Peter Elting, Ph.D.

Dreams and Their Enactment

Lecture: Friday, April 14, 2000, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers

Dreams can be dark or bright, synchronous, meaningful, and/or prophetic. We can put many words to this wondrous and mysterious language of the unconscious. Jung said the dream is "a hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of our soul." Often we have to use many different keys to unlock this door. In this lecture, Dr. Elting will discuss the tenets of Jungian dream-work, with a specific focus on active imagination and J. L. Moreno's theories of psychodrama and enactment. Through enactment, emotions often surface more readily than in the usual associative process of psychotherapy. Enactment increases our understanding of the dream drama. As we increase our capacity for creative spontaneity, complexes and shadow move more into the authentic here and now.

Jungian Dream Enactment

Workshop: Saturday, April 15, 2000, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$30 members, $40 nonmembers, $25 student/senior members, $35 student/senior nonmembers

To learn about preregistering for the workshop, see Preregistration Policy and Form.

Participants will have the opportunity to enact their dreams or life situations from family, work, and childhood. Through protagonist-centered enactment we will explore our inner theater of complexes as they appear as dream symbols. We will proceed with respect and playfulness as we uncover hidden dimensions of our dreams through play. In the safety of the group container, the process of creative enactment will enable participants to gain a deepened awareness of their psychic reality. Bring your open mind and the desire to add a new dimension to your life.

Peter H. Elting, Ph.D., is a certified Jungian psychoanalyst. After an extended career in business, he completed his training at the C. G. Jung Institute and the Institute for Psychodrama in Zurich. In his practice he focuses on life transitions and dream enactment. Dr. Elting is a member of the North Pacific Institute for Analytical Psychology, the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, the International Association for Analytical Psychology, and the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama.

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