Across cultures and throughout history, human beings have sought to understand what it means to live a long, meaningful, and soul-filled life. Today, as longevity science expands and societal narratives around aging rapidly evolve, the deeper psychological, spiritual, and mythic dimensions of growing older often remain neglected. Longevity, Wellness, and the Soul’s Journey invites learners into a rich exploration of aging as an initiatory passage; a sacred unfolding shaped by imagination, embodiment, ancestral memory, and the enduring call of purpose. Blending depth psychology with integrative wellness, creativity, and cross-cultural wisdom traditions, this course offers a transformative inquiry into what it means to cultivate vitality, presence, and inner freedom across the full arc of a human life.

COURSE OVERVIEW

What does it mean to live well across the full arc of a human life? How do psyche, body, spirit, and culture shape our experience of aging, wellness, and meaning? In a world increasingly focused on productivity and longevity technologies, depth psychology offers a counterpoint: an invitation to view aging as a mythic, soulful unfolding.

This interdisciplinary certificate explores longevity not as mere lifespan extension, but as soul endurance, the development of resilience, purpose, creativity, individuation, and relational capacity across life’s turning points. Drawing from depth psychology, somatics, integrative wellness, mythology, ecology, and spiritual traditions, the course examines aging as a sacred journey involving transformation of identity, body, imagination, and community.

Through live zoom sessions, reflective practice, storytelling, and embodied exercises, learners will explore themes such as midlife transitions, archetypal approaches to aging, somatic vitality, intergenerational healing, the role of creativity, cultural narratives of longevity, and the spiritual tasks of the later life stages.

What you will receive:

• 8 Live Interactive Discussion Groups (via Zoom) with Q&A (listed in Pacific time)
• 8 Pre-Recorded Learning Sessions
• A Learning Resource Guide with Recommended Readings and Resources
• A Private, online Discussion Forum
• A Graduate Certificate from Pacifica Graduate Institute
• 12 CECs

This course is ideal if you: 

• Work in a helping, healing, or educational field and want a richer framework for supporting midlife transitions, eldering, and end-of-life meaning
• Are exploring aging, longevity, and later life as a meaningful developmental passage
• Feel called to examine ancestry, intergenerational healing, and cultural narratives as part of the soul’s journey and individuation
• Want to deepen your ability to work with dreams, archetypes, symbols, and active imagination as tools for psychological and spiritual growth
• Are interested in integrative wellness approaches for aging that include somatics, creativity, ecology, and cross-cultural traditions

Individual Session Descriptions

Week 1: Memory and Soul in Later Life

Instructor: Nick Literski, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session May 5, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 PM PT

Modern society tends to treat aging as a medical or social problem to be solved. A culture that measures worth in productivity teaches one to struggle against inevitable body changes, role changes, and ultimately the end of life. This framing, however, distracts from the great gifts of longevity, i.e. consolidation of memories, lineage, and the imaginal world of the ancestors. We will consider aging as a gradual widening of consciousness beyond personal ego, during which dreams, memories, synchronicities, and contemplative practices can lead us into a greater relationship with the dead, our past, and the deeper layers of the psyche.

Learning Objectives

1. Explain how depth psychology reframes aging as a widening of consciousness, rather than a process of decline.
2. Describe ways in which dreams, memories, and synchronicities may function as vehicles of psychological and spiritual development in later life.
3. Apply imagination to ancestral material through active imagination
4. Articulate how contemplative or symbolic practices can support a soulful approach to aging.

 

Week 2: First Body, then Words: Somatic Dreaming and the Autonomous Image 

Instructor: Elizabeth Nelson, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session May 12, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 PM PT

Jung urges us to look closely at the fluidity of life in waking and dreaming states and, at the same time, notice the archetypal images that vividly stand out. Archetypal images stop us. We return to them again and again because they compel attention. Full of mystery, with their own surprising interiority, archetypal images can become, over time, a psychopomp, a guide through the stages of life.

What if welcoming archetypal images involved the whole body rather than being a mental process? How much more could we learn if we adopted a somatic approach and paid keen and loving attention to the body of the images themselves, and our bodies, as we enter into relationship with them? Learning to trust the intelligence of the expressive body is a primary aim of the Somatic Dreaming process. In this module, participants explore the dream in the same way an actor prepares for performance: by physically, mentally, and emotionally getting into a dream image—and allowing it to “get into” you.

