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###### Psychedelics and Active Imagination: Navigating the Unconscious on the Path of Individuation

###### Friday, March 13, 7:30 pmat St. George's Church, 4600 St Charles Ave Felicia Matto-Shepard, MFT, Jungian Analyst

###### Jung cautioned against the use of psychedelics back in the 1950’s for fear that this way of opening the portals to the unconscious could cause a tsunami of material, fragmenting or overwhelming the conscious ego. Meanwhile, Jung was creating practices such as Dreamwork and Active Imagination to help navigate this specific terrain--of integrating messages and eruptions from the unconscious into meaningful material. This presentation will look at ways Jungian psychology is contributing to the modern-day field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Specifically, we will consider the use of active imagination in navigating the complexes, symbols, and archetypal forces that can arise during a psychedelic session--both during a psychedelic-enhanced experience and in the integrative process afterward.

###### Bio: Felicia Matto-Shepard, MFT, is an Analyst Member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and an associated member of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association in New York. She is in private practice in Petaluma, CA. She holds a Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy and Research from the California Institute of Integral Studies and offers psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Her interests center on the intersection of body, psyche and authentic creative expression. She offers workshops in Alchemical Art, a process-based art exploration of the psyche, bringing together her life-long exploration of non-ordinary states and creative expression. She is a training analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and teaches internationally on depth psychotherapy, active imagination, and creativity.


###### Is the use of Psychedelics Really Necessary? Current Issues in Psychotherapy and Psychedelic-Induced Mystical Experiences

VIA - ZOOM

###### Saturday, April 4, 12 PM Central Time (via Zoom)

###### Deborah Bryon, PhD, NCPsyA, Jungian Analyst (via Zoom)

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###### Current issues we are facing as psychotherapists and Jungian analysts and clinicians will be explored. Topics to be discussed include the collective complex constellated in modern culture in response to the use of psychedelics, as well as similarities and differences between the drug-induced ayahausca experience and the states of ecstasy Andean shamans (paqos) experience without the use of plant medicine in relation to the individuation process. The stages of the 're-entry' process after a numinous encounter will be examined, addressing how these kinds of initiations may hinder or deepen personal growth. In addition, examples of material that often emerges from the unconscious for some clients in the aftermath of a profound mystical encounter will be described along with the validity of current research findings and whether drug-induced states are necessary to achieve deeper connection with the cosmos and the Self.

###### Bio: Deborah Bryon has a virtual private practice and lives in Madeira, Portugal. She received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver, before becoming a diplomate Jungian analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA) and a member of the International Association of Analytic Psychology (IAAP). Deborah has been studying and working with Peruvian paqos (shamans) for over twenty years, bringing groups to Peru to learn from the Andean paqos. She is the author of four books and multiple articles bringing the practice of psychoanalysis and Andean shamanism together. She is a frequent lecturer in the international psychoanalytic community.