Exploring the Inner World:
An Introduction to the Ideas of C.G. Jung
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
A journey into archetypes, the unconscious, and personal transformation
This workshop provides a foundational understanding of Carl Jung’s key psychological ideas and how they apply to personal development and self-discovery.
Carl Gustav Jung has been called ‘the mystic for the modern world’. This is because he combines modern psychological ideas with traditional wisdom in a way that is accessible and relevant to people now.
In this interesting and experiential workshop, we will look at the basic concepts of the Jungian approach, the archetypes and symbolism that he uses, and, using an experiential approach, show you how to you can start to use this both on your own development and in working with others.
All our workshops are experiential and will involve working with our own material, feelings and responses; so please bring your whole Self with you, and also a dream that you recently had which seems significant to you.
What the workshop will cover:
- Who Jung was
- Jung the person
- Relationship with Freud
- Why Jung is important
- Jungian ideas
- The Psyche: Ego, Personal Unconscious, Collective Unconscious
- Archetypes: Universal symbols and patterns
- Shadow: The disowned parts of ourselves
- Anima/Animus: Inner feminine/masculine
- The Self: The whole, integrated being
- Individuation: The process of becoming whole
- The Journey of Individuation
- Life as a journey toward wholeness
- Stages of individuation
- discovering the Self confrontation with the shadow
- How to bring about who you want to be
By the end of this introductory course, you will:
- Deepen your understanding of Jung and his ideas
- Explore the role of these ideas in our lives
- Start to use Jung as a vehicle for positive change
- Start to put this approach into practice effectively
- Work effectively with the other people and material that flows from it
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Jung