Carroy Ferguson

Title : Beyond self-limiting and addictive cultural scripts: Archetypal energies as a framework to “heal” addictions and evolve human consciousness

Abstract:

Dr. Ferguson will discuss how culture influences perceptions and how to recognize and move beyond self-limiting and addictive cultural scripts that are not serving humanity well.  He will provide a definition of culture and discuss how we can best manage what he calls the “culture-in-the-Self”.  Based on his award-winning book, Evolving The Human Race Game: A Spiritual and Soul-Centered Perspective, he will also discuss what he calls Archetypal Energies as a framework to assist humanity in moving beyond self-limiting and addictive cultural scripts, to “heal” addictions, and to evolve human consciousness.

Learning Outcomes:  Attendees will be introduced to:

1. Six ways that culture influences perceptions and how some cultural scripts can lead to transformative effects or to deleterious self-limiting effects.
2. Twenty-five Archetypal Energies, what they are and their three basic functions, and how they can assist us in moving beyond self-liming and addictive cultural scripts.
3.  Implications of Archetypal Energies as a framework to “heal” addictions and evolve Human Consciousness and to move us toward our optimal Selves and optimal realities.

Biography:

Dr. Carroy (Cuf) Ferguson has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston College. He has been President or Co-President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology since 2006, the first African American and first person of color to be President of this national Association. A tenured Full Professor and former Dean at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, he currently serves as Human Services Program Director.  He co-founded two visionary organizations (Interculture, Inc.; Associates in Human Understanding). He also is: a clinical practitioner; a consultant; Associate Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology; an award-winning author (e.g., Evolving The Human Race Game)