A COURSE FOR LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPISTS

SHAMANIC JOURNEYING AND JUNGIAN ACTIVE IMAGINATION

FRIDAY EVENINGS, OCT 21, 28 & NOV 4, 11 2011

7 - 9 PM

AT THE INSTITUTE

Instructors: CAROLYN BRAY, PHD, & CAROL MCRAE, PHD

8 Continuing Education Credits approved for MD, RN, Phd, PsyD, MFT & LCSW

Shamanic journeying has the potential to activate powers of personal healing and is common to all primal cultures the world over. Active imagination is a psychotherapeutic method developed by C. G. Jung for the purpose of achieving wholeness and balance by welcoming unconscious material into consciousness. Both methods aim to transform psychic states and both make use of an innate healing function that exists within every human being.

Through didactic and experiential training we will explore the intersections and parallels between shamanic journeying and active imagination as well as the differences between the two techniques. For example, the use of an ally to accompany the journeyer is common practice in shamanic journeying. While Jung talked extensively about his ally type figures with whom he engaged in meaningful dialogues, he did not instruct us in how to make a connection with these figures. This course will pay special attention to the development of an ally and ally work.

This course is designed for psychotherapists and psychotherapy students who are involved in the ongoing practice of psychotherapy and who have some experience in active imagination and/or shamanic journeying. In this class we will build upon your foundational knowledge and techniques of working with inner unconscious material for oneself and one’s patients when therapeutically appropriate. We will explore the ways in which Jungian active imagination and shamanic journeying complement each other, thereby deepening clinical and personal work. Our on-going meetings will allow us to explore material that emerges over time, and there will be ample opportunity for clinical consultation and personal expansion.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Imaginal play

• Review of active imagination and the various ways of experiencing it

• Principles of ally work

• Developing an intent

• Dreams and nightmare figures

• Shamanic journeying and drumming

• Introducing this work to patients

PLEASE NOTE: The presenters request that all registrants purchase a copy of Jeffrey Raff’s book, The Practice of Ally Work, which will be used throughout the course.

CAROL MCRAE, PHD, is a member analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and has studied Lakota shamanic practices with a Lakota spiritual leader. As a lecturer at the C.G. Jung Institute she teaches interns, candidates and the professional public about active imagination and journeying. Dr. McRae has a private practice in San Francisco and Marin County.

CAROLYN BRAY, PHD, is an analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. Dr. Bray is a guest lecturer at Golden Gate Integral Counseling Center and is a former lecturer with Aloha International. She is also a researcher of Hawaiian mythology and Hawaiian shamanism. She has a private practice in San Francisco and Mill Valley.

The Jung Institute of San Francisco is accredited by the Institute of Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.The Jung Institute of San Francisco takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity. 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are offered for this event.