Paul DeBlassie III, Ph.D.

Depth Psychotherapy Devoted To Insight, Growth, and Dream Work

505-401-2388

I specialize in depth psychotherapy, treating the unconscious mind via emotional processing and dreamwork. Dreams and emotions are royal roads to the unconscious mind. Our growth-oriented consultations unravel the hidden meanings within your dreams and feelings. We tap into practical insight that can help illuminate your path in life. Dreams, in particular, are soul messengers. They carry profound wisdom that, once understood, becomes a powerful tool for facing inner truths and generating practical change.

During an initial session, we explore whether personal consultation and dream work may help reveal blind spots, provide clarity, and restore your footing in life. With over forty years of intensive psychotherapy practice, I work toward helping each patient experience a focused collaboration that furthers mental clarity and emotional relief.

If you are in a psychological crisis, my practice is currently at capacity. In such cases, consult your primary care physician or call the National Hotline - 988. While my practice is unavailable for crisis care, I may have periodic openings for growth-oriented consultations and dream work. Please feel free to call and inquire.

Professional Affiliations: Depth Psychology Alliance, the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, the International Association for Jungian Studies, and the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

All consultations are conducted via teletherapy.

Session Fee: $250

Tend Your Inner Garden

August 22, 2024  /  Paul DeBlassie III

 Forty years of practicing deep psychotherapy have helped me see that people can shed their burdens and find peace. You can discover a real and lasting peace of mind. It comes at a price: shedding what is not yours to do and instead tending to your own emotional and spiritual life, your inner garden.

 Recognizing personal responsibility and boundaries is a key to feeling empowered in your life. We often assume responsibility for people and situations that are not ours to tend to. For instance, you may take on the emotional burdens of your loved ones and feel responsible for their life choices. The reality is you've got your hands full with who you are and what your life is about.

Each day is sufficient unto itself, says the ancient wisdom text. This insight leads you to face what many find frightening: you are not responsible for other people's choices and how those choices affect their lives.

For decades, I’ve had the privilege of being a companion and witness to the transformative power of therapy. I've also seen that people can find their way through life's troubles on their own if treatment is unavailable or they choose to go it alone. There is no right or wrong way to heal, to tend to one’s inner garden.

 I walk with my patients on their emotional and spiritual journeys, a calling I hold with utmost respect and reverence. It is a sacred act, a healing ritual. You can be at peace as you heighten your awareness that you have it within you to tend to your emotional and spiritual journey. It is an inner capacity to be held with respect and reverence.

Together, in these writings, we cultivate your unique capacity to tune into the flow of your life with all its ups and downs, good times and bad. A healthy garden has both flowers and weeds. There’s no escaping this fact of nature. And there is peace in accepting that no garden is perfect and no life is always good.

So, every life has ups and downs, times of joy and sorrow, pain and beauty. Within them are challenges to be faced and lessons to be learned. And, as those who patiently see their way through and learn from these life realities discover, there is hope. William James, the father of American depth psychology, wrote in The Varieties of Religious Experience that hope is oxygen for the soul. And when your soul breathes, you are at peace.

You can find relief by finding the oxygen, the hope and light in every problem. This perspective shift can fill you with optimism and resilience. You reach this place as you grow into being willing to see what you need to see. Once the weeds in the garden are spotted and uprooted, things improve. Understanding brings resolution. You let go of negative mindsets and the need to handle problems that are not yours, and voila! Relief.

 Letting go is not a sign of defeat but rather a liberation. It's a powerful act that allows you to focus on cultivating quality of life and peace of mind. Summoning the courage to let go of anxious preoccupation and unnecessary involvement with others and their problems, especially when they are friends and family, is a significant step towards your freedom and empowerment.

 And so, you have the power to find your way through the labyrinth of your life with all its challenges and problems. It is up to you to do your inner work and gain helpful insight into your pains and problems. When you truly understand your emotions, dreams, and synchronous events, as I address in my writings, you will be helped to discover your unique path out of darkness and into light. You will learn to find peace as you learn to tend your inner garden.

* James, W. (1985). The varieties of religious experience: A study in human nature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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