Enroll in the live course here:
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The live course begins on October 12th, 2024. The recorded course will remain available thereafter.
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Jung and Addiction: An eight module college-level course This course is an ideal resource for anyone interested in learning more about Carl Jung’s understanding of addiction and its treatment and his connection to Alcoholics Anonymous and the recovery movement. Throughout this course a number of different approaches to recovery are brought into conversation with Jung’s understanding of addiction and compulsivity. This course includes one free class plus eight full modules with resources and further learning opportunities available through our online learning platform, www.depthpsychologyacademy.com.
Students who successfully complete all of the assignments in the online learning platform will earn a certificate of completion. Attendees may also simply audit the course, without needing to complete assignments for credit. Enroll in the live course here:
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“You see, ‘alcohol’ in Latin is ‘spiritus’ and you use the same word for the highest religious experience as well as for the most depraving poison. The helpful formula therefore is: spiritus contra spiritum.” ~ Carl Jung, his letter to Bill W., in Letters of C. G. Jung Vol. 2, p. 625
Despite all scientific research and learning, advanced drugs and medications, and advances in psychology and psychotherapy, the advice that Carl Jung gave one of his patients, a Mr. Roland H., in the early 20th century is now widely recognized as being the most effective treatment of alcoholism and addiction that has yet been discovered. Jung told Roland H. that his condition was hopeless unless “he could become the subject of a spiritual or religious experience.” Strange advice coming from a medical professional, but it not only inspired Roland H. to finally give up alcohol, but has become one of the core principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. What did Jung mean by this statement? Why are addicts often able to overcome their addictions through twelve step programs when no other methods seem to be as effective? How do these methods relate to Jung’s process of individuation and the problem of evil? How do these ideas relate to trauma, neurobiology and attachment theory? We explore these questions and more in this college-level course on Jung and addiction. Throughout this course we explore how Jung and other Jungians have understood addiction and compulsivity, and we compare these approaches to contemporary scientific and social scientific approaches.
Enroll in the eight module course here:
https://www.depthpsychologyacademy.com/courses/jung-208-jung-and-addiction
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