Communication from the Unconscious: An Introduction to Spontaneous Drawing Interpretation

“The Wealth of the Soul Exists in Images” C.G. Jung, The Red Book, Liber Novus

Jolande Jacobi was the first one to begin to develop a method of picture interpretation from a Jungian lens. This workshop will utilize the methods of picture interpretation and analysis from Jacobi and subsequent Jungian analysts: Rhoda Isaac, MA, Gregg Furth, PhD, and Jungian-oriented Art Therapist Joan Kellogg, MA, BC-ATR.

The workshop will be didactic and experiential and participants will learn how spontaneous drawing can be an asset in assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, evaluation, and healing of clients. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to learn how to assess and evaluate their own personal spontaneous sketches as messages from their unconscious. The significance of personal and objective images will be discussed along with the meaning of specific images in spontaneous drawings. Ultimately, we will confirm how spontaneous art, images and active imagination make communication with the unconscious accessible to consciousness.