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Foundations of Chassidic Psychology, in Conversation with Jungian Concepts and Motifs
October 25, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Prepaid Cost: $35.00Event Navigation
Presented by Rabbi Tal Sessler, Ph.D.
Respondents: Judith Hecker, Ph.D. & Wendy Wyman-McGinty, Ph.D.
The Kabbalah is an intricate symbolic system, which seeks to articulate, elucidate and map out the internal structure of the soul of the cosmos, according to the Jewish mystical tradition. As universal truths, many of the foundational concepts of Chassidic psychology are evident within the discourse of modern secular psychology, including distinctly Jungian ones such as the concept of the Self, the collective unconscious, and the Shadow, (called the Sitra Ahra in the Kabbalah). Drawing from pastoral cases, this talk will examine some of the spiritual symbolic concepts of the Kabbalah as they emerge within the human psyche, as disparate parts of the soul struggle to find balance with one another.
Course Objectives:
- Give an example of a concept in the Kabbalah which has a parallel in modern clinical psychology.
- Compare the idea of the Sitra Ahra in Kabbalah with Jung’s concept of the Shadow.
Rabbi Tal Sessler, Ph.D., has taught at the New School for Social Research in NY, and is the author of three books in continental philosophy and modern Jewish identity.
Judith Hecker, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst and a clinical psychologist with a private practice in West Los Angeles,. She has taught at Pacifica Graduate Institute, the California Graduate Institute, the Geffen Medical School at UCLA, and at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and is a former supervisor and Associate Director of the CGI Counseling Center and the Chicago School Clinic in Westwood.
Wendy Wyman-McGinty, Ph.D., A.D.T.R., is a Jungian analyst, clinical psychologist, and dance therapist in private practice in West Los Angeles, with an interest in the somatic aspect of analysis, and its relationship to the development of a symbolic process. Her work has appeared in Spring Journal, The Journal of Analytical Psychology, Authentic Movement, Vol. II, and Supervision in Dance/Movement Psychotherapy.
Continuing Education:
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