$150 tuition

Please note: All currently enrolled Archetypal Pattern Analysis (APA) students receive a 15% discount on this conference. Email [email protected] to receive your discount code. 

7 CE credits $70

Follow this link to view which Boards of Approval recognize Continuing Education hours offered for this program. ​

Live via Zoom. All registered participants will receive a recording of all lectures afterwards.
This presentation will be presented in English with simultaneous translation in Spanish & Russian.
“All projections are unconscious identifications with the object…From this enchainment he had to free the soul by means of the separation …” (Jung, Vol 14)
Since the beginning of time we have lived with the ongoing interplay between discernment and delusion, benevolence and malevolence and illusion and truth.  It is an essential part of the archetypal nature of life to live with these paradoxes which we also find captured in dreams. Our task is to see beyond the illusionary nature of many of our beliefs, so as to apprehend the innate wisdom of dreams, which convey a reality which far surpasses that of conscious deliberation.

     In many mythic and biblical tales we find an arrogance/hubris whereby humanity sees themselves better than the Gods and no longer needing the intercession of the sacred. However this trait is still active in the contemporary Psyche, causing us to create beliefs which justify our way of life. This adoration of the subjective is what creates further estrangement from the Self and the soul. Instead we need to turn to what Marie Lousie von Franz termed; “Nature Constants”, to the innate wisdom of archetypes.

   The alchemical process of “Separatio” offers redemption and freedom from the confines of seeing life through the lens of our own biases and projections. In dream work, it is imperative to discern the innate, archetypal (non-personal) meaning of images.  The alchemists referred to this as the “Separatio” which involves; “learn(ing) to discern between the parts of oneself that serve a higher purpose versus those that hinder spiritual growth…(which) is possible only if the delusory projections that veil the reality of things can be withdrawn.”
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 Taught by Dr Michael Conforti, and guest faculty Elizabeth Colista, this Winter Dream Conference continues our ongoing investigations into the relationship between archetypes, complexes and the process of “Separatio” in dream work. 
Please note that our Dream Conference is open to both clinicians and those who have a personal interest in gaining deeper insight into the archetypal nature of their nighttime dreams.

Faculty

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Dr. Michael Conforti

Dr. Michael Conforti is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute.  He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, and for many years served as a Senior Associate faculty member in the Doctoral and Master's Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England.  A pioneer in the field of matter-psyche studies, and for the past 40 years, has been actively investigating the workings of archetypal fields and the relationship between Jungian psychology and the New Sciences. 

He has presented his work to a wide range of national and international audiences, including the C.G. Jung Institute - Zurich and Jungian organizations in; Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Romania, Russia, Singapore,South Africa, the Ukraine and Venezuela.
 
He is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings (2007) and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche (2002). His articles have appeared in Psychological Perspectives, The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Roundtable Press, World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, and Spring Journal. His books have been translated into Italian, Russian, and Spanish. 
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Elizabeth Colistra, PhD.
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Elizabeth Colistra, PhD, LPC, LP is a certified Jungian analyst, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychoanalyst with a private practice in the French Quarter in New Orleans. She trained at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York and the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association while completing her doctorate from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a faculty member of the New Orleans Jungian Seminar and an analyst member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts.

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Schedule
  • Friday, January 23rd, 2026 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm US Eastern Time
  • Saturday, January 24th, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5:00 pm US Eastern Time
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Cancellations & Refund
​A full refund - minus a $50 administrative fee - is given if cancellations are made prior to January 20, 2026
$150 tuition
Please note: All currently enrolled Archetypal Pattern Analysis (APA) students receive a 15% discount on this conference. Email [email protected] to receive your discount code. 
7 CE credits $70

Follow this link to view which Boards of Approval recognize Continuing Education hours offered for this program. ​

Live via Zoom all registered participants will receive a recording of all lectures afterwards.
This presentation will be presented in English with simultaneous translation in Spanish & Russian.
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Mystic, CT 06355
(860) 415-5004     [email protected]