Jungian Psychology and Its Value Today

Rose Holt
Independent study
Online

Overview

This course will familiarize you with the basic landscape of Jungian psychology. With this introductory map you´ll learn where you can go exploring for deeper self-understanding and where you might find the powers and places you need in your life.

You’ll learn about the sources and key elements of Jung’s thought and why his thinking is still so relevant in our times of spiritual malaise. You’ll hear some of Jung’s personal story, including his own confrontation with the unconscious. Rose tells us how Jung’s life work sprang out of that moment that some have called his “creative illness” in which he was searching for the soul he realized he’d lost.

The course presents some of Jung’s most vital contributions to modern psychology; concepts such as complexes, synchronicity, typology, symbolic systems and the organizing principle of the Self.

  • You are new to Jungian psychology
  • You want to know the basic differences between the views of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
  • You’d like to learn more about Carl Jung’s own confrontation with the unconscious and how it’s related to his Red Book
  • You want to recognize Jung’s contributions to the concepts of complexes, and his unique view on the relationship between the ego and the unconscious
  • You want examples of how to live a meaningful life
  • You wonder what it means to embrace wholeness rather than pursue perfection
  • You want to hear about how to engage with your creative and instinctual urges in a constructive way
  • Understand that the aim of Jungian psychology is to help us get in touch with the deeply healing realms of the psyche
  • Recognize some of the universal patterns that shape our behavior
  • Sense how your individual life is supported and shaped by collective currents
  • Describe in general terms Jung’s map of the psyche
  • Identify several of Jung’s most important contributions to psychological thought and therapeutic practice
  • Appreciate how developing a conversation between your ego consciousness and the deeper layers of the psyche helps you becomes freer and fuller
  • Gain a broad perspective on approaches to dreams.
  • Develop an appreciation for the value of dreams and their place in one’s personal psychology.
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