Theme Boards Mentoring CPD & Supervision

Theoretical Underpinnings Psychoanalytical approach –Jung was a student of Freud Focused on understanding the unconscious –Explored dreams, folklore and myths –Disagrees with Freud about the structure of the unconscious

Key Principles Structure of the unconscious –Structure –Personal unconscious –Collective unconscious & Archetypes Attainment of self through individuation

Archetypes Self – regulating centre of the psyche and facilitator of individuation Shadow – the opposite of the ego & contains the qualities that the ego does not identify with Anima – female image in the male psyche Animus – the male image in the male psyche The Persona – how we present to the world. Acts as a mask

Archetype forms The child The hero The witch/crone The maiden The trixter The lover

The Theme board Expression of an idea New way of exploring an situation Generating new perspective/ perceptual shift Cathartic

Questions Where is there shadow? –What does that mean in your situation? Where is the light? –What does that mean in your situation? Where can growth take place? –How can this happen? –What can help it happen? –What hurdles may get in the way? Who is the hero/saboteur/sage in this story?