:03#002 - An introduction to Immanuel Immanuel Kant and Carl Jung: the danger of assumptions & the limits of human reason
Mar 19, 2024Harry Venice gives an introduction to the commonalities of Immanuel Kant and Carl Jung.Ā Understanding Kant is critical to understanding Carl Jung's depth psychology. Kant's philosophy and exploration of empiricism form a critical foundation to how Jung structures his psychology and accounts for the limits of empiricism, science, and understanding the psyche.
This episode includes a discussion of the Kant's influence on Jung, the limits of human reason, and even a mention of the development of science or 'truth', with a reference to developmental psychologist Jean Piaget. There is also a discussion of Archimedes and the Archimedean P...