Shadow work is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the parts of the psyche that people often keep hidden, such as trauma and resentment. Some people may refer to this as the “shadow self”. The ...

Shadow work is the process of exploring the unconscious reasons behind your feelings or behaviors, particularly uncomfortable emotions that seem out of character or beyond your control. For example, ...

Shadow work is the latest psychological concept getting a modern wave of fans, via TikTok. On the app, videos explaining the concept, as well as delivering prompts on how to try it out, are on over ...

Cowritten by Charlie Huntington and Tchiki Davis. To understand what shadow work is, we must first define the “shadow.” The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, who is perhaps Sigmund Freud’s most famous ...

If you listen to psychology podcasts or follow mental health–related accounts on social media, you’ve probably heard of shadow work. The concept comes from the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung’s ...