Creativity, Freedom & Our Parental Complexes

with Jungian Analyst David Pressault

Jean-Paul Sartre’s striking remark about the French nation when he said in an interview for the Atlantic in 1944 ‘Never were we freer than under the German occupation’ was cleverly used by philosopher Julian Baggini in a thought provoking article in which he adds :

“Sartre’s core insight was that it is only when we are physically stopped from acting that we fully realise the true extent and nature of our freedom. If he (Sartre) is right, then the pandemic is an opportunity to relearn what it means to be free.”

In these times of imposed seclusion, it’s difficult to find a sense of freedom. Trying to move freely is filled with obstacles, limitations and impositions. However, when it comes to the imagination and much of Jung's work on cultivating an inner life, an impaired outer freedom can be fertile ground for the creative impulse. This said, the freedom to create seems to be a minefield of complexes, especially, parental complexes. We will look at this particularity of the parental complexes and inquire how and why they seem to wait around the corner and get in the way when we are about to be creative or free.  

Video Seminar with Jungian Analyst David Pressault

In this 120 minute video seminar, David shows how our freedoms lost connected not only to the pandemic but also to our parental complexes - includes a presentation and Q&A with audience.

You will receive a link to access video immediately after purchase.
Video will be avaible for one year from purchase date.