Beneath the Surface:
A 3-Day Depth Psychology Summit
Replays available until August 14
Day 1
Depth + Initiation
Teacher: Vanessa Bennett
Theme: Moving beyond the surface — why depth psychology changes everything.
Most healing frameworks focus on what we can see, measure, explain, and manage. Day 1 asks a different question: what if the patterns keeping us and the people we support stuck are not simply problems to solve, but invitations to go deeper?
Together, we’ll explore what depth psychology is, how it differs from more surface-level approaches, and why working with the psyche — shadow, symbol, soul, dreams, archetypes, projection, and the unconscious — opens doors that coping strategies alone often cannot.
You’ll leave with:
A clearer understanding of why depth psychology matters now
A new lens for reading your own patterns and your clients’ patterns as meaningful, not merely problematic
A felt sense of the Inner Compass Academy approach and whether this is the deeper framework you’ve been looking for
Day 2
Shadow + Transformation
Teachers: Emily Cervini + Madeleine Downey
Theme: What lives beneath — shadow, projection, and the unconscious forces shaping our lives and relationships.
Transformation does not happen by only working with what is already visible.
Day 2 moves into the material that lives beneath the surface: shadow, projection, relational patterns, dream images, and the archetypal forces shaping how we see ourselves, our clients, and the people around us. We’ll explore why real change asks us to meet what has been disowned, defended against, hidden from consciousness, or carried in the body.
You’ll leave with:
A deeper understanding of shadow that goes beyond “limiting beliefs” or negative traits
A clearer way of recognizing projection and unconscious material in ourselves and the people we support
Insight into how symbolic, dream-based, and archetypal work can support lasting transformation
Alumni Workshop
Teachers: Aimee Chung, ICA Alumni
Theme: Trauma, Relationship and the Depth Perspective.
Trauma is more than what happens to us. It shapes how we relate to ourselves, to others, and to the world around us. In this workshop, we’ll explore how depth psychology offers a different way of understanding trauma—not simply as something to overcome, but as an experience that leaves symbolic, emotional, and relational imprints on the psyche. Aimee will also share how her training through Inner Compass Academy has influenced the way she approaches healing and the work she now brings into the world.
Day 3
Somatic + Imaginal Integration
Teacher: Tauné Lyons
Theme: Bringing it into the body — how depth psychology becomes something we live, not just understand.
Insight alone does not create integration.
Day 3 brings depth work into the body, the imagination, and lived experience. Through somatic and imaginal practice, we’ll explore how healing becomes something we embody, not just something we understand conceptually, and how this deeper integration can support both our own lives and the people we hold space for.
You’ll leave with:
A direct experience of somatic and imaginal practice, not just a conceptual understanding
A clearer sense of how to bridge insight and embodied integration
Practical language for bringing this approach into your own life, work, or space-holding practice
Alumni Workshop
Teachers: Spencer Spellman, ICA Alumni
In this alumni-led session, Spencer shares how Inner Compass Academy and depth psychology became a bridge into a more conscious and integrated life, touching not only his work, but his identity, relationships, creativity, and sense of purpose.
Drawing from his background in philosophy, travel writing, photography, storytelling, coaching, and content marketing, Spencer reflects on how depth psychology can inform both traditional and non-traditional paths. His session offers a real-world glimpse into how this work can become part of what you offer, how you create, how you listen, and how you live.
You’ll leave with:
A grounded example of how ICA shapes life and work beyond the classroom
An expanded sense of what your own path could look like with a depth framework underneath it
A glimpse into how alumni are integrating this work into coaching, facilitation, creative practice, and everyday life
Join us inside The Inner Compass Academy
The Inner Compass Academy: Introduction to Depth Psychology Level 1 is a 10-week live certificate program where we go much deeper into everything we touched on this week. Shadow work, dreamwork, somatic practice, archetypes, the unconscious, ethical space-holding, with 7 different teachers and a cohort of practitioners walking the same path. Our next Cohort begins in September.
As a summit attendee, you have early access to apply before we open applications to the public. Early applicants who are approved and enrol by August 21st receive $200 off tuition and access to an extended 5-month payment plan.