Psychedelics and Active Imagination: Navigating the Unconscious on the Path of Individuation
Friday, March 13, 7:30 pm
at St. George's Church, 4600 St Charles Ave
Felicia Matto-Shepard, MFT, Jungian Analyst
Jung cautioned against the use of psychedelics back in the 1950’s for fear that this way of opening the portals to the unconscious could cause a tsunami of material, fragmenting or overwhelming the conscious ego. Meanwhile, Jung was creating practices such as Dreamwork and Active Imagination to help navigate this specific terrain--of integrating messages and eruptions from the unconscious into meaningful material. This presentation will look at ways Jungian psychology is contributing to the modern-day field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Specifically, we will consider the use of active imagination in navigating the complexes, symbols, and archetypal forces that can arise during a psychedelic session--both during a psychedelic-enhanced experience and in the integrative process afterward.
Bio: Felicia Matto-Shepard, MFT, is an Analyst Member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and an associated member of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association in New York. She is in private practice in Petaluma, CA. She holds a Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy and Research from the California Institute of Integral Studies and offers psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Her interests center on the intersection of body, psyche and authentic creative expression. She offers workshops in Alchemical Art, a process-based art exploration of the psyche, bringing together her life-long exploration of non-ordinary states and creative expression. She is a training analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and teaches internationally on depth psychotherapy, active imagination, and creativity.
$20 for general registration (free for members)
$20 for 1.5 CEUs for psychologists, counselors, social workers
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Most programs are approved for Social Work contact hours through Tulane School of Social Work and for LPC clock hours through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). The C. G. Jung Sciety of New Orleans has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5388. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The C. G. Jung Society of New Orleans is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.