In this comprehensive certificate program, you will acquire skills and tools that you can implement in coaching others in their personal and professional development. The experiential program combines theory with practice and aims at integrating Jungian theory with the personal experiences of the coaching practitioner. In addition, this transformational program will facilitate recognizing how the psyche calls on you to become who you truly are. Establishing this meaningful connection with the psyche is key for both the coach and the client.
The purpose of this coaching program is to cultivate and broaden a practitioner’s consciousness, to communicate openly, listen actively, develop and maintain rapport, inspire, and motivate others to achieve their goals. At the end of this program, you will be able to facilitate coaching sessions and help people maximize their potential. Successful candidates are also eligible for accreditation as Jungian Coach.
What is Jungian Coaching?
Jungian coaching requires similar coaching competencies and skills as other types of coaching. The difference in Jungian coaching is the perspective through which coaching takes place. Jungian Coaching puts the psyche/soul’s desires at the heart of its coaching. We come into this world with unique tendencies and have an innate drive for individuation, what Jung called the process of psychological growth and becoming whole. As a result of this type of coaching, clients feel reconnected to their life’s purpose; this renewed connection has a long-term transformative effect on their wellbeing and performance.
In this program, you will learn to honor the individuation process and work with it in coaching. You will be able to recognize, acknowledge, and tend to the innate longings of the other. You will gain tools to work with images and active imagination, dreams, synchronicities, symbols, mythology, the unconscious, and the body. During the program, you will become familiar with important Jungian concepts.
At the end of this program, you will be able to handle interpersonal dynamics, work with projections, transference, and countertransference that can rise in conversations. This brings you a greater sense of freedom in your interactions with others, and not just your coaching. Jungian coaching is effective because it has ongoing and long-term effects, as in the course of the coaching, clients are provided with the means to tend to the unfolding of their individuation process.
Day 1
January, 21 2023 | 10 am – 4 pm ET
On the first day, the group members of this program meet each other. This first day is an opportunity for cultivating interpersonal connections, exploration of intimacy, spontaneity and connection, and managing confidentiality in an online program setting. It includes several coaching exercises.
Weekend 1
February 11 and 12, 2023 | 10 am ET – 4 pm ET
Intro to coaching & the wounded healer
In this first module, we will explore the values, inter-/intra-personal skills, the competencies of a coach, and conducting an intake in the coaching process. We’ll also have an in-depth look at the different coaching dynamics such as projections, transference, and countertransference, and how to work with them. Carl Jung has emphasized reflection upon a professional’s own hurt and how this ‘gives the measure of the power to heal’. With this in mind, we will explore the archetype of the Wounded Healer in this module. You will gain an understanding of how your wounding and adaptive behavioral patterns affect the professional relationships you have with others.
Topics:
- Coaching values, attitudes, and code of ethics
- Coach core competencies
- Archetype of a wounded healer
- Individuation process
- Relational dynamics: projections, transference, and countertransference
Weekend 2
April 1 and 2, 2023 | 10 am – 4 pm ET
Personal and professional development both require shadow work. Shadow is that part of our being that is threatening to our ego, and which often acts independently of our will. Shadow work is an important part of this certificate program. To make sure your coaching fits with your client’s values, needs, and their individuation process, you need to know how the psyche communicates through images, symbols, and symptom formation. For transformation to occur, we need to connect with our bodies. This module will also focus on body work, and relate to the body as our soul friend when we are coaching.
Topics:
- Shadow work for client and coach
- Professionalism in your coaching practice
- Body as a soul friend
- Language of the psyche: symbols (and symptom formation)
Weekend 3
May 13 and 14, 2023 | 10 am – 4 pm ET
The deeper currents running through life
This third module has a focus on the deeper motivations in our own lives as well as those of our clients. For instance, when do complexes run the course of our lives? When are we driven by compensation? How do our fundamental beliefs co-create the world around us? Which archetypal patterns run our lives? These are some of the questions dealt with in this session. To get a sense of what drives us in our lives, we will also look at fairytales and mythology and how they have the potential to deepen the understanding of ourselves and others. In this practical module, the focus is on recognition, acknowledgment, and tending to these deeper dynamics in the coaching sessions with clients or co-workers.
Topics:
- Coaching and individuation: moving towards wholeness
- The sovereignty of the client
- Facilitation of transformation processes (applying an alchemical lense)
- Deeper dynamics between the coach and client
Weekend 4
July 8 and 9, 2023 | 10 am – 4 pm ET
This fourth module on images and dreams is about the acknowledgement of the individuation process, how this affects our coaching, the way we structure the coaching sessions, and how it impacts the role of the Jungian coach. In this module, we will be working with active imagination, alchemy, and receiving (dream) guidance from the Soul in personal and professional development.
Topics:
- Working with the unconsciousness in coaching
- Apply dreamwork and active imagination in coaching
- Holding space for client and expressions of the Self
- Witnessing and finding guidance in life
Weekend 5
August 19 and 20, 2023 | 10 am – 4 pm ET
Transformation process
This last weekend, we will look at the existential life themes that are part of each coaching session—both implicit and explicit. We will explore how existential matters including life and death, the meaning of life, and call and purpose, impact the way we approach our coaching questions. In this last module, you will gain a sense of how to navigate life’s ongoing transformations and the transpersonal work deriving from them. This increases the understanding of our role and task in coaching and working with clients as Jungian coaches.
Topics:
- Spiritual perspectives in coaching
- Transformation process, cycle of death, and rebirth
- Meaning of life, call, and purpose
- Ongoing transformational work for client and coach
Closing Event
October 21, 2023 | 10 am – 4 pm ET
The program of this last day is centered around the celebration of each transformation and taking a closer look at saying goodbye. How do we let go? How do we keep what truly matters to us? How can we relate to life’s ongoing stream like a river? These are some questions that will guide us during the closing event.
Elements to be scheduled during the training program, in collaboration with others and some on your own:
- 2 online coaching/supervision sessions with the trainer of the program (30 minutes each)
- 4 online peer group meetings (2 hours each)
- Coaching sessions with practice clients (minimum of 10 hours)
- Application of Jungian concepts on your own development – each of the weekends (2 hours each)
- Development of a report on coaching sessions
- Read handbook of coaching
- Watch/listen the clips that are part of the course
You have a desire to become a life coach and see clients