Carl Jung and the Origins of Art Therapy: Exploring the Model of Working with the Psyche Through the Use of Images (Online)

Carl Jung and the Origins of Art Therapy: Exploring the Model of Working with the Psyche Through the Use of Images (Online)

Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 1–4pm
Location: Online
$40 | $32 Members | $4 Full-Time Students
3 CEs Available

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Price range: $40.00 through $55.00

Student Rate

Students: You must use a current university email address to complete your registration. CEs not provided to those using student rate.

This presentation of Jung and Art Therapy will focus on the book Jungian Art Therapy by Nora Swan-Foster.  It will be explained how Jung’s concepts can be applied to art therapy, using art materials as a way for people to visually express and explore their creative unconscious. The significance of symbols and archetypes in art therapy will be explained to highlight Jung’s theories on universal images.

The presentation will include an art experiential of making Mandalas.  Carl Jung believed drawing mandalas can help integrate conflicting parts of the psych and bring harmony to act as a medium for healing.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Have an understanding of Carl Jung’s personal use of art.
  2. How exploring dream images put into art can help to see the unconscious in a therapeutic process.
  3. How using the art process can relieve trauma issues.
  4. How art therapy fosters a client’s own personal process of individuation and creativity.
  5. How art therapy can manage and relieve stress.

Recommended Reading

Presenter

Tracy Ehrhardt was a photojournalist before receiving her master’s degree in counseling psychology from Boston College in 1992.  She has been an Art Therapist and Registered Board Certified since 1996 from College of Notre Dame. She is an LMFT in Missouri and a LCPC in Illinois, and has had her private practice since 2008. Tracy has been a member of the St. Louis Jung Society since 2007.