Exploring dream material through movement is not new, but Somatic Dreaming offers a unique twist. The dreamer evokes the power of the images via the expressive body before telling the dream. First body, then words.

Participants are asked to trust the intuitive, empathic, and expressive capacity of the body—their own somatic intelligence and imagination—to reveal the dream images. The result has been variously described as “surprising,” “weird,” “vivid,” “meaningful,” and “fun.”

Learning Objectives:

1. Assess archetypal dreams and dream images at various stages of life
2. Apply trust in the intelligence and eloquence of the expressive body
3. Demonstrate a somatic imagination to see, feel, and understand archetypal figures
4. Apply two Jungian techniques for working with dreams, association and amplification
5. Create a long-term creative relationship with an archetypal image/figure

 

Week 3: A Rabbit Noticed My Condition: The Alchemy of Dwelling in the Depths of Dying and Becoming

Instructor: Gina Belton, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session May 19, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 PM PT

Drawing on the evocative imagery from the poem attributed to St. John of the Cross, “A Rabbit Noticed My Condition,” this module situates the tender and contemplative recognition of suffering as a portal to transformation and awe. Participants are invited into a contemplative exploration of the alchemical elements alive in thanatology, examining how encounters with dying—personal, collective, and symbolic—can become processes of becoming and renewal through depth psychology, embodied practice, and reflective dialogue.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe parallels between alchemical processes and psychological transformation in the end-of-life relationship.
2. Apply depth psychological concepts to understanding personal and collective experiences of loss.
3. Apply contemplative methods to explore death and renewal as interdependent dimensions of becoming

 

Week 4: Archetypes of Age in World Myth Traditions 

Instructor: Indhushree Rajan, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session May 26, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 PM PT

In depth psychology, the senex or crone is often referred to as an archetype of wisdom in older age. Contributions from the late developmental psychologist Eric Erikson suggest that one can age with grace and wisdom or with bitterness and regret. The many myths of various world traditions can support the path of wisdom by amplifying powerful symbolism and steps along the way that both challenge and bless the path toward wholeness. There are similarities and differences in myths across cultures worldwide, both ancient and current. This module will share examples of myths that may be visited with as meditations for everyday contemplation to support the richness of the afternoon of life.

Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze developmental aspects amplified in world myth traditions that indicate wisdom in aging
2. Compare cultural distinctions in mythological motifs regarding age
3. Assess Jungian perspectives on the psychological benefits of living symbolically
4. Use examples of therapeutic applications incorporating myth with older clients
5. Discuss including myth in contemplative practice for self-care.

 

Week 5: The Phenomenology of Psychedelics and Aging

Instructor: Elizabeth Wolfson, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session June 2, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 PM PT

What are the secrets of healthy aging past the middle passage and how might psychedelics enhance emotional, psychological, and spiritual growth into our later years?

Examining the interface of aging and psychedelics we will look at how freedom from psychic constraint alongside heightened awareness of mortality converge in an optimal alchemy for transformative self-actualization.

Highlighting conditions essential to a meaningful psychedelic experience aimed at reducing risk and supporting potential emergent states, strategies, protocols, clinical approaches, and relational dynamics will be discussed. These emergent states to be discussed, might include the processing of trauma, the unconscious and dream states, transcendent, mystical or transpersonal experiences, enhanced capacity for play, humor, active imagination, creativity, and embodied awareness, all of which may significantly and sustainably shape individuation and wellness in the journey of life approaching death.

Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze developmental markers of aging and healthy aging.
2. Assess psychedelic medicines; historical/cultural roots, applications, effectiveness and risks.
3. Compare Jungian perspectives on psychedelics and altered states.
4. Assess aging and the intersectionality of psychedelic states with psychological, spiritual, emotional, somatic, existential processes and dream states.
5. Describe the centrality of the therapeutic relationship within psychedelic-assisted therapies.
6. Explain essential conditions for risk reduction and self-actualization in the late life psychedelic experience.

 

Week 6: Opening to Creativity through Relationship with Nature and Cosmos: Gifts from Indigenous Elders

Instructor: Arieahn Matamonasa-Bennett, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session June 9, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 PM PT

“When in your life did you stop singing? When did you stop dancing?” These are the first questions an indigenous medicine healer would ask if you were unwell and seeking healing. They would be searching for moments of soul-loss that is believed to be at the heart of both physical and mental illness. From an indigenous perspective, creative expression is essential for a healthy body, spirit and community. Creative expression can grow into full blossom in the older years, supporting wellness and vitality.

