As a highly empathic, intuitive child, Melissa Kim Corter was fascinated with other people’s basements. Dark, unexplored spaces enthralled her, and her insatiable curiosity toward the hidden dimensions of the mind led to decades of exploring the shadow dynamics within the human psyche. Melissa is a Depth Psychologist and international bestselling author published in numerous books and articles; her expertise revolves around the shadow side of the personality. Her unique writing style blends psychology with symbolic forms found in film, fairy tales, and forensics. Melissa is trained in traditional Jungian shadow work—the root of shadow studies. Her decades of experience include working closely with the dark night of the soul and encounters with darkness; these themes deeply imbue her writing. Melissa's work can make people uncomfortable as it draws on and celebrates the macabre and misunderstood dimensions of personality.