Past Lectures & Workshops

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From loving to loathing:  making sense of difficult clients in the professional relationship 

For information: http://transference-seminar.eventbrite.ca “We could say, without too much exaggeration, that a good half of every treatment that probes at all deeply consists in the doctor’s examining himself, for only what he can put right in himself can he hope to put right in the patient. It is no loss, either, if he feels that

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A Jungian Approach to the Interpretation of Fairy Tales

Fairy Tale as a mirror for the basic patterns of the psyche. Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes. They represent the archetypes in their simplest, barest and most concise form. This lecture deals with their powerful imagery and examines why their interpretation is so crucial to the Jungian tradition. Who hasn’t been enthralled

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Fairy Tale Interpretation Workshop

The purpose of the workshop is to work through a Grimm’s Fairy Tale and complete a Jungian Interpretation of the material. The basis for the interpretation will be the practical guidelines developed from Marie-Louise von Franz’s ideas by Jungian Analyst Catherine Moreau. Members of the workshop will work on small groups (2 or 3) for

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The Quest for the Grail : Jungian Perspectives on Arthurian Legend

As we head into the long dark nights of winter, like our people in the past, we draw ourselves closer to the fire and tell stories in the flickering light. The stories for this lecture are those of chivalry, heroism, damsels in distress, Merlin’s trickery, tales of valour, and the royal court of Arthur. In this lecture I first want to outline the history of the Grail in terms of the Arthurian

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Jungian Film Interpretation : Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth”

“….the experience of film offers a special place where the psyche can come alive, be experienced and be commented upon.” (Hauke, 2002, p. 2) Pan’s Labyrinth has been described as a modern-day fairy tale. Whatever your perspective, the movie, like all forms of art, clearly demonstrates central ideas within Jungian theory. First, we’ll all view

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