Exploring the Depths of the Gifted Mind

This article, which is part essay and part conversation, explores the evolution of the field of gifted psychology and the role that depth psychology plays in deepening our understanding of holistic gifted development throughout life. InterGifted’s founding director Jennifer Harvey Sallin, together with the Gifted Mindfulness Collective’s founder Kelly Pryde, looks at how depth psychology opens doorways for us to come into right relationship with our giftedness, making space for and welcoming all of our ways of gifted being, even and especially the ones that don’t fit into the old stereotypes of the “academic genius”.… Read More

Giftedness, Narcissism & Healing

Contrary to the impression gifted literature can often give of a necessarily wise, inherently “good” and morally sensitive profile, gifted people range all the way from “saints to psychopaths”, and can inhabit various expressions of all the spaces in between throughout a lifetime. Understanding narcissism and narcissistic wounding both at the individual and collective level, and how it interacts with but is distinct from giftedness, is essential for understanding gifted development, including gifted mental and relational health, throughout the lifespan. Jennifer Harvey Sallin explores all this and gives resources for further discovery and recovery in the article below.… Read More

Gifted Psychology 101: A Course for Psychologists, with Jennifer Harvey Sallin, starting January 2022

Our next training group of psychologists is starting in January 2022. We currently have up to three spots available and registration is open. This is an online training course for coaches, therapists, psychiatrists and other helping professionals who want to specialize in, or have better tools for, supporting gifted clients. … Read More

Gifted Psychology 101 for Coaches, with Jennifer Harvey Sallin — starting June 2021

We’re currently taking registrations for our next iteration of Gifted Psychology 101 for Coaches, scheduled to start in June 2021. It is a combination course which allows space for your own growth and reflection as a gifted person and gifted professional, while providing you with the theoretical knowledge, practical insight, case studies, and peer feedback to start your gifted-specific coaching practice or bring your existing coaching practice to a new level.… Read More

Gifted Psychology 101 for Psychologists, with Jennifer Harvey Sallin – starting January 2021

Our next training group of psychologists is starting in Janaury 2021. We currently have up to three spots available and registration is open. This is an online training course for coaches, therapists, psychiatrists and other helping professionals who want to specialize in, or have better tools for, supporting gifted clients. … Read More

Gifted Psychology 101 for Psychologists & Coaches – starting in 2020

We’re preparing for our 2020 offerings of Gifted Psychology 101. This is a training course for coaches, therapists, psychiatrists and other helping professionals who want to specialize in, or have better tools for, supporting gifted clients. It is a combination course which allows space for your own growth and reflection as a gifted person and gifted professional, while providing you with the theoretical knowledge, practical insight, case studies, and peer feedback to start your gifted-specific practice or bring your existing practice to a whole new level.… Read More

Gifted Psychology 101 with Jennifer Harvey Sallin

This is a course for coaches, psychologists and other helping professionals who support gifted children and adults. If you’d like to start working with gifted clients, or want to better serve the gifted clients you already have, this course will help you understand how to recognize, understand and best guide your gifted clients. … Read More