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In Person + Zoom: Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies
In-Person Only: Embodied Resourcing Through Image Making
In-Person + Zoom: First North American Conference on Infant, Child and Adolescent Jungian Analysis
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Series in Irvine:
The Agony of Perfectionism
February 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - February 25, 2020 @ 9:00 pm
Prepaid Cost: $135.00 – $150.00Event Navigation
Presented by Sherri Mahdavi, Ph.D.
4 Tuesdays: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2020
When we discover an inferiority in ourselves we should not be depressed, no disaster has taken place, but we have discovered our humanity.
—C.G. Jung, Modern Psychology, Vol. 2, p. 153
Clinical research has related perfectionism to depression, anxiety, procrastination, and feelings of shame and guilt. In this series of seminars we will discuss clinical perfectionism in its many forms and its root causes from Jungian perspective. We will discuss how parental complexes, rejection of the shadow and identification with the persona can play a role in the exhausting unfulfilled life of a perfectionist.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe what is meant by clinical perfectionism in psychotherapy;
- Describe what is meant by the term identification by the persona and how it affect everyday life style;
- Describe what is meant by parental complexes;
- Describe what is meant by the term shadow in Jungian theory and practice;
- Give an example of how rejection of the shadow can create Stress and anxiety;
- Describe what is meant by inferiority complex;
- Give an example of shame based perfectionism;
- Give an example of guilt based perfectionism.
Sherri Mahdavi, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist in private practice in Irvine. She also serves as an associate professor of applied clinical psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Southern California, where she teaches courses in depth psychology.
Continuing Education:
Psychologists/LCSWs/MFTs/LPCCs: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nurses: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is an accredited provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Registered Nurses may claim only the actual number of hours spent in the educational activity for credit.
