Psyche and Image: Working with Images as Living Experience
Exploring images as living expressions of your inner world
Images arise in many forms—fleeting impressions, inner scenes, dream-like figures, or a felt sense that takes shape without words.
These images are not random. They are expressions of the inner world.
Rather than analyzing or interpreting them from a distance, this workshop invites you to experience images directly—to stay with them, relate to them, and allow meaning to emerge over time.
This is less about understanding images, and more about meeting what they carry.
What you'll gain...
What you’ll experience
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Understanding how images arise as expressions of your inner world
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Learning the difference between experiencing an image and interpreting it
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Exploring how images can reflect different parts of the psyche
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Practicing staying with images as they unfold, allowing meaning to emerge over time
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Guided exercises to experiment with your own imagery (including optional drawing or visual expression)
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Reflection and optional sharing in a small group setting
Psyche and Image: Working with Images as Living Experience
The Nitty Gritty...
Who This Is For
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You’re curious about your inner world and want to explore it beyond thoughts and analysis
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You’ve had experiences of imagery (in dreams, imagination, or felt sense) and want to engage them more directly
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You’re interested in depth-oriented or experiential approaches to self-exploration
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You want a way of working with inner experience that feels grounded, not abstract or overly interpretive
What to Expect
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A small, intimate group (limited to 8 people)
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A guided introduction to working with images as lived experience
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Experiential exercises allowing images to arise naturally
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Practice staying with images rather than analyzing or interpreting them
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Opportunities to relate to images as expressions of different parts of the psyche
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Optional drawing or simple visual expression (no art experience needed)
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Time for reflection, journaling, and optional sharing
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A grounded, non-performative space—no pressure to share more than you want
You don’t need any prior experience—just a willingness to be curious about what arises internally
Workshop Date & Time
Sunday, June [TBD], 2026
10:00am–12:30pm
Held at 5249 College Ave, Oakland CA
Snacks and tea will be provided
$20 suggested donation, no one turned away for
lack of funds
What You’ll Walk Away With
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A new way of relating to inner images beyond interpretation or analysis
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Increased access to imagery as a meaningful part of your inner experience
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A felt sense of how to stay with images as they unfold
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Greater trust in the symbolic and non-verbal aspects of your psyche
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Simple ways to continue working with images in your own life
Cost + Registration
$20 suggested donation—no one turned away for lack of funds
Space is limited to 8 participants
About the Facilitators
Grady M Fort, LMFT
I’ve spent over 20 years immersed in group work, both as a participant and facilitator. What continues to move me is how powerful it is to step out of isolation and into shared space—where experience can be witnessed, felt, and explored together.
This offering grows out of that foundation, with a focus on how the inner world often takes shape through image.
Rather than approaching images as something to interpret or decode, this work invites a different stance—one of curiosity, patience, and direct experience. Images are treated as living expressions of the psyche, carrying meaning that unfolds over time when given attention.
My background in parts work informs this approach. Images can often be understood as expressions of different parts of the self, and working with them becomes a way of relating to these parts with respect rather than trying to figure them out.
In these spaces, you can expect something grounded and experiential. Less about explanation, more about contact—with what arises internally, and at times, with others in the room. My role is to help create a container that feels steady enough for that kind of exploration.
This work isn’t about doing it “right.” It’s about learning how to stay with what emerges, and allowing meaning to take shape in its own time.