The aim of the seminar is to examine the value of paying attention to the occurrence of words in dreams both personally and in clinical practice.  Words occur in dreams in many forms, they may be spoken, heard, written or read, sometimes appearing in the guise of poetry or song.  Often they have a portentous and awe-inspiring nature. They can be as important as the images that inhabit our dreams.

The vibrational, energetic and archetypal qualities of words will be explored as well as words as sacred sound and their connection to creativity on a personal and collective level.  In addition, methods of amplification and active imagination will be highlighted through examples from practice.

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Gail Bennett is a Jungian Analyst with the Guild of Analytical Psychologists in private practice in East London.  Prior to training as an analyst she was a psychiatric nurse and lecturer in mental health for nursing and social work programmes and has been practicing as a psychotherapist both in the NHS and privately for 24 years.  She is a trustee of the C G Jung Club and co-ordinates the Grassroots Seminar series as well aa helping to plan the certificate and diploma seminar programmes for GAP.   She has a particular interest in working with trauma, neurodiversity and eating disorders as well the value of poetry, sound, music and image in psychological healing.

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Jung, C.G. (1967), Collected Works Vol. 5, The Transformation of Libido ¶ 229 -238.

Lockhart, R.A., Words as Eggs: Psyche in Language and Clinic,  US: Spring Publications (2012), Chapter titles: ‘Words as Eggs’ and ‘Eros in Language, Myth and Dream.’

Meier, C.A., Healing Dream and Ritual: Ancient Incubation and Modern Psychotherapy, Switzerland: Daimon Verlag (2009), Chapters 5 and 6.

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