Depth Psychology of Love Course
Depth Psychology of Love Course
This course is designed for clinicians working in the field of psychology with individuals and couples, and for anyone who is interested in deepening their understanding of the complex and varied psychological and archetypal nuances of love and relationship. The video lectures and modules offer a wealth of insight into the invisible forces acting behind relationship attractions, choices, and history. The course was originally developed by Dr. Mozol to teach at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the PhD program for Jungian and Archetypal Depth Psychology. Over the many years that she taught the course, it developed further. After taking a five-year sabbatical from teaching, Dr. Mozol came back to this material, reworking and deepening it for this online format. While the courses addresses complex psychological theory and dynamics, the emphasis is on making this critical material available and accessible to all.
Romantic relationships are laden with expectations of mythic proportions. This course delves into the magic of storytelling through the essential fairy tales and myths about love, including the tale of Psyche and Eros, and mines the treasures of depth psychological thinking about love, desire, sexuality, and marriage. Concepts such as libido, anima and animus, projection, transference, and archetypal dimensions of personal experience are discussed.
This course is designed to address the complexities of the concepts of love, desire, and sexuality when approached from a depth psychological perspective. The course material is approached through classical and contemporary Jungian and psychoanalytic theories—those of Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and individuals who have expanded in significant ways on their original work. The concepts of love, desire, and sexuality are viewed from the inside out, focusing on the intra-psychic transformation of the archetypes of anima/animus as they move from a state of possession to one of freedom and relationship. By developing a tolerance and understanding for inner diversity (through inner transformation of the anima/animus and the integration of shadow material), it is assumed that one gains the capacity for a love based on authenticity that remains connected to the anima mundi, or world soul.