This module explores how Indigenous artistic practices and creative expression serve as pathways to holistic health and cultural resilience. Drawing on knowledge from Indigenous communities and elders, students will examine the interconnected relationships between art-making, spiritual growth, emotional healing, and connection all of nature as community. The module investigates how Indigenous cultures integrate art as a therapeutic and healing practice, viewing creativity not as entertainment but as a vital tool for personal and collective well-being impacting generativity as one moves into elderhood. Students will learn that Indigenous approaches to health emphasize the balance of physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental dimensions—what Cree traditions call mino-pimatisiwin, or the “good life.”

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how Indigenous perspectives on creative practices and ‘soul-expression’ support emotional regulation and spiritual healing across the lifespan.
2. Apply principles of creative expression as resilience and cultural preservation strategies.

 

Week 7: Rhythms of Life: Aging and the Restoration of Psychobiological Coherence

Instructor: Leslie Korn, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session June 16, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30pm PT

How do our numerous biological rhythms form the foundation of well-being for mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing?  How does aging disrupt these essential patterns and how can we optimize these rhythms? Circadian and ultradian rhythms, digestive peristalsis, heart rate variability, cortisol, respiratory, slow-wave sleep, and glymphatic clearance all rely on rhythmic coherence. As these rhythms lose amplitude and synchronization, endocrine regulation falters, contributing to changes in sleep, digestion and elimination, mood, metabolism, immune function, and mobility. Drawing on cross-cultural imagery and applying her Brainbow Blueprint™ model, Dr. Korn presents practical strategies using food and nutrition, botanical medicine, breath regulation, hemispheric coherence practices, and hydrotherapy to restore rhythmic integrity and strengthen endocrine and autonomic balance. Participants will gain a practical framework to improve sleep, digestion and elimination, mood, and movement — while nourishing the “alma” and cultivating resilience, purpose, and meaning through renewed psychobiological coherence.

Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze how biological rhythms sustain psychobiological coherence and well-being.
2. Assess how aging disrupts rhythmic synchronization and endocrine regulation.
3. Design an integrative health strategy to restore rhythmic integrity and autonomic balance.

 

Week 8: Standing at the Crossroads between our Ancestors and our Descendants

Instructor: Mary Watkins, Ph.D.

Live Zoom session June 23, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30pm PT

As we embrace the journey of eldering, of creatively living into the last stages of life, we are often drawn to seek out a deeper understanding of who we are and of where we came from. Individualistic understandings can begin to fail and fade, as we sense the winds of history affecting us. We can open ourselves to look into our ancestral past to ferret out not only our inheritance of characteristics but also questions and problems bequeathed to us by our ancestors. This backward look is not for its own sake but for the sake of the present and the future, for our descendants and the generations to come. In these precious years we can work to create the kind of future we most deeply desire, not for ourselves as solitary beings, but for the generations that will follow us and to which we will belong as ancestors.

In this lecture and workshop/discussion, like the Sankofa bird from the Akan people of Ghana, you will be invited to look backwards in order to stand in the present with greater integrity as you live into the future you desire for those left behind after your passing. Looking backwards–learning about the historical context of our ancestors and the histories of the places where they made their homes—will help us to clarify ancestral debts, material and immaterial, that have yet to be accounted for.

When addressing individuation, Jung focused primarily on the personal and collective levels of understanding. We will also turn to the cultural and the historical, as we seek the integrity between our thoughts and actions.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain reparative and radical genealogy.
2. Create a path forward based on one’s ancestral legacies.
3. Explain the role of learning about the historical contexts of one’s ancestors in the individuation process.

 

Career Competencies:

Integrative Depth Psychology Frameworks -Apply Jungian/archetypal concepts to lifespan development, aging, and meaning-making

 

Somatic & Embodied Inquiry -Work with body-based awareness, dream imagery, and somatic intelligence for wellness and transformation

 

Spiritual & Existential Assessment -Engage the religious function of the psyche, numinous experience, and spiritual development across life stages

 

Cultural & Historical Consciousness in Healing Work (including ancestral reckoning, intergenerational repair, and the impact of colonial narratives)

 

Creative & Ecopsychological Approaches to Resilience (using creativity, nature-based wisdom, and relational practices to support vitality and eldering)

 

