The live sessions will be held every other Tuesday from 7:30 to 8:30 pm EDT on the following dates:

*   October 14 & 28

*   November 11 & 25

*   December 9 & 23

*   January 6 & 20 (2026)

Format:8 Modules (live sessions, readings, case discussions, and reflective practice)

Duration:4 months (biweekly sessions)

For:Therapists, counselors, and students seeking an introduction to Jungian psychology and its clinical applications

Module 1: The Symbolic Mind and the Foundations of Jungian Psychology

* Jung’s life, influences, and break with Freud

* Core concepts: psyche, ego, Self, shadow, and individuation

* Psychological Types: introversion, extraversion, and the four functions

* Introduction to the symbolic worldview

* Clinical focus: The importance of symbolic listening in therapy

Module 2: Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

• Definitions, functions, and cultural complexity of archetypes
• Key archetypal figures: Mother, Shadow, Hero, Wise Old Man/Woman, and Trickster
• Exploration of cultural narratives and myths
• Clinical focus: Archetypes in dreams, symptoms, and transference

Module 3: Complexes and Emotional Triggers

• Personal complexes vs. cultural complexes
• The structure and dynamics of a complex
• Techniques for working with complexes in clinical settings
• Clinical focus: Recognizing and integrating complexes in the therapeutic dyad

Module 4: Dreams and Active Imagination

• Jung’s approach to dreams as messages from the unconscious
• Techniques of amplification and dream interpretation
• Introduction to active imagination
• Clinical focus: Working with clients’ dreams ethically and symbolically

Module 5: The Shadow and the Process of Integration

• Personal, familial, and collective shadow
• Resistance, projection, and integration
• Trauma, shame, and the ethical container
• Clinical focus: Facilitating shadow work in a safe and attuned way

Module 6: Transference, Intersubjectivity, and Archetypal Intersubjectivity

• Classical and post-Jungian understandings of transference and countertransference
• The analytic third and relational depth
• Intersubjective dynamics through a symbolic lens
• Dr. Hannah Armbrust’s original theory of Archetypal Intersubjectivity: how archetypes live between, not just within
• Clinical focus: Facilitating healing through relational presence, symbolic attunement, and the shared unconscious

Module 7: Spirituality, Synchronicity, and the Sacred in Psychotherapy

• Jung’s reflections on the sacred
• The concept of synchronicity
• Psyche and soul in clinical practice
• Clinical focus: How to hold space for mystery without pathologizing

Module 8: Decolonizing Jung: Integrating Cultural Wisdom and Contemporary Critique

• Critiques of Eurocentrism in Jungian thought
• Inclusion of non-Western symbolic systems (e.g., Afro-Brazilian, Indigenous, and diasporic myths)
• Ethical, decolonial, and ecological praxis
• Clinical focus: Pluriversal approaches to healing and depth work

Course Features

• PDF workbooks for each module

• Reflective journal prompts

• Clinical case discussions

• Dream interpretation practice

• WhatsApp group for ongoing dialogue

• Certificate of Completion (optional final reflection required)