Active Imagination

C. G. Jung utilized imagination and the creation of images as key features of his psychotherapeutic work with patients. Among Jungian psychotherapists this has continued to be an important method for working with contents of the unconscious, including complexes rooted in traumatic life experiences and archetypal motifs that emerge in dreams and fantasy. This seminar will describe the role of active imagination in Jungian psychotherapy with special attention to making pictures and interpreting their meaning. The seminar will answer the question of why Jungian psychotherapists continue to utilize active imagination and the making of pictures as important methods in their clinical practices. The seminar will also address the practical matter of how Jungian psychotherapists work with such material in actual cases.