SCHEDULE FOR LIVE ONLINE LEARNING SESSIONS

Week 1: Zoom Session – May 5, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30pm PT – Nick Literski

Week 2: Zoom Session – May 12, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT- Elizabeth Nelson

Week 3: Zoom Session – May 19, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT – Gina Belton

Week 4: Zoom Session – May 26, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT- Indhushree Rajan

Week 5: Zoom Session – June 2, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT- Elizabeth Wolfson

Week 6: Zoom Session – June 9, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT – Arieahn Matamonasa-Bennett

Week 7: Zoom Session – June 16, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT – Leslie Korn

Week 8: Zoom Session – June 23, 2026 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT- Mary Watkins

 

Required & Recommended Readings:

Week 1: Required Readings- Nick Literski:

Corbett, L. (2013). Successful aging: Jungian contributions to development in later life. Psychological Perspectives, 56:2, 149-167.

Moody, H. (2011). Dreams and the coming of age. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 43(2), 181-207

Perera, S. (2013). Circling, dreaming, aging. Psychological Perspectives, 56:2, 137-148.

 

Week 1: Recommended Readings- Nick Literski:

Corbett, L. (1987). Transformation of the image of god leading to self-initiation in old age. In L. C. Mahdi, S. Foster, and M. Little (Eds.), Betwixt and between: Patterns of masculine and feminine initiation (pp. 371-388). Open Court.

Easter, S. (2015). Jung and the ancestors: Beyond biography, mending the ancestral web. Aeon Books.

Jung, C. G. (1989). Life after death. In Memories, dreams, reflections, pp. 299-326. Vintage.

Wortman, E. & Lewis, P. (2021) Geotranscendence and Alaska Native successful aging in the Aleutian Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, 36, pp. 43-67.

 

Week 2: Required Readings/Listening- Elizabeth Nelson:

Hillman, J. (1999). The force of character and the lasting life. Random House. Prefaces & Part 1, “Lasting” pp. xiii–52

Nelson, E. (2021). Lioness dreaming: A somatic approach to the animal ally. Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies, 46–62.

Nelson, E. (2025). Awakening the somatic imagination in a wounded world. [Audio, approx. 30 minutes]

 

Week 2: Recommended Readings- Elizabeth Nelson:

Hillman, J. (1982). Anima mundi: The return of the soul to the world. Spring 1982, pp. 71–93.

Hillman, J. (1999). The force of character and the lasting life. Random House.

 

Week 3: Required Readings- Gina Belton:

Breitbart, W. (2017). Alchemy and psychology. Palliative & Supportive Care, 15(2), 146–147. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951517000189

Cogdill-Richardson, K., Bluck, S., & Mroz, E. L. (2024). Reflecting on death: Priorities for living well. In Death Studies (Vol. 48, Issue 10, pp. 1129–1136). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2023.2300008

Rockwell, D. (2019). Mindfulness in Psychotherapy and Love as the Healing Balm. The Humanistic Psychologist, 47(4), 339–343. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000127

Rushton CH, Sellers DE, Heller KS, Spring B, Dossey BM, Halifax J. Impact of a contemplative end-of-life training program: Being with dying. Palliative and Supportive Care. 2009;7(4):405-414. https://doi:10.1017/S1478951509990411

St. John of the Cross, (date unknown). A rabbit noticed my condition.

 

Required Videos:

Ostaseski, F. (2018) Inviting the wisdom of death into life. Talks at Google. [Video] YouTube. https://youtu.be/wBraurRo_bg?si=HcxZi6dgNwIySIkQ

Silva, J. (2014) Shots of awe. [Video] YouTube. https://youtu.be/8QyVZrV3d3o?si=cZUkPlwYgLy-ISt7

 

Week 3: Recommended Readings- Gina Belton:

Corbett, L. (2018). The sacred cauldron: Psychotherapy as spiritual practice. Chiron Publications.

Halifax, J. (2018). Standing at the edge: Finding freedom where fear and courage meet. Flatiron Books.

Halifax, J. (2008). Being with dying: Cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death. Shambhala.

Kearney, M. (2009). A place of healing: Working with nature and soul at the end of life. Spring Journal Books. Keltner, D. (2023). Awe: The science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life. Penguin Books.

Ostaseski, F. (2017) The five invitations: Discovering what death can teach us about living fully. Flatiron Books.

