Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Nightmares Are Our Most Important Dreams

Nightmares are about our naïveté. Nightmares wake us up from our innocence. They reflect to us what is infinitely unique about each one of us. They bring us the darker side of life that is hidden in the unconscious psyche because of the conflict with the conscious attitude of our personality. Nightmares are related to the creative impulses that are hidden from us. They show us the power within the psyche which we have not accessed yet. By examining the actual nightmares in this workshop the participants can learn ways of relating to these frightening dreams from a Jungian psychoanalytic perspective. The presentation will explore an overview of how Jung’s psychology developed over the course of his lifetime, focusing on his understanding of psychological transformation, beginning with his personal crisis (1913 –1928) through his last mature writing (1951 – 1954). In our discussion, we will address how Jungian psychology can facilitate healing.