Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:30 pm
Smith College Seelye Hall 106

“Appointment with the Wise Old Dog: Dream Images in a Time of Crisis”

Video presentation and panal discussion

In 1998, when musician David Blum was dying from cancer, he had a series of profound dreams that he then painted. The images and their message helped him move into his death in a conscious and accepting way. He felt that this material came from a source deeper than his individual ego, and felt that sharing it might help others to become aware of that source within themselves. We will watch this moving film, and then have an open discussion with a panel of Jungian analysts.

Moderator: Don Charles Wukasch, M.D., MFA, Diploma Candidate, Jung Institute-Boston
Panelists: Barbara Bronson, Nomi Kluger-Nash, Erica Lorentz, and Richard Trousdell
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October 14, 2011
Richard Trousdell: The Waters of Life

Water is the source of life and necessary to it. In our dreams, as well as in our everyday experience, the waters of life flow pure and abundantly–or get muddied, freeze, and dry up. Water may come to our aid, to cleanse and refresh us–or it may threaten to overwhelm, carry us away, and destroy our world. We will explore the significance of water in dreams, fairy tales, the process of individuation, and in the life of psyche.

Richard Trousdell, D.F.A., IAAP, is a Jungian Analyst in Northampton. He holds a Doctorate in Fine Arts from Yale University and a Diploma in Jungian Analysis from the C. G. Jung Institute, Boston where he also serves on the faculty.
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November 11, 2011
Erica Lorentz: Jung, Spirituality, and the Body

This lecture will investigate the importance of witnessing and containing archetypal energies when they become embodied in our lives. The individuation process asks us to return to our personal unconscious and archetypal roots. Jung invites us to honor archetypal forces that push into consciousness. These experiences are often pathologized, though they have been observed since the beginning of human history. How can we have a relationship with them?

Erica Lorentz, Med, LPC, is a Jungian Analyst in private practice in Northampton, MA. A training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and the New England Society of Jungian Analysts, she was an adjunct faculty at Antioch School of Professional Psychology and has lectured around the US and Canada.
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December 9, 2011
Thayer Greene: The Language of Dreams: Images From the Depths That Chart the Path of Individuation

This presentation will explore the imaginal language of our dreams and consider the various stages of the individuation process using examples from the dreams of clients. Attention will be given to the importance of initial dreams in analysis and how they portray the particular individuation potential of the dreamer and what may be required in the analytic encounter. A rather remarkable dream series will be presented and discussed in detail that illustrates the unfolding of the individuation process.
Thayer Greene, Ph.D., is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, and a training analyst and faculty member of the Jung Institute of Boston. He has a private practice in Amherst.

Free Admission***Donations Accepted