“The folk tale is the primer for the picture of the soul.”
Joseph Campbell
Presented by Dr Rozan Christian
A four-week seminar series for clinicians
Tuition: $150 for the four-part series
Dates & Times:
All lectures take place live via Zoom
January 3rd, 17th, 31st, and February 14th 2023 from 8pm - 9:30pm US Eastern Time
If you are not able to join the live sessions, please note that the lectures will be recorded and all registered participants will receive the recordings afterwards.
Please note: All currently enrolled Archetypal Pattern Analyst (APA) students receive a 20% discount on this series. Email [email protected] to receive your discount code.
Joseph Campbell
Presented by Dr Rozan Christian
A four-week seminar series for clinicians
Tuition: $150 for the four-part series
Dates & Times:
All lectures take place live via Zoom
January 3rd, 17th, 31st, and February 14th 2023 from 8pm - 9:30pm US Eastern Time
If you are not able to join the live sessions, please note that the lectures will be recorded and all registered participants will receive the recordings afterwards.
Please note: All currently enrolled Archetypal Pattern Analyst (APA) students receive a 20% discount on this series. Email [email protected] to receive your discount code.
“This knowledge is invaluable for an analyst. That’s why Jung said that studying fairy tales is a good way to study the comparative anatomy of the collective unconscious, the deeper layers of the human psyche.”
Marie-Louise von Franz, Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales (p. 21)
Marie-Louise von Franz, Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales (p. 21)
About the Program
An exploration of fairy tales has a particular value for psychotherapy. Integrating fairy tales into the healing journeys of our patients - both adults and children – is of profound value for clinicians and other mental health professionals. Similar to the significant influence of dreams in our life, fairy tales also express the workings of the archetypes and The Self by manifesting the psyche’s contents through imagery, stories, and symbolism.
Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, and other pioneers in Jungian Psychology looked to fairy tales and myths to represent the anatomy of the psyche. The deep truths hidden in fairy tales - from complexes, to developmental processes, to the gift of allowing us to see an intimation of our true calling and destiny - continue to offer much to clinicians’ understanding of their clients’ psychological needs and journey.
In 1970, Marie-Louise von Franz wrote The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, in which she says: “Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of the collective unconscious psychic processes. Therefore, their value for (an) investigation of the unconscious exceeds that of all other material. They represent the archetypes in their simplest, barest and most concise form.”
Fairy tales present a series of universal motifs, including: the father-daughter or mother-son relationships, losing our way in the journey from oppression to redemption, the power of the witch’s spell, and the gift of finally finding our way home, to The Self. Throughout this program we will look to the images and motifs in these stories as guiding lights to learn about the language of Psyche, and the language of healing and redemption.
So too we come to understand the archetypal message inherent in these stories, and how this understanding informs the clinician’s understanding of their clients’ personal and archetypal challenges of life.
Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, and other pioneers in Jungian Psychology looked to fairy tales and myths to represent the anatomy of the psyche. The deep truths hidden in fairy tales - from complexes, to developmental processes, to the gift of allowing us to see an intimation of our true calling and destiny - continue to offer much to clinicians’ understanding of their clients’ psychological needs and journey.
In 1970, Marie-Louise von Franz wrote The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, in which she says: “Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of the collective unconscious psychic processes. Therefore, their value for (an) investigation of the unconscious exceeds that of all other material. They represent the archetypes in their simplest, barest and most concise form.”
Fairy tales present a series of universal motifs, including: the father-daughter or mother-son relationships, losing our way in the journey from oppression to redemption, the power of the witch’s spell, and the gift of finally finding our way home, to The Self. Throughout this program we will look to the images and motifs in these stories as guiding lights to learn about the language of Psyche, and the language of healing and redemption.
So too we come to understand the archetypal message inherent in these stories, and how this understanding informs the clinician’s understanding of their clients’ personal and archetypal challenges of life.
About the Presenter

Rozan Christian
Dr. Rozan Christian is a certified Archetypal Pattern Analyst, teaching her work in the archetypal significance of fairy tales in The Assisi Institute’s International training programs in the US, Latin America and Russia. Dr. Christian holds a doctoral degree in counseling from the University of North Texas and a master's degree in education from Southern Methodist University (SMU). She is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Texas, with a private practice in Dallas, Texas, focusing on the identification of unconscious processes in her clients’ lives.
Rozan serves as an adjunct professor in the Master of Science in Counseling Program at SMU and supervises post-graduate interns seeking professional counseling licensure. In addition, she has published in professional journals, co-authored chapters in books, and presented at national conferences about the effects of life-changing events, including near-death experiences.
Dr. Rozan Christian is a certified Archetypal Pattern Analyst, teaching her work in the archetypal significance of fairy tales in The Assisi Institute’s International training programs in the US, Latin America and Russia. Dr. Christian holds a doctoral degree in counseling from the University of North Texas and a master's degree in education from Southern Methodist University (SMU). She is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Texas, with a private practice in Dallas, Texas, focusing on the identification of unconscious processes in her clients’ lives.
Rozan serves as an adjunct professor in the Master of Science in Counseling Program at SMU and supervises post-graduate interns seeking professional counseling licensure. In addition, she has published in professional journals, co-authored chapters in books, and presented at national conferences about the effects of life-changing events, including near-death experiences.
Cancellations and Refunds
A full refund minus a $50 administrative fee, is given, if cancellation is made prior to one week (by December 27, 2022) before the beginning of the series. A 50% refund is given if cancellation is made less than one week before the series begins.
A full refund minus a $50 administrative fee, is given, if cancellation is made prior to one week (by December 27, 2022) before the beginning of the series. A 50% refund is given if cancellation is made less than one week before the series begins.