When A Cigar is Not a Cigar.!

The McMillan Institute for Jungian Studies Presents:

Sexual Dreams: When a Cigar is Not a Cigar

Tuesday, July 15 | 6 – 8 p.m. CT 

Sexual fantasies and dreams are often unshared and un-interpreted because they are suffused with shame and we have not understood their more complex psychological, relational or spiritual meanings.

Dreams and fantasies state and solve problems, express emotions and gratify wishes. They portray our current problems, past dilemmas, future possibilities and express in images and stories those feelings and experiences that are the most difficult to think or talk about. Sexual dreams and fantasies are no exception. Jung saw sexual dreams as potential carriers of relational and even spiritual meaning. Freud saw them as reflecting instinctual drives. How do those ideas intertwine in sexual dreams? Can sexual dreams and fantasies have hidden levels of meaning that link one domain of experience with another in a way that can enlarge us? 

Sexual dream-related material presented in the class will be provided by the instructor.

Learning Objectives for Sexual Dreams: When a Cigar is Not a Cigar 

• Be able to see sexual metaphor as a useful bridge between relational issues and sexual ones. 

• Be able to make a distinction between “interpreting towards” or “interpreting away” from sex in dreams and fantasy images.

• Be able to apply Jung’s “Causal” and “Final” perspectives when interpreting sexual dreams

• Be aware of the central differences between Jungian and Freudian interpretive positions regarding sexual imagery in dreams and fantasies.

The Presenter:

Susan Meindl is a licensed Psychologist in private practice in Montreal. She is a graduate of the McGill Counselling Psychology program and the Argyle Institute Psychoanalytically Oriented Psychotherapy program. She is a member of the Ordre des Psychologues du Quebec, the Ordre des Conseillers et Conseillères d'Orientation du Québec, an OPQ certified supervisor of psychotherapy, and a qualified member of the Quebec, Canadian and International Psychoanalytic Associations.

This program is being offered ONLINE only. 

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.

To Register:

https://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/junghouston/event.jsp?event=12308&