Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
One Day Workshop | Friday 28th February 2025 | Michael Sinclair | Exeter Campus
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Archetypes & the collective unconscious are central to human psychology. Exploring them can deeply support clients & drive meaningful change
The material presented in this event will include:
Introduction to the concepts, origins and definitions of Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, and how they fit into Jungian theory, particularly the structure and dynamics of the psyche.
Exploration of archetypes in action and the manifestation of the collective unconscious – both in individuals and in society.
Differentiating between the personal life and the ‘collective’ looking at the detail of individual and collective experience of archetypes and how the collective unconscious influences life and society.
Looking at how archetypes and the collective unconscious evolve and emerge in individuals throughout life, and how they can be used in clinical practice to support the process of improving an individual’s psychological and emotional world.
Mainly delivered in lecture style the event will include interactive break-out sessions where participants can explore how archetypes have emerged in their own lives, or the lives of those around them, and in the practice room.
What You Will Learn
- A rounded and more informed understanding of the key concepts of Jungian theory and its influence on society’s understanding of human psychology.
- An understanding of the concepts of Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious and how they emerge and develop in individuals.
- How Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious can be used to facilitate and support the therapeutic process.
Who is this event for?
This event would be useful for:
- Trainee counsellors
- Qualified counsellors and psychotherapists
- Psychologists, doctors and other health professionals aiming to help improve the psychological health and wellbeing of members of the public.
Additional information for participants
Participants do not need to bring any additional materials, other than their own Self, a willingness to be open to new ideas and share their own experiences.
Meet the Tutor: Michael Sinclair
Reading Jung is what first attracted Michael to psychology as a subject and psychotherapy as a profession. 
Jung’s approach to the mystical and numinous as relevant fields of study and analysis differentiated his approach from more mainstream psychologists and psychoanalysts. Jung’s contribution to our understanding of human psychology is immense and many of his key concepts still form a major part of psychology today. The concepts of the Collective Unconscious, and of the Archetypes that reside within it, explain many psychological experiences that individuals experience throughout life. Working with these in a therapeutic setting can significantly help the process of individuation (integration of the self into a healthy and balanced whole).
Michael undertook his psychology degree at Birkbeck College in the late 1980s where he also attended the British Psychoanalytical Society’s first ‘Introduction to Psychoanalysis’ course open to unqualified analysts. He has worked as a psychiatric nursing assistant, a research psychologist and a chief information officer in the NHS. In 1990 he gained a certificate in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and did the Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling at Iron Mill (2018-2020). He also undertook the Certificate in Jungian and Post-Jungian Clinical Concepts provided by the Centre of Applied Jungian Studies (CAIS) as part of his extended CPD.
He has worked as a coach, mentor and leader for professional development in the NHS for almost thirty years and as a therapist for over 6yrs including a year as a trainee CAT therapist, and more recently as an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor based in primary care practices, and in private practice.
Workshop date and cost
Friday 28th February 2025, 10:00-16:00
General admission £90.00
IMC Student / Graduate Ticket £67.50
IMC Students in Advanced Training £45.00
