Befriending the Shadow and Finding Soul

A daylong seminar led by Christina Becker, MBA, RP

Contact hours: 6 CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for this program.

The drive to “know thyself” is hardwired into our very being. This journey with and to ourselves is what Jung called Individuation. Our life task is to confront ourselves as we explore our potentials, and our gifts, toward an experience of our soul. However, early life knocks us down with hurts and wounds block our way in this task. We hide parts of ourselves because it is safer. We deem certain parts unacceptable and we push them away. Part of our individuation journey to locate and recover these long-lost parts of ourselves to rediscover life, and the experience of SOUL.

In this interactive workshop, we will dive into the shadow and befriending the parts of ourselves that we have lost. In the honest and courageous task of working with ourselves, we find life energy and our destiny. We will engage in practical exercises that will deepen students' awareness of themselves and the individuation journey. Students will be able to incorporate the material into their daily lives and practices afterwards to live more authentic and compassionate lives.

Learning Objectives

Explain Jung’s concept of the shadow in relation to other parts of the psyche
Discuss the concept of the shadow as it appears in our lives and the lives of others
Identify the shadow through film and experiential exercises
Utilize the psychological concept of integrity in working with the shadow
Apply self-compassion and heartfelt communication in moving from the shadow to an experience of the Soul

Christina Becker, MBA, Dip Analy Psych, is a Zurich-trained Jungian analyst in private practice in Toronto, Canada, and the author of The Heart of the Matter: Individuation as an Ethical Process. She is a member of the Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts, the Association of Graduate Analytical Psychologists, and the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists.

Contact hours: Six CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for this program.

The C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, Inc., SW CPE, is recognized by New York State Education Department’s State Board of Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0350.

The C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0015.

C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists, #CAT-0068.

Saturday, December 7, 2019: 9:30 am–4:30 p.m.
at the C.G. Jung Foundation, 28 East 39th Street, New York City