Special Topics in Jungian Psychology
Spring 2026
Five classes offered by the C. G. Jung Institute of Colorado DOWNLOAD PDF
"The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul…"”"-C.G.Jung
"A dream not understood is like a letter unopened.""- The Talmud
These 5 classes will be structured around Robert Johnson’s Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth(Harper & Row, 1986) these 5 classes will investigate Jung’s ideas on dreams. Analysts will also include their own perspectives on dreams and how they have used dreams in their clinical work and in their personal lives.
Meetings will be held on Zoom, Wednesday evenings.
Dates:
Wed. April 15, 2026, 6:30-8:30PM MT: Teacher: Christine Chao
This class will cover pages 43-86. Approaching Dream Work. Step One: Associations. Step Two: Dynamics. Additional topics: What to do if I can’t remember my dreams?
Wed. April 29, 2026, 6:30-8:30PM MT: Teacher: Betsy Perluss
This class will cover pages 87-134. Interpretations and Rituals. Additional topics: Nightmares and Death in Dreams.
Wed. May 6, 2026, 6:30-8:30PM MT: Teacher: Deborah Monninger
This class will also cover pages 87-134. Interpretations and Rituals because the meaning of a dream is so complex. Additional topics: Can dreams foretell the future? Can I have too many dreams?
Wed. May 13, 2026, 6:30-8:30PM MT: Teacher: Lindsey Geiger
This class will cover pages 137-178. Active Imagination: Defining & Approaching Active Imagination.
Active Imagination as Mythic Journey. Step 1: The Invitation. Additional topics: Racial and Cultural Themes in Dreams and Active Imagination.
Wed. May 20, 2026, 6:30-8:30PM MT: Teacher: Doug Graves
This class will cover pages 179-214. Continuation of Active Imagination: The Dialogue, The Values, The Rituals. Additional topics: Dreams of people who have died. Dreams of political figures you either love or hate.
TIME: 6:30 to 8:30 PM
PLACE: Zoom
FEE: $150 for all 5 classes /$40 for individual classes
Please send a check to:
CGJIC
1776 S Jackson St Suite 203
Denver CO 80210
PayPal is also available for payment w/ a $5 fee at this link: junginstituteofcolorado.org/payments
Facilitators are subject to change without prior notice.
Please register for this class by email: Chao.Christine@gmail.com
Spring 2026
STUDY GROUP IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGYZoom/Virtual
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An ongoing monthly seminar providing in-depth study of the substance of C.G. Jung’s work—the how and why of his ideas, as well as practical applications. Each semester, participants will meet for four sessions under the tutelage of diplomate Jungian analysts. A variety of subjects will be taught, including structure and dynamics of the psyche, complexes and psychopathology, dream interpretation, alchemy, and archetypes of the collective unconscious.
The seminar is open to the public and is a prerequisite for application to the Analyst Training Program. Participants must have some background in Jungian psychology and be in analysis at least two hours a month with a diplomate Jungian analyst with membership in the International Association for Analytical Psychology. * There are no exceptions to this requirement.
WHEN: Saturday/Sunday (Sunday will be added if the Saturday group fills)
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. MDT, with an hour lunch break.
To be held on Zoom
COST: $550 if full payment is made by check and postmarked by January 15, 2026.
Send check payable to:
C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado
Attention: Treasurer
1776 South Jackson Street, Suite 203
Denver, Colorado. 80201
You may also pay via PayPal to include a $12.00 processing fee (totaling $562.00) at: www.junginstituteofcolorado.org/payments.html
If payment is received or posted to PayPal after January 15, 2026, there is a late payment fee of $50.00.
Tuition includes $100 non-refundable administrative fee. Tuition, less administrative fee, can be refunded up to
ten days prior to first class. There is a $20.00 return check charge.
For further information and to register, please contact Nancy Ortenberg at: nancyortenberg@msn.com, or call/text at 303-.com449-2011.
Please do not pay prior to contacting Nancy.
Class size is limited, so early registration is recommended.
*The International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) is the internationally recognized body for credentialing Jungian analysts. The Analyst Training Program of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado is fully accredited by the IAAP.
Spring 2026 Zoom Study Group - Alchemy
Instructors and Topics
9:00am – 2:30pm
February 7 and 8, 2026
John Todd
Psychology and Alchemy (CW12), Part III, chapters 1-4 (Basic Concepts of
Alchemy, The Psychic Nature of the Alchemical Work, The Work, The Prima
Materia), pp. 225-344.
Additional reading TBA
March 14 and 15, 2026
Grazia Di Giorgio
Alchemical Studies (CW13), Parts IV and The Spirit Mercurius, The
Philosophical Tree), pp. 191-349.
Additional Reading TBA
April 11 and 12, 2026
Puddi Lareau
The Psychology of the Transference (CW16), pp. 163-323.
May 2 and 3, 2026
Nancy Ortenberg
The Colors of Alchemy – Alchemical Stages of Transformation/Individuation
Alchemical Psychology, James Hillman. Spring Publications, 2010.Chapters 4-7, pp. 82-230
Psychology and Alchemy (CW12), Jung. Chapter 4, pp. 317-344