In our first in person program since the pandemic, Dr Jane Selinske presents Projective Drawing as Pathway Toward Healing and Individuation. This is a hands on program so be ready to draw. No previous art experience is necessary to attend this class. We will provide basic materials, such as paper plates, pads of paper, graphite and colored pencils, pastels, and crayons, but suggest you bring your own preferred materials also.

As personal and private matters may come up in the course of this presentation, no recording of this presentation will be made and there will be no zoom attendance offered.

In analytical psychology there has been an emphasis on projection as the means by which the contents of the inner world are made available to ego-consciousness. Jung was the first to discover how to integrate his unconscious with consciousness through his depressive break from Freud using active imagination, projective drawing, and dialogue. For Jung, the function of projection was to separate the subject and object culminating in increased ego-consciousness. He was also interested in the origin of the projections as archetypal or personal.

One particular way to access the unconscious is through Projective Drawing, which can assist the therapist in understanding clients who can project their unconscious thoughts, feelings, history and concerns onto the drawing. The information that is gained can inform the therapeutic treatment. Additionally, the art, imagery and symbols created can be particularly helpful without direct verbal revelation.

Our Presenter:

Jane Selinske, EdD, LCSW, NCPsyA, LP, MT-BC, is a licensed Jungian analyst, a practitioner of Mandala Assessment and Board-Certified Music Therapist. She was trained at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York and has taught psychology and Jungian theory at the Washington Jung Society, PAJA, the Institute of Expressive Analysis, the Creative Therapies Institute connected with New York University, the New York C.G. Jung Institute, Rutgers University and the New York C.G. Jung Foundation, where she is currently President of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Selinske has a practice in Sedona, AZ, where she unites music and imagery, art, spirituality and Jungian theory.

Location : New Vision Center for Spiritual Living, 18010 N Tatum Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85032

This is on the west side of Tatum Blvd, just off of the 101, 1.3 miles south of the Musical Instrument Museum.