Workshops
Tower Yoga
Fresno, CA
July 2024
This community workshop provided participants with practical tools and techniques for interpreting dreams, focusing on identifying and analyzing recurring symbols, themes, and narratives. Through facilitated discussions, participants explored the deeper meanings behind personal and collective human experiences through the lens of depth psychology. Interactive activities were designed to enhance understanding of how dreams and myths shape personal narratives, contributing to a deeper self-awareness.
Dreams Meet Myth: An Inner Exploration
April & October 2024
Beneath the Surface: An Introductory Journey into Depth Psychology
A 6-week course for licensed psychotherapists and other healing pracictioners through the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute (PSI) of New York, offering continuing education units approved by the state governing board. The course, titled "Introduction to Depth Psychology Workshop," covered topics including persona, shadow, archetype, individual and collective unconscious, synchronicity, the numinous, dreams, symbols, association, amplification, active imagination, and social dreaming.
Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute
New York, NY (Online Workshop)
February 2024
Community Social Dreaming Workshop
A community workshop centered on Gordon Lawrence's Social Dreaming theory, which posits that dreams hold both collective meaning. Participants had a structured opportunity (ritual) to share dreams with others. This workshop focused on the relationship between dreaming and culture, not on aspects of the individual dreamer
Tower Yoga
Fresno, CA
June 2023
Dream Tending 101
Acommunity workshop designed to help curious minds understand the fundamental nature of psychodynamic work by Freud and Jung, focusing on the unconscious and dream work. The workshop explored associations, amplification, and animation through a narrative inquiry and journaling.
Tower Yoga
Fresno, CA
May 2021
Understanding Deeper Meaning Through Dreams and Myth
Clinical Understanding and Interventions of Suicidality in the Armenian Culture
A three-day workshop for psychology students completing their clinical hours through the NGO Nor Luyce in Armenia, titled "Understanding Deeper Meaning Through Dreams and Myth." The workshop explored the psychological significance of dreams and myths, emphasizing their therapeutic potential. Participants engaged in interactive sessions to analyze and interpret dreams and myths, enhancing their clinical skills and understanding of symbolic meanings in therapy.
The second phase of the workshop focused on "Clinical Understanding and Interventions for Suicidality within the Context of Armenian Culture” which provided an in-depth exploration of the cultural nuances and unique factors influencing suicidality among Armenians. Participants gained practical skills and insights into culturally sensitive assessment and intervention strategies, equipping them to address suicidality effectively within the Armenian community.
Shirak Univeristy & NGO: Nor Luyce
Gyumri, Armenia