The Couples Cauldron: A Jungian Approach to Relationship Workshop

Relational pressures play out over a lifetime as archetypal struggles that show up as recurring themes in individual therapy and couples work. Join Elizabeth Nelson and Anthony Delmedico, authors of The Art of Jungian Couples Therapy: An Introduction, to explore the depths of relationships from a Jungian perspective.

This event is for individuals and couples who want to understand their relational dynamics as well as for therapists looking to broaden their clinical skills when addressing the wounds of love.

Saturday Workshop:

Participants will be invited to engage in a series of activities that highlight the influence, impact, and interplay of the deep psychological forces at work in emotionally-committed relationships. For instance, what shifts when relationships are viewed as a path toward the archetype of wholeness, the Self? How does understanding typology lead to greater self-acceptance as well as compassion for one’s partner? In what ways does shadow work in relationships accelerate individuation? The workshop is ideal for individual and couples therapists as well as partners seeking deeper insight into their relationships.

Learning Objectives:

1.     Integrate core Jungian ideas to re-imagine the goals of couples therapy from behavior and cognitive modification to soul work.

2.     Learn how relationships promote individuation, the realization of the Self.

3.     Identify complexes and archetypal patterns in couple’s suffering, and learn how to work with them.

4.     Apply Jungian typology to understand elemental conflict between partners.

5.     Re-imagine the deep processes of couples therapy as alchemical transformation.

6.     Develop awareness of the unique personal, social, and cultural challenges of working with gender, sexual and relationally diverse couples.

7.     Bring the therapist’s own soul into the work to deepen and sustain their practice.