What you will receive

• 2 Live Interactive Workshop Sessions with Q & A, small groups and spontaneous drawing exercises
• 2 Links to the Recordings

Spontaneous drawing brings one to the prelogical level of the psyche, beyond the conscious mind, where the unconscious expresses itself freely in surprising revelations. This practice illuminates an oft-forgotten aspect of C.G. Jung’s personal practice and psychology; the power of spontaneity for accessing unconscious material. The analysis of drawings is an art and a science. As an art it requires experience and intuition, as a science it requires a knowledge of the structure and dynamics of the psyche as proposed by C.G. Jung.

In this series of two workshop sessions, analyst, author, and lecturer, Patricia Anne Elwood, will lead you into the art and science of spontaneous drawing as prescribed and practiced by C.G. Jung.  Incorporating both theoretical material with creative application, Patricia will guide participants through the exercise of spontaneous drawing and based on her 40 years of research and experience, offer a Jungian methodology for illuminating the symbolic message contained within the image.

Spontaneous drawing provides an approach to all ages over and beyond cultural differences, religion, sex or language.  It offers an empirical experience and is a most precious tool for all those in the helping professions as well as all who are interested in the psychology of C. G. Jung and in their own self development.

This course is ideal if

• You are interested in accessing the deeper levels of the psyche
• You work in the helping professions and want a creative approach to access unconscious material
• You are a professional clinician, therapist, or student of psychology looking for an alternative to a strictly rational approach to the psyche.

Course Overview

Workshop One:  Will focus on acquiring insight into the structure and dynamics of the psyche as reflected in spontaneous drawings. This interactive session will lead participants into the art and science of spontaneous drawing

Workshop Two: Will focus on analysis of participant’s spontaneous drawing material with introduction to the personal and collective levels of the unconscious.

By the End of This Course You Will Be Able To

• Recognize how simple images can reveal the inner dynamics of the psyche
• Be able to perceive how the expression of the unconscious is illustrated in spontaneous images
• Analyze a spontaneous drawing using a method anchored in C.G. Jung’s structure and dynamics of the psyche

What People Are Saying

Dr John Allan – Professor emeritus, University of British Columbia, Jungian analyst and author

This is a much-needed book on image, symbol, Jung and therapy. Elwood’s style is unique in a positive and readable way. The book is paradoxical; it is well anchored in theory, substantial on facts and method and yet poetic and meditative at the same time. Her style pulls the reader in and the reader stays to reflect. I found it to be such a rich experience.

Dr Phil. Robert Hinshaw: C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich

Following in the tradition of C.G. Jung, Patricia demonstrates and explains incredible revelations to be discovered through spontaneous drawing: she truly offers A Window on the Soul!  Simple images are shown to reveal inner dynamics, helping us to better understand the nature of the psyche and its influence) on our ways of being.

Susan Tiberghien – Author, Jungian lecturer and Founder of the Geneva Writer’s Group.

Patricia Elwood invites students into the breathtaking creative world of C.G. Jung. Not only does she offer an understandable approach to the principal tenets of Jung’s analytical psychology, but at the same time she offers an in-depth appreciation of spontaneous artwork. As the unconscious reveals the wealth of its images, Patricia reveals to her students a precious tool for accessing the unconscious and a deeper understanding of their own self.  This fine, insightful approach is truly an encounter with the Soul. It is a gift to all explorers of the psyche and spiritual seekers.

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