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Animals in Our Midst

February 21, 2009 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm PST

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We are surrounded by animals, in our dreams, our psyches, our homes, and in the wild.  As pets or feral creatures, animals inhabit our inner and outer worlds.  Who has not dreamed of animals or encountered animals in life?  We have pets and we have pet ideas.  Our complexes are pets that at times behave and at other times wreak havoc in the house when we aren’t “at home.”  Transpersonal and transconscious psychic dimensions are mirrored to us through animals. This workshop explores the ways that animals play a fundamental, problematic, emotional and humorous role in psychic development.  The speaker will use dreams and experiences with animals to elucidate the idea that for the human psyche an animal is always a symbol and holds the possibility of transformation and connection to the non-personal psychic realm. Animal lovers and non-lovers are equally welcome.

Related Lecture: Violence and the Religious Instinct

PAMELA J. POWER, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst with a private practice in Santa Monica, California. She was trained at the Los Angeles Jung Institute and certified in 1987. She is past Clinic Director and past Training Director of the Los Angeles Institute and currently is a member of the faculty and of the training committee.  She is also a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts.  She has lectured on a variety of topics including: religious nature of the psyche, archetype of sacrifice, music and the psyche, animals and individuation. Her most recent published articles are: “Secret Agonies in Analytic Communities: Unbearable Countertransferences,” Journal of Jungian Theory and Practice, 2007; “Death of the Analyst,” Journal of Jungian Theory and Practice, 2005: “A New Dog-Image,” Psychological Perspectives, 2004.

Details

Date:
February 21, 2009
Time:
10:00 am - 3:00 pm PST
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Venue

First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room
1838 SW Jefferson Street
Portland, United States
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We offer Continuing Education Credit through NASW. The fee for workshop CEU credit is $10 for 4 hours. To obtain CEU credit, add the CEU to your shopping cart when registering.
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