Fitcher's Bird and Blue Beard: A Dual Analysis of Ignorance and Self-Destruction (In-Person)

Though the psyche is the fountain from which the healing process flows, it also contains destructive forces – unconscious elements that seek to hurt and destroy us. One of the most vulnerable psychological states we can be in is to be ignorant and naïve about these destructive elements. Through a dual analysis of the fairy tales of Fitcher's Bird and Blue Beard, we will explore how these elements cloud consciousness, impair our instincts, and blind us to many dangers, as well as the steps we can take to identify them, break free from their grasp, and learn how to be protected from such forces. The seminar includes a brief active imagination exercise to ground the material in our daily lives.

This program is being offered IN-PERSON, and will NOT be recorded.

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.

José Leal has an M.A. in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies from the University of Essex where Andrew Samuels was his academic supervisor and an MS in Systemic Psychotherapy from the Milton Erikson Institute from Monterrey. Since 2013 he has trained with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. He works as a psychotherapist in private practice and writes the column 'The Spiritually Ambivalent Therapist' for Thresholds a Journal of Psychotherapy and Spirituality from the British Association of Counseling and Psychotherapy.