Dennis Patrick Slattery

Dennis has taught for the past 45 years, beginning with Elementary Special Education, then high school, undergraduate and for the past 20 years, Mythological Study students as well as those in Depth Psychology, Depth Psychotherapy, Counseling and Clinical Psychology programs at Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor, of 24 books including seven volumes of poetry, two with accompanying CDs; he also co-authored one novel. He has published over 200 articles on popular culture, mythology, psychology, cultural phenomena in book chapters, newspaper and magazine articles and on-line publications. As a result of writing this collection of essays on creativity with Jennifer and Deborah, Dennis has designed and now implemented a course on Creative Writing and Personal Myth, which he is currently teaching to second year Mythology students at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Expanding beyond the written word, Dennis took classes in mixing glazes and creating pottery both on the wheel and free-hand. For the past seven years in New Braunfels, Texas, he has taken formal acrylic painting classes and has recently completed his eleventh 16x20 painting. He is now creating paintings in water color. He has been a frequent guest on radio talk shows and has offered “riting” personal myth retreats across the United States, Canada, Ireland and Switzerland. He has the unique ability to speak to and connect with a wide variety of audiences, from young people to older participants interested in using writing and drawing to explore the mythology that moves within them and helps them to shape the person they are continually becoming. He has found that from a depth psychological and mythical perspective, people are fundamentally the same in their desires, feelings, wants, and aspirations. Tapping into those common human elements through writing has been most rewarding for him, allowing him to extend his boundaries beyond the classroom. https://dennispslattery.com/wordpress/