PACKAGE: Understanding Us Intensive Sessions: Core Concepts of Depth Psychology

A Six-Module Introduction

The unconscious part of your psyche is the gateway to access the life your soul intended you to live. This module explores the fundamental concepts (the what), as well as the tools and practices (the how) that bridge the conscious to the unconscious.

Enduring questions: Is your life being run by your soul and spirit or your shadow? How do you know? What does it look like and feel like to be dictated by either? How does one go about knowing the difference? How would life be different if your life was run by an internal locus of control?

From Leslie:
“When you learn how to decode and speak the language of the unconscious part of your psyche, you will find yourself on the path to wholeness. When on the path to wholeness, you will encounter your essence, your Self, your true nature. From there, your authentic purpose and inherent agency spontaneously unfolds.”

“This is the path (or lens) I use with all my clients. In this Understanding Us module, we will unpack and parse apart the foundational parts of the path of individuation. This path (Individuation) was coined by Carl Jung. In my estimation, it is the most brilliant work in terms of moving through the upper limit of the conscious mind and coming into relationship with the dark, shadowed and unconscious parts of us. These parts - unknowingly to most - dictate nearly all of our behavior. When you can come into relationship with these parts, give them space, and look at them as a witness with compassion, you will be able to source authentic love, creativity, curiosity, possibility, humility…in essence, the truth of who you are.”

Course Dates: Tuesdays - Nov 17, 24, Dec 1, 8, 15, 22

Time: 6:00-7:15 pm PST.
Discussion - 7:15-8:00 (optional and free).

Cost: If purchasing tickets on the Website, the cost will be $115 for the full package of 6 sessions, or $27 for each individual session.

A discount is available for those who pay via Venmo or Zelle: $108 for all 6 sessions ($18 per session). Or, $24 for each session purchased individually.
Venmo: @Leslie-Boyd-2. Zelle: 760-900-1487. Please note in payment: “Depth Sessions.”

Format: Online via Zoom (sessions will be recorded and emailed to participants after each session).

Lens: This class will be taught through the lens of Depth Psychology/Jungian Psychology. Where it is deemed fitting, somatic integration, biology/physiology, philosophy, modern psychology and traditional yogic concepts will be weaved throughout as support pieces.

Notes: Each of the sessions will be taught sequentially; they build upon one another. The option to pay per session is a financial offering. Participants are encouraged to attend/view recording of all 6 sessions. This is a psychology-based educational module; it is not a group therapy course.

Target Audience:

1. Anyone who desires a relationship with their True Nature, i.e., The Self, and is curious about their shadow and how it might be affecting their life.
2. Individuals who have entered into a transition (new job, new relationship, empty-nesting, a move, etc.) and would like tools and practices to aid in a smooth transition.
3. Those who are desiring a path that is organic, in that it uses the endogenous technologies within one’s own being; as opposed to sourcing technology externally.
4. Individuals seeking to connect to the spiritual part of themselves.
5. Those who are currently in a therapeutic relationship with a practitioner, but are seeking additional direction, organization and/or a delineated path.

What Participants Will Receive:

⁃ Six 1.25 hour live sessions. Within the sessions, you will receive:
⁃ Handouts: includes Leslie’s personal notes, diagrams for visual learners/further integration, a glossary of esoteric and related terms.
⁃ “Working the Inner Realm” path. This is Leslie’s path she uses personally and professionally. It’s a step-by-step process that you can use in your personal life and/or use it with a practitioner. It’s a path that keeps you in relationship with your agency.
⁃ Meditations and breath work that will support access to your spirit, soul and shadow.
⁃ Homework, journal/reflection questions and somatic practices that support the learning in each session.
⁃ Free (optional) discussion group immediately following the lecture.
⁃ Connection to a like-minded community; those who are also working and studying the inner path.

Session Titles and Definitions:
1. November 17 - Individuation: The path of integrating unconscious aspects into conscious awareness as to bring wholeness, self-realization, and a relationship with the authentic part of us: The Self. The process involves facing, reconciling, and embracing conflicting aspects of the personality.
2. November 24 - Differentiation: The process of separating the ego from the unconscious and distinguishing it between different psychic functions (thinking, feeling, intuition and sensations) as to achieve psychological health and individuation. Differentiation is always for a separation of one’s own psychological contents of Self from the psychological contents of others.
3. December 1 - Shadow: The hidden, rejected or unacknowledged parts of one’s personality. This includes traumas, karmas, unprocessed ancestral wounds and the collective unconscious.
4. December 8 - Spirit and Soul: The spirit is an autonomous, non-material psychological reality that acts as an enlivening, breath-like presence; it cannot be proven objectively or understood purely through rational thought. The soul is a functional, inner complex that mediates between the ego and the internal and external worlds (personified as the anima or animus).
5. December 15 - Anima/Animus: The anima and animus are unconscious archetypes that represent the inner, contra-sexual image of the opposite gender in the human psyche. They act as bridges connecting the conscious part of the psyche (ego) to the deep, collective unconscious. Through the individuation process, these unconscious forces are integrated rather than projected onto intimate/romantic relationships.
6. December 22 - Integration: The process (the work) of bringing unconscious parts of the psyche - shadow, for example, - into conscious awareness.

In each session, we will parse out and breakdown each of these concepts and connect them to everyday life/living.