Shiota, M. N., Keltner, D., & Mossman, A. (2007). The nature of awe: Elicitors, appraisals, and effects on self-concept. Cognition and Emotion, 21(5), 944–963. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930600923668

Rushton, C.H. (2018). Moral resilience: Transforming moral suffering in healthcare. Oxford University Press

 

Week 4: Required Readings- Indhushree Rajan:

Wacks, V. Q. (2011). The elder as sage, old age as spiritual path: Towards a transpersonal gerontology. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 43(2), 127–155.

Barry, J. B., Bozarth, J., Myers, J. E., & Heyn, J. (1986). Jungian analytical psychology and old age. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 4 (2), 105-110.

Myss, C. (n.d.). Gallery of archetypes. Myss.com. https://myss.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Gallery-of-Archetypes.pdf.

 

Week 4: Recommended Readings – Indhushree Rajan:

Zweig, C. (2021). The inner work of age: Shifting from role to soul. Park Street Press. Chapters 1-3; 6-12.

Pevny, R. (2014). Conscious living, conscious aging: Claiming the gifts of elderhood. Atria Books/Beyond Words.

Dass, R. (2000). Still here: Embracing aging, changing, and dying. Riverhead Books.

 

Week 5: Required readings – Elizabeth Wolfson 

Bourzat, F. (2019). Returning home: The art of integration. MAPS Bulletin, 29(1), 45–47.
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/mapscontent/news-letters/v29n1/v29n1_p45-47.pdf

Hanna, G. P. (2013). The central role of creative aging. Journal of Art for Life, 4 (1). https://journals.flvc.org/jafl/article/view/84239

Jones, R. H. (2023). On the role of mystical experiences in psychedelic therapy and research. Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry 5 no. 2, 26-46.  https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/104074106/1RHJones_Psychedelics_-libre.pdf?1688674797

Marks-Tarlow, T. (2014). The interpersonal neurobiology of clinical intuition. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 84(2–3), 219–236.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268803503_The_Interpersonal_Neurobiology_of_Clinical_Intuition

Wolfson, E. (2022). Psychedelic-supportive psychotherapy: A psychotherapeutic model for before and beyond the medicine experience. Journal of Psychedelic Studies. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2022.00192

 

Week 5: Recommended Readings – Elizabeth Wolfson

Aizenstat, S. (2001). Dream tending. Sounds True.

Atkins, D., & Loewenthal, D. (2004). The lived experience of psychotherapists working with older clients: An heuristic study. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 32(4), 493–509. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069880412331303295

Brewi, J. & Brennan A., (2004). Mid-life psychological and spiritual perspectives. Nicolas-Hays inc.

Bromberg, P. M. (2003). On being one’s dream. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 39(4), 697–710.

Bourzat, F., & Hunter, K. (2019). Consciousness medicine: Indigenous wisdom, entheogens, and expanded states of consciousness for healing and growth. North Atlantic Books.

Corbett, L. (2013). Successful aging: Jungian contributions to development in later life. Psychological Perspectives, 56(2), 149-167.

Cohen, G. D. (2001). Creativity with aging: Four phases of potential in the second half of life. Geriatrics, 56(2), 51–57.

Cozzolino, P. J., & Blackie, L. E. R. (2013). I die, therefore I am: The pursuit of meaning in the light of death. In J. A. Hicks & C. Routledge (Eds.), The experience of meaning in life: Classical perspectives, emerging themes, and controversies (pp. 31–45). Springer.

Egnew, T. R. (2005). The meaning of healing: Transcending suffering. The Annals of Family Medicine, 3(3), 255–262.

Fadiman, J. (2011). The psychedelic explorer’s guide: Safe, therapeutic, and sacred journeys. Park Street Press.

Geller, S. M., & Greenberg, L. S. (2002). Therapeutic presence: Therapists’ experience of presence in the psychotherapy encounter. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 1(1–2), 71–86.

Gorman, I., Nielson, E. M., Molinar, A., Cassidy, K., & Sabbagh, J. (2021). Psychedelic harm reduction and integration: A transtheoretical model for clinical practice. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 710. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645246

Grof, S. (1980). LSD psychotherapy. Hunter House.

Grigas, G.L. (2023). Psychedelics Dreams and Rituals: A Guidebook for Explorers, Therapists, and Facilitators. Lisa Hagen Books.

Hoffman, E., Kaneshiro, S., & Compton, C. (2012). Peak experiences among Americans in midlife. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 52(4), 479–503.

