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Presented by Shanti Mayberry, HHP, PhD

Nature is a supreme teacher if you know how to follow Her -C.G. Jung

Recent studies suggest that reconnecting to nature can increase one’s sense of vitality, promote a sense of healing, provide inspiration, stimulate self- awareness, decrease pain and stress, support the individuation process and contribute to the resolution of trauma.  In many ways Jung understood this intuitively, as he recognized that restoring the broken bond between humans and nature is imperative to both our survival and our sanity.  In this workshop we will discuss the evolutionary intersection of ecological psychology with Jung’s work, and learn practices which can facilitate our connection to what Jung called our ‘natural’ or ‘primordial’ being.

Learning objectives

• Describe recent research findings which demonstrate how connecting to nature can help decrease pain and stress and promote psychological well-being
• Describe what is meant by the term ‘ecopsychology’ and its relationship to current psychological practice
• Give an example of a healing practice that can be taught to patients who are recovering from trauma

Shanti Mayberry HHP, Ph.D., is a depth ecopsychologist, holistic health consultant, and meditation and movement teacher in private practice in San Diego. A Jungian sandtray therapist for over 20 years, her background includes work in somatic studies, feminism, Eastern spiritual and earth wisdom traditions. Her writing has appeared in several nature publications as well as Psychological Perspectives, and she is currently completing a book about the ecological paradigm.

Presented by Fanny Brewster, Ph.D.

Growing up within a particular culture defines personality as well as identity. In this lecture we will focus on the influential elements of ethnicity, racism, and related  childhood trauma that are impactful in our formative years. Jung spoke of complexes as “splinter psyches” created by emotional trauma or shock.  Our discussion will center on the possible development of personality and accompanying racial complexes in us as children that are reflections of racial relations in our American Collective.

Workshop Presentation:

Memories of childhood dreams can remain with us throughout a lifetime.  This workshop is designed to help the dreamer re-visit significant childhood dreams relevant to our topic through active imagination.

Learning objectives:

• Define the term complex, and describe how the term is used in Jungian theory and practice;
• Describe what is meant by a racial complex, and give an example of how a patient might express such a complex;
• Describe how racial complex develop in response to early collective and personal trauma;
• Give an example of how to work with a patient’s dream which contains material related to a racial complex.

Fanny Brewster, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst and author of poetry and nonfiction. Her book African Americans and Jungian Psychology: Leaving the Shadows has recently been published by Routledge (2017). Her poems from Journey: The Middle Passage have appeared in the journalPsychological Perspectives (2016) in which she was Featured Poet. Dr. Brewster is a Core Faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and the Philadelphia Association of Jungian Analysts. She is a lecturer and workshop presenter on Jungian Psychology related topics and was most recently the keynote speaker in Portland, Oregon at the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) Conference, June 27, 2018.