2022-2023 HKCC Child Study Group Meeting

Presenter: Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford, MFT

7 Saturdays: September 24, November 19, 2022. January 21, February 25, March 25, April 22, May 20, 2023. (Dates are subject to change. Please check Elizabeth’s announcements in the Friday Institute email before scheduled meetings to be sure that the date is still the same.)

Time: 2:30 — 4:30 p.m.

Held on Zoom.

Open to candidates, analysts, interns, and interested others.9

Continuing Education: A maximum of 14 CE credits can be earned, based on attendance

This training year we will read Vol. 1 of the Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz, Archetypal Symbols in Fairytales: The Profane and Magical Worlds. (Chiron Publications, 2021). In this volume, von Franz amplifies several motifs to highlight “how the storyline in fairytales have preserved the character of the land of soul… The transition from everyday life, that is, the realm of normal consciousness, to the numinous otherworld, is particularly portrayed in the account of the acts that take place in the magical arena.” (From the Introduction). Clinical illustrations from our practice and personal lives, especially related to children, adolescents, and the young parts within, will be encouraged to facilitate integration of theory with practice.

Please contact HKCC Director, Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford at 310-226-7066 or,

esbmft@earthlink.net if you wish to participate in the Child Study Group. You do not have to be working with children or adolescents to join this reading group, nor do you need to attend every meeting. Everyone is welcome.

Learning Objectives:

This seminar is designed to help you:

1. Define the term archetype.
2. Explain the difference between magical and profane realms.
3. Compare and contrast legends and fairytales.
4. Describe the structure of a fairytale.
5. Amplify the meaning of archetypal symbol in a fairytale.
6. Discuss the significance of numbers in fairytales.
7. Explain how the analysis of fairytales can deepen our understanding of psychological processes.
8. Define the term motif.
9. Discuss and give examples of how fairytales express the collective unconscious.
10.  Identify how Jung’s concept of the Self emerges in fairytales.
11.  Give examples and discuss the use of fairytales in clinical practice.
12.  Identify complexes represented in fairytales.
13.  Discuss common themes in fairytales across cultures.
14.  Differentiate between the personal and archetypal.