C.G. Jung Society, Seattle

Anne de Vore, Ph.D.

A Gift of Feeling

Lecture: Friday, February 11, 2011, 7 to 9 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$15 members, $25 nonmembers

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In a time when therapists are pressured to limit our work with clients to cognitive, short-term, solutions-oriented therapy, I would like to explore the value of long-term analysis with one person who stands as witness to life as it grows, changes, flourishes. In this lecture I will draw from my own analytical work with David Hart. When choosing an analyst, it is important to know the sources of influence on the analyst. David worked with Emma Jung and C.A. Meier. The gifts of those analysts through David to me are theoretical as well as relational. I will explore Meier’s theory of trans- ference and the importance of dream-centered work, based on his study of the myth of Asclepius. I want to discuss the power of the simple act of sitting with one person, of being witnessed over the course of many years, and of the grace of receiving a gift of feeling.

Traditional Dream Work according to C.A. Meier

Workshop: Saturday, February 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$50 members, $70 nonmembers

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Over a long day we will explore several key elements to Meier’s approach to dreams:

• The importance of the entire dream record, including the smallest snippet of a dream;
• Meier’s focus on the central image of a dream and the importance of sticking to that image in the exploration of the dream;
• The proposition that the amplification process resides in the process of dreaming. Each dream is a comment on what came before. The entire record is the amplification of pre- senting dreams, or of dreams signaling a change of topic.

Bring journals, plain paper, Crayolas, or colored pencils.

Learning Objectives:
To learn the key points of C.A. Meier's approach to dreamwork:
1. The entire dream record is considered in the approach to dreamwork, not just interesting dreams, or only those dreams that seem related to the therapeutic goals of the dreamer.
2. Determine the central image of the dream and in the discussion of the dream, restrict associations to that image and to the attendant feelings/emotions within the dream.
3. The process of amplification is the process of dreaming. Each dream is a comment on the dreams that came before.

Anne de Vore, Ph.D., earned three degrees from the University of Colorado at Boul- der: BA in Distributed Studies (Humanities); MA in Counseling; PhD in Educational Psychology (Developmental Psychology and Diagnostics). She is a Diplomate of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She has been in private practice in Seattle since 1980. In the 90’s she studied Classics at the University of Washington. Her main work for 25 years has been in the spiritual alchemy in the works of William Butler Yeats. Her personal interest is in learning a new stringed instrument, cello.

This program has been approved for CEUs by the Washington Chapter National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for Li- censed 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: 7 units for lecture and workshop $15; 2.0 units for the Friday lecture $10; 5 units for the Saturday workshop $10.

Updated: 22 December, 2010

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