Dr. Overman On-line

UP COMING EVENTS

May 1st - 2010
The Center for Jungian Studies of South East Florida presents.

Alfred Hitchcock's Dark Fairy Tale: Notorious

An Exploration of Anima and Animus

With commentary and facilitation by

Dr. Rick L. Overman, Jungian Psychoanalyst

In Notorious, Alfred Hitchcock weaves romance and suspense into a dark fairy tale of power, domination and addiction versus compassion and relationship--a tale of timeless significance and current relevance. Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant’s intensely passionate but deeply conflicted romance provides a rich matrix for the exploration of Jung’s notorious yet essential ideas about the anima and the animus archetypes. Bergman’s radiant portrayal of Alicia offers an image of the no longer naïve post-World War II Anima Mundi or World Soul struggling with the horror of the Holocaust, Hiroshima and Nagasaki while Grant’s impassive and undermining Devlin is one of cinema’s most elegant portrayals of the trickster animus who initiates through seduction and abandonment. Whether seen from the perspective of the collective or the personal, Notorious serves as an inspiring primer on the function of the anima and animus and their relationship to the development of personality.

For more info visit the Jungian Center

Jungian Psychoanalyst • Licensed Psychologist

Boca Raton • Fort Lauderdale • Miami

Dr. Overman has been helping others lead happier, more meaningful lives, develop more satisfying relationships and find creative fulfillment for over 25 years. Dr. Overman's extensive training as a licensed psychologist and Jungian analyst, broad experience and warm engaging personal style make him uniquely qualified to assist both those wanting to resolve unsuccessful life patterns and those seeking to deepen their psychological and spiritual journey.

In his training and career, Dr Overman has worked in many different settings, including hospitals, community health centers and private practice and has experience with a wide range of people and issues. If he cannot help you, he can help you find the right professional to assist you with your needs.

Dr. Overman specializes in a Jungian approach. He has also been trained in many areas, including humanistic, experiential, Rogerian, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, psychoanalytic, family systems, and strategic approaches.

APPROACH

Our current life problems not only reflect unresolved issues from our past but also provide us with invaluable information about what keeps us from the successful unfoldment of our future. Potential healing solutions to life problems are found by opening a creative dialogue between where we are, where we want to be and the problems that keep us from those goals. Thus we come to see that even our most painful symptoms are often attempting to show us the next step in life. It is our own inner voice, not the doctor's or society's that leads us to fulfillment, and such internalized impositions may even be part of what stands in the way of our growth.

Our entire life story is the raw material of this work. This includes both outer events and the frequently neglected inner world of feelings and dreams, which often dramatically symbolize our situation and indicate needed new perspectives.