Apply Jungian Psychology to Dreams, Symbols, Inner Work, and Culture

Jung 102 builds on the basic concepts of Jungian psychology and shows how those ideas can be used in practical, reflective, and symbolically rich ways.

Jungian psychology is not only a set of concepts. It is also a way of approaching dreams, symbols, imagination, inner conflict, cultural patterns, and the movement of unconscious life into conscious awareness. Jung 102: Applied Jungian Psychology introduces students to the practical side of Jung’s work. The course begins with the importance of creating a protected space for inner work, then moves into dream work, active imagination, amplification, mythology, fairy tales, alchemy, cultural interpretation, ancestry, spiritual practice, and ritual eldership. This course is especially valuable for students who have completed Jung 101 and are ready to move from Jungian vocabulary into Jungian practice. It may be taken as a standalone course, or as the second required course in the Certificate in Foundational Depth Psychology.
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Move from Jungian Concepts into Jungian Practice

Jung 102 shows how Jungian ideas become useful when we learn to work carefully with symbols, dreams, images, stories, and unconscious patterns.

In Jung 101, students are introduced to the basic structure of Jung’s psychology: ego, unconscious, complexes, psychic energy, archetypes, persona, shadow, anima and animus, the Self, individuation, and the ego-Self axis. Jung 102 takes the next step. It asks how these ideas can be applied. How do we listen to the unconscious? How do we approach a dream? How do we work with an image, a mood, a symbol, or a recurring pattern? How do mythology, fairy tales, and alchemy help us understand what emerges from the psyche? The course is not a clinical training program and does not teach students to become analysts or therapists. Rather, it offers a serious educational introduction to the methods and symbolic frameworks that Jung and later Jungians used to understand the psyche, support inner work, and interpret the personal and cultural life of the unconscious.
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Move from Jungian Concepts into Jungian Practice

Who This Course Is For

This course is well suited for therapists, counselors, educators, clergy, spiritual directors, artists, writers, students of religion and mythology, and serious lay learners who want to understand how Jungian psychology can be applied to dreams, symbols, imagination, culture, and inner work.

It is especially appropriate for students who have already taken Jung 101, or who already have a basic working knowledge of Jungian psychology and want to study the practical methods that grow out of Jung’s model of the psyche.

This course is also one of the four required courses in the Academy’s Certificate in Foundational Depth Psychology.

This course is especially helpful for students who want to understand:

  • How to create a protected space for symbolic and reflective work
  • The role of dreams in Jungian psychology
  • The practice and purpose of active imagination
  • The method of amplification
  • How mythology can illuminate symbolic patterns
  • How fairy tales reveal archetypal structures
  • Why alchemy became so important in Jung’s later work
  • How Jungian psychology can help interpret cultural patterns
  • The relationship between ancestry, spiritual practice, service, and symbolic life

What You Will Study

In this course, we explore:

  • Sacred space, symbolic work, and the psychological container
  • The importance of taking the unconscious seriously
  • Dream work as a central practice of applied Jungian psychology
  • Active imagination as a conscious dialogue with unconscious images
  • Amplification, association, and compensation
  • Mythology as a resource for understanding archetypal patterns
  • Fairy tales as compact expressions of psychic structure and transformation
  • Alchemy as a symbolic language of individuation
  • Cultural complexes and the interpretation of collective life
  • Ancestry, spiritual practice, and ritual eldership
  • How Jungian methods can support a more conscious relationship with symbolic life


The course is designed to help students understand how Jungian psychology moves from theory into practice. It offers a grounded introduction to Jungian methods without reducing them to formulas or simplistic techniques.

Your Instructor

  • James R. Newell, Ph.D.

    Senior Instructor

    James R. Newell, Ph.D.

    James Newell is an educator, counselor, personal coach, professional musician, and the director of the Depth Psychology Alliance. James earned his master’s degree in Pastoral Counseling and Theology from Vanderbilt University Divinity School, with a focus on Jungian psychology. He earned his doctorate in History of Religions from the Vanderbilt University Graduate School of Religion. James has taught online and face to face courses for Central Michigan University, Western Kentucky University, Excelsior College, Thomas Edison State University, and other institutions.

What others are saying...

