Jung Centre Hong Kong

Presents

Training Seminar on

Jung and Chinese Culture

Exploring Symbols and Images in Dreams

with

Dr. Shirley S. Y. Ma

Jungian Analyst

Held on: November 24, 2007 (Saturday)

Time: 9:30am to 1:30pm

This is the first in a series of seminars that will explore the application of Analytical Psychology founded by Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) to the understanding of Chinese culture.

According to Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, dreams are the royal road to the unconscious. While Freud saw the unconscious as a reservoir for repressed wishes and desires, his contemporary Carl G. Jung saw the unconscious (symbolized by the ocean or forest) as the source of wisdom for both individuals and society. Jung believed that the dream provides the best possible portrait of the unconscious life of the dreamer at the time of its appearance. The analysis of dreams became the main focus in his therapeutic work with patients.

In this seminar, you will learn to interpret and analyse dreams of clients in analysis. In therapeutic practice, dream analysis can be helpful for both therapist and client/patient in understanding, assessing and clarifying current psychological problems and even finding potential solutions to issues related to past trauma, work and career, marriage and relationship, sexuality, spirituality and mid-life challenges. You will learn to explore the meaning of symbols as they relate to the dreamers’ psychology and culture. There will be a special emphasis on symbols in Chinese mythology, fairytales, cosmology and religion.

This workshop will begin with a general introduction to working with dreams in psychotherapy. Case studies will be presented to illustrate the application of dream analysis in the therapeutic process. Participants are encouraged to bring their personal and/or clients’ dreams for group discussion. This workshop will be open to practitioners in the helping profession, and also educators, writers, artists and those who are interested in Chinese culture and psychology.

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