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Finding Your Own True North: And Helping Others Find Direction in Life
Through the use of Carol Pearson's system of Jungian archetypes, Pat Adson has developed a unique individualized counseling method that helps people find direction in their lives. In addition to practical explanations of the 12 archetypes, the book offers specific models and examples for exploring archetypal journeys with clients. While primarily for counselors and therapists, Finding Your Own True North is also useful to individuals familiar with archetypal psychotherapy.
223 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
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Patricia R. Adson
5 books4 followersPATRICIA R. ADSON, PH.D., for her entire professional career, has been devoted to helping others discover their best selves. A former schoolteacher, Dr. Adson initially taught high school English, and social studies. While pursuing her Master's Degree in education, she began working with children with emotional and behavioral disorders. It was this experience that inspired her – at age 49 – to enter a Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology, where she also received training and licensure as a psychologist and psychotherapist, working with individuals, families, and groups.
Although she continued to be involved in the education of special education teachers and graduate students in psychology and counseling, Dr. Adson primarily began working as a psychotherapist after earning her degree. Hundreds of women sought her counsel, and while leading a therapy group Dr. Adson wrote the Princess story. Her goal was to help people examine neglected areas of their emotional lives, and learn to talk about self-care and self-responsibility. She used the story with her clients and graduate students for many years, and continued to use it with her clients when she made the transition from psychotherapist to coach.
With the help of her daughter, Jennifer Van Homer, herself a certified coach, Dr. Adson turned the story into a book with a journal that now gives each reader a chance to write their own story.
Dr. Adson is currently a Certified Hudson Institute Coach with a private practice, and serves on the Leadership Team of the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. She is the author of Finding Your Own True North & Helping Others Find Direction in Life (1999), and Depth Coaching: Discovering Archetypes for Empowerment, Growth, and Balance (2004).
Although she continued to be involved in the education of special education teachers and graduate students in psychology and counseling, Dr. Adson primarily began working as a psychotherapist after earning her degree. Hundreds of women sought her counsel, and while leading a therapy group Dr. Adson wrote the Princess story. Her goal was to help people examine neglected areas of their emotional lives, and learn to talk about self-care and self-responsibility. She used the story with her clients and graduate students for many years, and continued to use it with her clients when she made the transition from psychotherapist to coach.
With the help of her daughter, Jennifer Van Homer, herself a certified coach, Dr. Adson turned the story into a book with a journal that now gives each reader a chance to write their own story.
Dr. Adson is currently a Certified Hudson Institute Coach with a private practice, and serves on the Leadership Team of the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. She is the author of Finding Your Own True North & Helping Others Find Direction in Life (1999), and Depth Coaching: Discovering Archetypes for Empowerment, Growth, and Balance (2004).
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February 12, 2018
Mostly comprises of good stories, I didn’t come away feeling like this book had memorable takeaways.
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