Today I continued my eternal search for self improvement ( as well as necessary CEU credits for my license) by attending fibers seminar with a Jungian therapist Shirley Jackson.
I arrived late and was delighted to discover that the class was engaged in making rope using a primitive system involving plastic cups and pencils! Earlier this summer I learned to do this with a fancy rope maker - no need for fancy gear now!
Shirley peppered her teaching with mythology and examples from a book call Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myth and Archtype of the Wild Woman by Camilla Pinkola Estes - perfectly up my alley.
Shirley is also a Jungian sand tray teacher. This is a form of therapy involving a sand tray and figures which often represent Jungian archetypes. She demonstrated how to use fabrics as a substitute for the sand tray and how to use string and fibers in the sand tray. They can represent networks and webs, knots and tangles. So much room for metaphor.
The last half of the class was devoted to making dolls out of yarn which I knew how to do already. Or so I thought. Shirley taught an entirely new method which promoted collaboration between therapist and client in a way that creates bonds. Always learning....
I arrived late and was delighted to discover that the class was engaged in making rope using a primitive system involving plastic cups and pencils! Earlier this summer I learned to do this with a fancy rope maker - no need for fancy gear now!
Shirley peppered her teaching with mythology and examples from a book call Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myth and Archtype of the Wild Woman by Camilla Pinkola Estes - perfectly up my alley.
Shirley is also a Jungian sand tray teacher. This is a form of therapy involving a sand tray and figures which often represent Jungian archetypes. She demonstrated how to use fabrics as a substitute for the sand tray and how to use string and fibers in the sand tray. They can represent networks and webs, knots and tangles. So much room for metaphor.
The last half of the class was devoted to making dolls out of yarn which I knew how to do already. Or so I thought. Shirley taught an entirely new method which promoted collaboration between therapist and client in a way that creates bonds. Always learning....
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please tell me what good thing you encountered today.