Class 1: Who am I? Constructing and deconstructing identity
This first class begins with one of the oldest questions in psychology and philosophy: Who am I? Jungian analyst Dariane Pictet invites you to sit with the question, and to notice what it stirs.
Drawing on Jungian concepts of the ego complex and the persona, this class examines how we construct identity through memory, narrative, and social conditioning. You will explore how the stories we repeat about ourselves gradually solidify into traits. And how those traits that were once adaptive, can become the walls of a self-made cage. Dariane weaves together insights from Jung, trauma research, neuroscience, and developmental psychology to show how the past conditions the present, and why simply asking why we are the way we are rarely sets us free.
At the heart of the class is the idea that Jungian depth work's goal is to gently loosen the grip of the narratives that limit you. This class lays the foundation for a more open relationship with yourself.
Key themes in this class: ego complex · persona · shadow · memory and identity · self-narrative · intergenerational patterns · depth psychology
Class 2: Dialogue, meditation, and living from a larger Self
Where the first class builds the intellectual foundation, this second class goes deeper. It goes into the body, into dialogue, and into direct experience. Dariane Pictet facilitates a rich conversation about what it actually feels like to be caught in limiting self-definitions, and what becomes possible when we begin to release them.
One of the session's explorations concerns ancestral identity: how the experiences of those who came before us, even when undocumented or forgotten, are carried in our bodies, behaviors, and relational patterns. Through the lens of epigenetics and Jungian spiritual DNA, Dariane illuminates how intergenerational trauma shapes the present self, and how this transmission can be made conscious and, ultimately, transformed.
The session closes with a guided spoken meditation, an active Jungian inquiry into the sense of I. The inquiry is designed to help participants step out of habitual self-concept and into a wider field of consciousness. This is depth psychology made experiential: a direct encounter with psychological freedom, not just a description of it.
Key themes in this class: ancestral trauma · epigenetics · Jungian meditation · self-inquiry · group dialogue · consciousness · individuation · psychological freedom
