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Treasures From The Archive: A Reading Group

Marion Anderson
Start Date: 27/01/2026
End Date:24/02/2026
Scheduled course
Online
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Overview

Treasures from the Archive is a collection of essays and images compiled from the Picture Archive of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich-Küsnacht, which includes 4500 pictures made by patients of Jung, as well as 6000 by patients of Jolande Jacobi. Beginning in 1917, Jung encouraged his patients to draw or paint their dreams and fantasies as a means of working symbolically with their unconscious material. His studies in what he termed active imagination presage today’s understanding of the role of the expressive arts in psychotherapy, particularly when working with affect regulation, trauma, and dissociation. Essays from a variety of Jungian analysts, which draw from case material, will be utilized as a means of assessing the therapeutic use of symbols and imagery in the context of current analytic practice.

Enrollment limited to 12 people – A complimentary copy of the book will be shipped to your US address. 

Tuesdays, January 27, February 3, 10, 17,  24, 2026 – 2-3:30 pm. 5 sessions of 90 minutes. 

Continuing education: 7.5 CE Credits available.

  • Identify the historical and clinical context of the Zürich C. G. Jung Institute Picture Archive and its relevance to early analytical practice.

  • Describe Jung’s theoretical rationale for using imagery and active imagination as part of the psychotherapeutic process.

  • Describe indications and any contraindications for utilizing imagery and active imagination when working with patients who evidence trauma.

  • Give an example of how to introduce imagery and active imagination when working with patients with dissociation as a primary defense.

  • Describe how introducing imagery and active imagination can be helpful for patients with difficulty in affect regulation.

  • Describe how Jung’s conception of fantasy as “imaginative activity” manifests in the patient-produced images illustrated in this book.

  • Analyze selected patient paintings for symbolic content, expressive qualities, and potential therapeutic significance.

  • Evaluate the therapeutic value of image-making as a nonverbal technique that complements verbal analytic dialogue.

  • Give an example of how symbolic imagery can inform diagnostic understanding of the patient.

  • Give an example of a clinician’s countertransference responses to a patient’s imagery and the importance of maintaining a reflective attitude.

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