Michael Headrick Michael Headrick

Ego Strength and Ego Flexibility

Jung posits that we must learn to discriminate between “intentional and unintentional contents of the mind.” This paper will focus on the work surrounding ego development and differentiation as a part of individuation from a Jungian perspective.

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Michael Headrick Michael Headrick

The Whale: The Self-Injuring Behaviors We Choose

This semester in my Masters of Psychology program at Columbia, I dove into Adult Psychopathology (as defined by the DSM). My focus was on Charlie, the main character from the 2022 movie, The Whale.

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