Hollis, J. (1993). Middle passage: From misery to meaning in midlife. Inner City Books.

Holm, O. (1999). Analysis of longing: Origins, levels, and dimensions. The Journal of Psychology, 133(6), 621–630.

Jung, C. G. (1939). The integration of the personality. Farrar & Rinehart.

Lane, D. W. (2015). Psychodynamic and humanistic approaches. In Encyclopedia of geropsychology (pp. 1–9). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_173-1

Masters, R. E. L., & Houston, J. (2000). The varieties of psychedelic experience. Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Metzner, R. (2015). Allies for awakening: Guidelines for productive and safe experiences with entheogens. Regent Press.

Nichols, D. E., Johnson, M. W., & Nichols, C. D. (2017). Psychedelics as medicines: An emerging new paradigm. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 101(2), 209–219.

Palitsky, R., Kaplan, D. M., Peacock, C., Zarrabi, A. J., Maples-Keller, J. L., Grant, G. H., & Raison, C. L. (2023). Importance of integrating spiritual, existential, religious, and theological components in psychedelic-assisted therapies. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(7), 743–749.

Phelps, J. (2017). Developing guidelines and competencies for the training of psychedelic therapists. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 57(5), 450–487.

Reed, I. (2005). Creativity: Self-perceptions over time. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 60(1), 1–18.

Richards, W. A. (2017). Psychedelic psychotherapy: Insights from 25 years of research. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 57(4), 323–337.

Roskos-Ewoldsen, B., Black, S. R., & McCown, S. M. (2008). Age-related changes in creative thinking. Journal of Creative Behavior, 42(1), 33–59.

Sawin, L., Corbett, L., & Carbine, M. (Eds.). (2014). Jung and aging: Possibilities and potentials for the second half of life. Spring Journal Books. Viggiano, D. (2012).

Stein, L., & Corbett, L. (Eds.). (2023). Psychedelics and Individuation: Essays by Jungian Analysts. Chiron Publications.

Viggiano, D. (2010). The role of dream narratives in midlife spiritual development: A jungian perspective. Narrative, 2(1).

Weiss, T. (2013). Personal transformation: Posttraumatic growth and gerotranscendence. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication.

Winnicott, D. W. (1953). Transitional objects and transitional phenomena. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 34, 89–97.

Zhou, X., Sedikides, C., Wildschut, T., & Gao, D. G. (2008). On the restorative function of nostalgia. Psychological Science, 19, 1023–1029.

 

Week 6: Required Readings – Arieahn Matamonasa-Bennett:

Archibald, L. and Dewar, J. (2010). Creative arts, culture, and healing: Building an evidence base, Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health 8 (3), 1-15.

 

Week 6: Recommended Readings – Arieahn Matamonasa-Bennett:

Van Styvendale, N., McDougall, J. D., Henry, R., & Innes, R. A. (Eds.). (2021). The arts of Indigenous health and well-being. University of Manitoba Press.

Paperback version: ISBN: 978-0-88755-939-6.

 

Week 7: Required Readings –  Leslie Korn:

Korn, L. E. (2023). The rhythms of life. In Rhythms of recovery: Integrative medicine and nutrition for PTSD and complex trauma (pp. 1-53). Routledge.

Kramer, P., & Bressan, P. (2018). Our (mother’s) mitochondria and our mind. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(1), 88-100.

 

Week 8: Required Reading – Mary Watkins:

Watkins, M. (2025). Chapter 1, Reparative Genealogy: The Role of Ancestral Reckoning in Racial Reparations. In M.Watkins, White work and reparative genealogy: Reckoning with ancestral debt as a path to racial reparations. Palgrave Macmillan.

Watkins, M. (2025). Chapter 8, From Acknowledgment to Action: Joining in Solidarity with Black-Led Struggles for Racial Reparations. In M. Watkins, White work and reparative genealogy: Reckoning with ancestral debt as a path to racial reparations. Palgrave Macmillan.

Watkins, M. (2025). Chapter 9, “Unsuturing” the White Self: Creating Freedom and Integrity by Reckoning with the Past. In M. Watkins, White work and reparative genealogy: Reckoning with ancestral debt as a path to racial reparations. Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Week 8: Recommended Readings – Mary Watkins:

Watkins, M. (2025). White work and reparative genealogy: Reckoning with Ancestral debt as a path to racial reparations  (Chapters 1, 8, 9). Palgrave Macmillan.