Presented by Paul Margrie
Tuesday, 12th March 2013
Synopsis: Myth is one of the avenues that, in Jungian terms, opens us to the collective unconscious and the realm of archetypal experience. Myth is also one way of discovering the creative imagination; or indeed a way in which the creative imagination communicates with us. Creative imagination is the primary facet that defines the Transpersonal approach to therapy and distinguishes its methodology from other forms of therapy.
I will be looking at the use of myth both in the sense of using pre-existent myths to aid therapeutic process as well as looking at our personal stories in a mythical way.
Biography: Paul Margrie: I have been working as a psychotherapist for over 20 years. My engagement with this work began when I was living in Eire where I owned an organic smallholding and ran a landscape gardening business. I got involved in Co Counselling and found that I truly loved working with people. For about 4 years I ran men's groups in Eire and was becoming more and more involved in therapeutic work. In 1992 I decided it was time to get serious and train properly to be a psychotherapist. I returned to the U.K. after nearly 20 years away and spent the next 5 years training at CCPE (The Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education). I qualified in 1997 and have since completed a supervisor training programme and an Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Psychotherapy. Currently I run a busy private practice; supervise individuals and groups; teach and facilitate at CCPE; and am a member of the Management Committee at CCPE. I was until recently the CCPE representative to the UKCP and the BACP.