A Jungian approach to working with dreams with Julian Masters
"A story told by the unconscious mind has a beginning, a development and an end, but the same is not true of a dream. Its dimensions in time and space are quite different; to understand it you must examine it from every aspect – just as you may take an unknown object in your hands and turn it over and over until you are familiar with every detail of its shape." Carl Jung, Man and his symbols, 1965.
While Freud introduced free association as a technique to interpret dreams, Jung proposed that to understand a dream, one needed to pay close attention to the actual form and content of the dream itself, rather than moving away from it. Jung believed each dream was trying to convey something specific about the unconscious. His method for interpretation, amplification, was designed to expand the meaning of dreams by drawing on individual and collective symbols and images, infusing life with vitality and meaning, and connecting one to their soul and the transcendent.
In this live webinar, Julian Masters will discuss Jung’s method of amplification. Julian will emphasise how traditional as well as contemporary forms of dream interpretation in Jungian work are collaborative. Meanings are not imposed by an authoritative analyst but are the product of dialogue and creative exchange within the intersubjective therapeutic setting.
In the second part of this webinar, Julian will share how Jung’s analytic method of amplification can be applied in clinical practice, drawing on dream vignettes from client material. Participants will also be invited to share their own dreams or their anonymised clients’ dreams (with prior consent) for exploration and discussion.
About the speaker
Julian is a Jungian analyst. He trained in London with the BPF (British Psychotherapy Foundation). He currently teaches BPF’s public dream workshops, MSc courses, introductory courses and training theory programs. He teaches also on the WMIP analytical psychotherapy training in Birmingham. He is a member of BJAA (British Jungian Analytic Association) and the IAAP (International Association of Analytical Psychology). He lives in Oxford where he works with adults in private practice. Julian is also a musician, composer and writer.