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How to Recognize the Eight Function-Attitudes: An Approach to Psychological Typing

First United Methodist Church, Sanctuary 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

To recognize at first glance the true “psychological type” of a person one is starting to get to know is no doubt a knack, but to be able to identify the particular kind of consciousness that the person is presenting at a given moment of interaction is something that can be learned. The eight-function, eight-archetype ... Read more

Trauma and Psychic Creativity

First United Methodist Church, Sanctuary 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

One of the most remarkable capacities of the psyche is its ability to manage traumatic experiences. Taking as examples major innovative works of art from the history of painting and film, Dr. Beebe will illustrate the strategies the psyche adopts when forced to manage its sense of violation and disillusionment through creativity. He will then ... Read more

Many are Called – But How to Answer?

First Unitarian Church Main Street Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St, Portland

The word “vocation” means “a calling,” experienced as an inner voice that prompts us to follow a certain path in life. But “vocation” is more than an occupational aptitude or career path; it involves a sense of Destiny, of purposefulness – not merely blind Fate –that deepens our sense of self as we grow older. ... Read more