At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability

Ira Progoff

Penguin Publishing Group, May 1, 1992 - Self-Help - 432 pages

What would you like your life to be?

Ira Progoff's Intensive Journal Process combines one of the oldest methods of self-exploration and expression--keeping a journal--with a structured format that enables you to get to know the inner core of your life on ever-deeper levels and gain a fuller perspective on where you are. The Intensive Journal Process also empowers you to take the action necessary to change the course of your life and unlock your hidden creative potential. This rich, insightful work is a treasure for all those involved in self-inquiry, artistic creation, and spiritual renewal.

Contents

• The Scope of Personal Renewal: 2
• The Dimensions of Private Journal Work: 19
• The Atmosphere of a Journal Workshop: 33

About the author

Since the 1950s, Ira Progoff has been exploring psychological methods for creativity and spiritual experience with social applications. He is a leading authority on the psychology of C. G. Jung, humanistic and transpersonal psychology, as well as journal writing.The conceptual base of Ira Progoff's holistic depth psychology can be found in a trilogy of earlier books. The Death and Rebirth of Psychology (1956) crystallizes the cumulative results of the work of Freud, Adler, Jung, and Rank to build the foundation for a new psychology. Depth Psychology and Modern Man (1959) presents a holistic view of evolution as a foundation for nonanalytic method in depth psychology. The Symbolic and the Real (1963) discusses the significance of these concepts for modern society and demonstrates the personal use of twilight imagery.As Director of the Institute for Research in Depth Psychology at the Drew University Graduate School from 1959 to 1971, Dr. Progoff conducted research on life cycles and their relation to spiritual and creative experience. Drawing on the principles of these books and research at Drew University, he developed the Intensive Journal method in 1966 as a system of nonanalytic integrative techniques for drawing out and interrelating the contents of an individual life. He founded Dialogue House in 1966 as a means of organizing Intensive Journal workshops.Progoff passed away in 1998.

Bibliographic information

• Title: At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability
• Author: Ira Progoff
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1992
• ISBN: 0874776384, 9780874776386
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Inspiration & Personal Growth; Psychology / Psychotherapy / Counseling; Self-Help / Journaling