C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, SeattleFour classes: Saturday mornings, February 9, 14, 23, and March 1, 10 a.m. to noon
Good Shepherd Center, Room 221, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$80 members, $100 nonmembers
8 CEUs
Preregistration is required so we can provide enough space for all participants. 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 story and tools of analytical psychology, such as Active Imagination and the interpretation of dreams?
We will explore these questions in the 4-week course. For two hours each class, we will engage in group and individual writing exercises and sharing. Together we will create a nonjudgmental atmosphere of playfulness, respect, sharing, and inquiry.
Continuing Education Credits are available for mental health/social work professionals with the following learning objectives:
This class is offered for writers at all levels of proficiency. Your desire to participate is the only criteria. You may want to bring a notebook of any sort to use 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
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 creative process, as a tool for awareness, exploration, and healing. Assignment: chapters from the texts; writing assignment.
CLASS 2 - CREATING A CHARACTER
Discussion and sharing of writing assignment. Writing as healing: a way to know yourself, emotion, and 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
Sharing of writing assignments. Why is conflict necessary for transformation? When the desires of characters collide. The “unity of opposites”. Writing exercise. Sharing. Discussion. Assignment: Writing assignment and chapters from the texts.
CLASS 4 - 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, MA, LMHC, 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 13 years as a screenwriter in Los Angeles, with works produced for commercial and public television. She taught screenwriting for 5 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 has been approved for 8.0 CEUs 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 the class $10.
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