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In our first session, we will establish the psychological foundations of the father wound by exploring the significance of the father in early development and the formation of the self.
While the mother often represents our first relational world, the father may become one of our earliest significant encounters with someone who is other than Mother. Symbolically, this relationship can help shape how we experience ourselves in relation to the wider world: whether we feel seen, recognized, welcomed, protected, valued, and entitled to take up space within it.
Drawing from Jungian and depth psychology alongside developmental and attachment perspectives, we will examine how experiences with an absent, rejecting, critical, emotionally unavailable, intrusive, idealized, or wounded father may become internalized and continue to influence identity, self-worth, belonging, authority, relationships, and our expectations of recognition.
We will also begin differentiating the personal father from the archetypal paternal, creating the foundation for the larger movement of the series: from understanding what happened in our relationship with the personal father toward discovering the paternal functions that can still be developed and reclaimed within the psyche.
Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 5:00–7:00 PM Mountain Time
Recording included with registration.
This is a psychoeducational workshop and is not a substitute for psychotherapy or mental health treatment.
In our first session, we will establish the psychological foundations of the father wound by exploring the significance of the father in early development and the formation of the self.
While the mother often represents our first relational world, the father may become one of our earliest significant encounters with someone who is other than Mother. Symbolically, this relationship can help shape how we experience ourselves in relation to the wider world: whether we feel seen, recognized, welcomed, protected, valued, and entitled to take up space within it.
Drawing from Jungian and depth psychology alongside developmental and attachment perspectives, we will examine how experiences with an absent, rejecting, critical, emotionally unavailable, intrusive, idealized, or wounded father may become internalized and continue to influence identity, self-worth, belonging, authority, relationships, and our expectations of recognition.
We will also begin differentiating the personal father from the archetypal paternal, creating the foundation for the larger movement of the series: from understanding what happened in our relationship with the personal father toward discovering the paternal functions that can still be developed and reclaimed within the psyche.
Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 5:00–7:00 PM Mountain Time
Recording included with registration.
This is a psychoeducational workshop and is not a substitute for psychotherapy or mental health treatment.