Bonnie Bright, PhD, founder of the Depth Psychology Alliance

Dr. James Newell is a gifted teacher

Bonnie Bright, PhD, founder of the Depth Psychology Alliance

Dr. James Newell is a gifted teacher and scholar who has effectively organized an impressive amount of detailed research and information into a series of powerful classes and courses on Jung and Jung’s psychology, now available on Depth Psychology Academy. Students at all levels can gain a depth of understanding about how Jung’s ideas can change our lives and our world as Dr. Newell explains each topic very clearly and at exactly the right pace for students of all levels to take it in.
Ann Amberg, MCS, Transpersonal Leadership Consultant

Applied Jungian Psychology is the course that inspired me to take the leap and enroll in my PhD degree program

Ann Amberg, MCS, Transpersonal Leadership Consultant

Of all the courses I have taken with James Newell, Jung 102: Applied Jungian Psychology is the course that inspired me to take the leap and enroll in my PhD degree program in Jungian and Archetypal Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. All of James’ courses are excellent, and I am truly grateful for the depth and quality of the soul connection I experienced as a student in his classes.
Nirlap Bettenhauser, student

The courses I have taken with Dr. Newell have perfectly prepped me for my graduate studies in psychoanalysis

Nirlap Bettenhauser, student

This is an outstanding educational program where one can learn multiple areas of Jungian Psychology. These courses are very well structured with an appropriate course load and high quality texts. Plus the price is incredibly reasonable. The courses I have taken with Dr. Newell have been intellectually engaging and have perfectly prepped me for my graduate studies in psychoanalysis. Not something I expected to receive from the academy, but very grateful I did.
Monica Flores, Ed.D

Dr. James Newell is highly knowledgeable in Jungian Psychology

Monica Flores, Ed.D

Dr. James Newell is highly knowledgeable in Jungian Psychology. I learned so much from him about Jung and Jungian psychology when I began taking courses in Depth Psychology from the Depth Psychology Alliance online courses. Dr. Newell is open-minded and consistent. He has a smooth voice that can hold anyone’s attention. I recommend taking these courses through the Depth Psychology Academy.

Course Structure

A self-paced course designed for careful, guided study

Jung 102 is a self-paced course organized into eight modules. Students can move through the material at their own pace while following the course lessons, quizzes, readings or resources, and completion steps on the Academy site.

This course was designed as a practical introduction to applied Jungian psychology and as the recommended second step in the Certificate in Foundational Depth Psychology.

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome to Jung 102!
  • 2
    Module 1: Sacred Space - Symbols, Patterns, and Amplification
    • M1/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M1/2: Course Syllabus
    • M1/3: Video Lesson: Sacred Space - Symbols, Patterns, and Amplification
    • M1/4: Video Lesson Quiz
    • M1/5: Readings Quiz - (All questions are based on chapter 1 in the textbook)
    • M1/6: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources
    • M1/7: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M1/8: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M1/9: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M1/10: Additional, Optional Video Resource: Erel Shalit on Amplification
  • 3
    Module 2: Dream Work
    • M2/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M2/2: Video Lesson: Dream Work
    • M2/3: Video Quiz
    • M2/4: Readings Quiz - (All questions are based on the assigned readings, p. 43-50 in the textbook)
    • M2/5: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources
    • M2/6: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M2/7: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M2/8: Additional, Optional Video on Jungian dream theory
  • 4
    Module 3: Active Imagination
    • M3/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M3/2: Video Lesson: Active Imagination
    • M3/3: Video Lesson Quiz
    • M3/4: Readings Quiz - (All questions are based on chapter 3 in the textbook)
    • M3/5: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources.
    • M3/6: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M3/7: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M3/8: Additional, Optional Video Resource: Murray Stein on Active Imagination
  • 5
    Module 4: Mythology
    • M4/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M4/2: Video Lesson: Mythology
    • M4/3: Video Lesson Quiz
    • M4/4: Readings Quiz - (All questions are based on chapter 4 in the textbook)
    • M4/5: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources
    • M4/6: A Resource for Study
    • M4/7: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
  • 6
    Module 5: Fairy Tales
    • M5/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M5/2: Video Lesson: Fairy Tales
    • M5/3: Required Reading for Module 5
    • M5/4: Module 5 Video Quiz
    • M5/5: Module 5 Readings Quiz - (All questions are based on the assigned reading for module 5).
    • M5/6: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources
    • M5/7: Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M5/8: Additional, Optional Video Resource: Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales. A lecture by folklorist Jack Zipes
  • 7
    Module 6: Alchemy
    • M6/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M6/2: Video Lesson: Alchemy
    • M6/3: Required Reading for Module 6
    • M6/4: Module 6 Video Lesson Quiz
    • M6/5: Module 6 Readings Quiz - (All questions are based on the assigned readings for module 6).
    • M6/6: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources
    • M6/7: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M6/8: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M6/9: Additional, Optional Video on Alchemy
    • M6/10: Additional, Optional Video on Alchemy
  • 8
    Module 7: Understanding Culture Through a Jungian Lens
    • M7/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M7/2: Video Lesson: Understanding Culture Through a Jungian Lens
    • M7/3: Required Reading for Module 7
    • M7/4: Module 7 Video Lesson Quiz
    • M7/5: Module 7 Readings Quiz (All questions are based on the assigned readings for module 7).
    • M7/6: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources
    • M7/7: An Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M7/8: Additional, Optional Video Resource: The Cultural Complex.
  • 9
    Module 8: Ancestry, Spiritual Practice, and Ritual Eldership
    • M8/1: Learning and Assessment Activities
    • M8/2: Video Lesson: Ancestry, Spiritual Practice, and Ritual Eldership
    • M8/3: Module 8 Video Lesson Quiz
    • M8/4: Module 8 Readings Quiz - (All questions are based on chapter 8 in the textbook)
    • M8/5: Suggested Readings and Additional Resources.
    • M8/6: Additional, Optional Resource for Study
    • M8/7: Additional, Optional Video Resource: Edward Edinger on "Encounters with the Greater Personality"
    • M8/8: Course Completion

