C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, SeattleFour classes: Thursday evenings, September 20 and 27, October 4 and 11, 7 to 9 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 221, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$80 members, $90 nonmembers
8 CEUs
To learn about preregistering for the class, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
How do we nurture our creativity and use writing as a tool for enhancing self-knowledge and personal growth? How can crafting stories filled with fresh images and conflict, help us learn more about our inner life? What is the relationship between stories and the tools of analytical psychology, such as active imagination and the interpretation of dreams?
We will explore these questions in the four-week course, Writing From Within: Creating Stories As A Road Map For The Soul. For two hours each evening, we will engage in group and individual writing exercises and sharing. Together we will create a nonjudgmental atmosphere of playfulness, respect, sharing, and inquiry.
This class is offered for writers at all levels of proficiency. Your desire to participate is the only criteria. Continuing Education Credits are available for mental health/social work professionals with the following learning objectives:
Bring a notebook and a pen for writing exercises, assignments, and journaling.
Suggested Texts: Writing As A Way Of Healing by Louise De Salvo; The Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis In The Creative Interpretation Of Human Motives by Lajos Egri; Active Imagination by Barbara Hannah
Chapter assignments will be offered in each text. Should you choose to purchase them, used copies are often available on Amazon.com. Be sure to go to the Jung Society Web site for the link to Amazon.com. This will benefit the Jung Society.
CLASS 1: IMAGE
Thursday, September 20
Introduction of the course themes, followed by individual and group writing exercises.
Sharing of questions and goals participants have for the class. Discussion of the role of the
unconscious and the power of imagery in the creative process, as a tool for awareness, exploration,
and healing. Assignment: chapters from the texts; writing assignment.
CLASS 2: CREATING A CHARACTER
Thursday, September 27
Discussion/sharing of writing assignment. Writing as healing: a way to know yourself -
emotion - memory. Characterization: where does it come from? Protagonist’s motivation
as the driving force of story. Writing exercise. Sharing. Facets of characterization: behavior, “the want,” voice. Assignment: Writing assignment; chapters from texts.
CLASS 3: CONFLICT AND TRANSFORMATION
Thursday, Oct. 4
Sharing of writing assignments. Why is conflict necessary for transformation? When
the “wants” of characters collide. The “unity of opposites.” Writing exercise. Sharing.
Discussion. Assignment: Writing assignment and chapters from the texts.
CLASS 4- Thursday, Oct. 11 - STORY AND MEANING
Sharing of writing assignment. Perspective of Active Imagination. Story as Dream Analysis.
Writing exercise. Sharing. Final thoughts. Closing guided imagination.
Elizabeth Clark Stern, M.A., L.M.H.C., is a psychotherapist in private practice in Seattle.
She is a graduate of the two-year Professional Seminar of the North Pacific Institute for
Analytical Psychology. Prior to her beloved career in psychotherapy, she spent thirteen years as
a screenwriter in Los Angeles, with works produced for commercial and public television. She
taught screenwriting for Five years at the University of Washington Film and Video School,
and “Writing and Therapy” at Antioch University. Her play, Out Of The Shadows: A Story
Of Toni Wolff and Emma Jung, was performed in August, 2007, at the International Jungian
Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Her newest play, Nana Sofia’s Oasis, will be performed
in 2008 through the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study in Seattle.
This program of four classes has been approved for 8 CEU’s by the Washington Chapter, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Provider number is #1975-157. The cost to receive a certificate is as follows: 8.0 units for four classes $20.
Updated: 5 September, 2007
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