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The Symbol in the Transference: Jungian Approaches in Psychotherapy and Counseling
February 22, 2003 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm PST
“They tore the bark off the tree
but the roots will help it
grow.” (7yr old boy)
This workshop for professionals, students and interested lay people, seeks to return analytical psychology to its fertile roots–the symbol and symbolic expression. The day will focus on a variety of ways to activate and amplify symbols in the healing process. Hermes is invoked along with Eros and the Alchemy of Play so that Psyche leads Ego to new understandings and a new life. Priority is given to the therapeutic alliance and the symbol as it emerges out of the transference. Jungian theory (Primary Self, de-integratio, re-intergration, participation mystique (the interactive field), projection and introjection) will be linked to clinical practice. Slides, images, dreams, stories and active imagination will be shown and demonstrated. Transformation is witnessed as nigredo evolves to albedo and then rubedo and as chaos gives way to struggle and containment before the emergence of themes of reparation and resolution.
Related Lecture: Symbols in Your Psyche: The Inner Journey
John Allan, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Counseling Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a Senior Training Analyst with the Pacific Northwest Society. He was a Board Member of the Association for Play therapy for a number of years and frequently lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Switzerland. He is the author of over 60 published articles and 16 books. His book, Inscapes of the Child’s World, is in it’s 6th printing and has been translated into Japanese and Russian. Written Paths to Healing (with Judi Bertoia) is currently in it’s second printing.