Shadow work has recently surged in online popularity, partly because of a viral journal. A shadow work psychologist said that the social media trend is oversimplifying the true practice.

He continues: “ Medical News Today acknowledges shadow work as a form of self-therapy in which the subject looks back into their past and to their future to find ways to express themselves fully ...

The Shadow Work Journal has exploded on TikTok as an inexpensive mental-health tool, even as experts question its approach—and the author’s credentials.

I doubt the psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), in all his prescience, would have predicted that his work would one day fuel a TikTok trend called “shadow work”.

Reckon Is TikTok’s shadow work journal the next big thing in mental health? Updated: Oct. 06, 2023, 1:32 p.m. | Published: Oct. 06, 2023, 9:30 a.m.