Class One – A depth perspective on therapy
Over the years, Robert Romanyshyn’s approach to psychotherapy developed through a dialogue between Depth Psychology and Existential-Phenomenological Psychology, emphasizing how these two traditions need and complement one another. In this course, he will explore what makes each perspective valuable for therapeutic work.
Class Two – Who is coming for therapy?
In addition, Robert Romanyshyn’s approach was shaped by his work with actors—exploring how they step into a role became a powerful analogy for therapy. He sees a parallel between the person who enters the therapy room and the inner Figures or Characters who appear seeking healing.
Class Three – Therapy room as a stage
Crossing the Threshold between the everyday world and the therapy room is a transition where space becomes a place for the figures to tell their untold stories. That threshold marks a difference between the person who comes to therapy and the figures who come for therapy.
Necessity for the therapist to listen with his/her third ear, to listen on two levels: to what is being said and how it is being said. In addition, to note the gestural embodiment of language
Class Four – Symptoms as guide
Figures display themselves in the dis-guise of symptoms. A symptom is a tension between remembering something too vital to forget while forgetting it because it is too painful to remember.
Class Five – Transference and counter transference.
In this class, Robert Romanyshyn explores transference not just as a psychological projection, but as an embodied, relational field—alive with gestures, silences, and subtle movements. He invites us to consider how the body speaks in therapy, and how the therapist’s presence, posture, and attention become part of a shared field of meaning. Drawing from Jung’s lesser-known diagram of the therapeutic encounter, Romanyshyn shows how both therapist and client are moved by forces greater than the personal. This session offers a soulful deepening into the mystery of transference, where healing often happens beyond words, in the space between.
Class Six – Dreamwork
This class approaches the dream as a living theater, where forgotten figures and unlived possibilities come to life. Rather than interpreting from a distance, participants are invited to step into the dream—inhabiting its characters and listening from within. This embodied method allows the dream to unfold on its own terms, offering unexpected openings for healing and insight.
Class Seven – Example of dreamwork
In this final class, a participant’s dream is worked with live, offering a direct experience of the embodied, imaginal approach to therapy. It brings together the themes of the course in a felt, practical way—showing how a dream can be entered, listened to, and moved through.
Throughout the 7 classes experiential examples will be used.