A Strong Beginning for Applying Jungian Psychology

Jung 102 gives students a practical framework for approaching the symbolic life of the psyche with care, discipline, and imagination.

Applied Jungian psychology requires more than curiosity about symbols. It requires a careful relationship to the unconscious, a respect for images and dreams, and an understanding that symbolic material unfolds in its own time. This course introduces students to the practices and interpretive frameworks that help make Jungian psychology a living method of study. Students learn why dreams matter, how active imagination opens a dialogue with the unconscious, how amplification deepens interpretation, and how myth, fairy tale, alchemy, ancestry, ritual, and culture can illuminate the patterns moving through individual and collective life. Jung 102 is a practical course, but it remains intellectually serious. It gives students a strong bridge from introductory Jungian theory into the symbolic and applied work that shapes the rest of the Academy’s Jungian studies sequence.
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A Strong Beginning for Applying Jungian Psychology

Part of the Certificate in Foundational Depth Psychology

Jung 102 is the second required course in the Academy’s Certificate in Foundational Depth Psychology.

Jung 102 is the second required course in the Academy's Certificate in Foundational Depth Psychology.

The full certificate pathway includes:

  1. Jung 101: Introduction to Jungian Psychology
  2. Jung 102: Applied Jungian Psychology
  3. Jung 103: Jung and Dreams
  4. Jung 104: Jung and Active Imagination


Together, these four courses provide a guided foundation in Jungian concepts, applied depth psychology, dream work, and active imagination. Students who complete all four courses, including all required lessons, quizzes, readings or materials, and lesson completion steps, may request enrollment in the final Certificate Completion course after receiving the individual course completion certificates for all four courses.

Students may also take Jung 102 as a standalone course. It is complete in itself and is especially valuable for anyone who wants to understand how Jungian psychology can be applied to dreams, symbols, active imagination, mythology, fairy tales, alchemy, culture, and the ongoing work of individuation.

Continue into Applied Jungian Study

Jung 102 helps students bring Jungian psychology into practical relationship with dreams, symbols, imagination, culture, and inner life.

Whether students are continuing from Jung 101 or entering with some prior knowledge of Jungian psychology, Jung 102 offers a careful introduction to the applied side of Jung’s work. This course helps students understand how Jungian psychology becomes a living method of symbolic interpretation, reflective practice, and cultural understanding. It is an important step in the Certificate in Foundational Depth Psychology and a strong preparation for deeper study in dreams, active imagination, mythology, fairy tales, alchemy, and the broader history of depth psychology.
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