Visiting Lecture Series: “Rock Bottom of the Soul”, with Allan Guggenbühl
Date – November 2, 2024
Time- 9:30 am – 12:30 pm EST
Cost- $50
On Zoom
“Rock Bottom of the Soul”
How do we deal with issues, complexes, or personality traits which are stronger than us and leave us helpless? Psychotherapy doesn’t seem to work and conscious insight remains hot air. In the lecture the possible psychological and psychopathological/archetypal backgrounds of these dark sides of the soul will be reflected and possible strategies presented.
Date and Time:
Saturday, November 2, 2024
9:30 am – 12:30 pm EST on Zoom
Cost: $50
2.5 MHC and SW CEUs will be available ($15 CEU fee)
Learning Objectives:
-Participants will gain some insight into the possibilities and limits of psychological reflection and psychotherapeutic work.
-Participants will understand how archetypal aspects of stories can act as healing bridges to the inner world, while also linking inner and outer worlds.
-Participants will learn how a story may be an opportunity to understand shadow or hidden motives through which one may face challenges and make a new start.
-Participants will appreciate the role of imagination in psychological healing.
-Participants will understand how stories can be used for constructive conflict resolution.
-Participants will understand how collective problems are individual problems.
Suggested reading: Allan Guggenbühl (2023) The Power of Stories. Chiron Publications.
Dr. Guggenbühl is Jungian Analyst working in Zürich, Professor Emeritus of the University of Education of the State of Zürich, Director of the Institut of Conflict Management of Zürich, and is a former classical guitarist. He developed the group therapy approach, Mythodrama, which promotes growth and healing through the use of stories that mirror group issues. His most recent book is “The Power of Stories: Mythodrama: Conflict Management and Group Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents using Stories” (2023).
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