Jungian Somatics: Exploring the Body in Jung's Work

This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom

In her teaching and clinical work, Jane Clapp collaborates with the body as a potent doorway into the labyrinthian nature of psyche. In this seminar, she will explore the concept of the body as a container where the alchemical process of individuation takes place. While Jung's work is inherently embodied due to his understanding of complexes carrying feeling tone in the subtle body, and physiological charge in the autonomic nervous system, the soma is often left out of the consulting room or in theoretical discussions.

Jane's area of specialization is early childhood trauma including preverbal complexes. As such, a somatic approach to working with complexes is a cornerstone of working with early childhood traumatic complexes that can remain 'stuck' in the psychoid unconscious. As Jung asserted- what we can't symbolize we somatize. Join us as we explore the relationship between psyche and soma throughout this lecture!

This event is potentially appropriate for Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Jane Clapp is a Jungian Analyst (IAAP), and a Registered Psychotherapist. For over twenty years, she has been a movement and somatic coach as well as an embodiment educator. During this time she's worked with diverse clientele worldwide- many of whom have suffered deeply from emotional or physical pain, longing to come back into meaning and vitality.

Jane founded and created a professional training program, Movement for Trauma, which has been attended by psychotherapists and somatic practitioners from around the world. She is a member of The Breathe Network, which connects sexual violence survivors with trauma-informed healing arts practitioners. Jane has previously presented with the Jung Society of Utah, the Calgary Jung Society, and the London Arts-Based Research Centre. Additionally, she has presented on vicarious trauma prevention and compassion fatigue for organizations including the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs, Fire Service Women of Ontario, and at the Trauma Talks conference for Women’s College Hospital.

Jane believes in the power of understanding the body and psyche together to recover who we are truly meant to be in our lives. Discover more about Jane at her personal website, explore her work in Jungian Somatics™ here, or read her writing and view her talks on SubStack.

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