Perimenopause/Menopause and the Reorganization of Meaning A Jungian and Embodied Perspective(Online)

This four-session Jungian Somatics™ series approaches perimenopause and menopause as a decisive stage in the individuation process, one in which the ego is brought into more direct relationship with the Self. While menopause provides the central lens, the work also speaks to the broader aging process that, in different forms, reorganizes meaning and authority for all of us. As hormonal patterns reorganize, long-standing structures of meaning, motivation, and authority often destabilize, reflecting a shift in psychic center of gravity.
The series may also be supportive for mental health professionals, clinicians, and caregivers seeking a depth-oriented framework for understanding and accompanying others through this transition.
The series introduces hormones as functioning not only biologically, but also archetypally: as organizers of value, vitality, and orientation to life. When these archetypal patterns change, symptoms may arise in the body and psyche as signals of a deeper reordering. For individuals with histories of developmental trauma or C-PTSD, this process is often intensified, not as regression, but because the psyche becomes less willing to carry unfinished material at the margins of consciousness.
Each session weaves Jungian teaching with embodied inquiry drawn from Jungian Somatics™, including embodied active imagination, movement-based reflection, and symbolic meaning-making. These body-oriented practices can also become resources participants carry forward to support both the physical body and the psyche through this transition. Medical and hormonal interventions, including HRT, as well as holistic or non-medical approaches, are understood as personal and contextual choices.
The work supports menopause as a psychologically meaningful initiation into greater inner authority, creativity, and truth.

Jane Clapp is a Jungian Analyst, somatic expert, and educator who has spent decades exploring the profound relationship between the body, psyche, and soul. She is the creator of Jungian Somatics™, a unique practice that weaves together movement, sensation, and the unconscious to cultivate a deep, lived experience of aliveness. Her path has always been rooted in embodied transformation. Jungian Somatics™ is not a modality of fixing, but one of remembering—awakening what has been dormant and reclaiming the soul’s movement. At the heart of her work is the call to live in Mystical Aliveness.
Jane has centered her work on one essential question: How do we reconnect with the aliveness that sustains us? She has discovered that this aliveness is never lost. It can be reawakened—through movement, creativity, connection, and faith. Through teaching, consulting, and speaking, Jane supports others in bridging the unconscious and the body, helping them move beyond survival and into a deeper experience of embodied soulfulness. With a background in trauma recovery spanning over two decades, Jane has guided countless individuals through transformational processes. While her early work focused on healing deep wounds, she now centers her practice on guiding others toward what enlivens them. Her approach honors the intelligence of the unconscious as it moves through sensation, breath, and movement, offering a path to vitality, clarity, and profound self-trust.

This program is being offered ONLINE only. Recordings will be distributed to registered participants only, and will not be available for individual purchase.

All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.

*The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (TBHEC) has stopped pre-certifying ANY Continuing Education or Professional Development for mental health providers. The Jung Center cannot guarantee that the programs we provide will qualify for continuing education or Professional Development, nor can any other agency. The Jung Center uses high educational standards when selecting to designate events as "potentially appropriate for CEs", and in evaluating the outcomes of our educational services, and we believe them to meet the requirements of state licensing bodies. To find out more about the TBHEC changes to Continuing Education and Professional Development, click here: https://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/viewDocument?orgId=junghouston&id=40288ab689aaa0f10189ada9005e0073