September 2022
In-Person + Zoom:
Book Launch of Sharon Heath’s Novel
The Mysterious Composition of Tears
Come and join us at the Institute Clubhouse or via Zoom for a book reading and signing by Jungian Analyst Sharon Heath of her sequel to The Fleur Trilogy. The Mysterious Composition of Tears is a tale of young romance, the trials of aging, talking trees, climate disasters, mysterious Shimmers, and quirky Nobelist Fleur Robins and her new pal Wolfgang Pauli exploring synchronicity and multiple universes while stranded at a black hole event horizon. The novel is simultaneously a vision of what awaits…
Find out more »Zoom Only-Jungian Sandplay, Unit 1 Origins of Jungian Sandplay
History and Introduction to Sandplay-September 24, 2022; 9:30 am-4:00 pm Understanding the Sandplay Process-October 29, 2022; 9:30 am-4:00 pm The Language of Symbols -December 3, 2022; 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »EXPLORING SANDPLAY POTENTIALS FOR CANDIDATES IN ANALYTICAL TRAINING: EXPERIENTIAL SANDPLAY WORKSHOP
Presenter: Sachiko Taki-Reece, Ed.D., M.F.T. 6 Sundays: September 25, October 30, November 20, December 18, 2022. January 29, March 5, 2023. (There is no meeting in February) Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Held in Kirsch Lecture Room. Continuing Education: A maximum of 12 CE credits can be earned, based on attendance. This elective is limited to 8, candidates only. In this seminar, on Hakoniwa, group sandplay, participants will experience a group sandplay process and gain the knowledge of…
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Zoom Only:
Finding One’s Path: A Painting Workshop
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 5 Thursdays: September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 - 3:30 - 5:30 pm “The goal is important only as an idea; the essential thing is the opus: that is the goal of a lifetime.” C.G. Jung, CW 16 §400 Painting inner images is a form of active imagination that gives form to inner experience. In this 5-part workshop series, participants will be invited to draw from personal and archetypal symbols related to the theme…
Find out more »October 2022
In-Person + Zoom:
Open House for Analyst Training Program
Join host Sheila Traviss on Sunday, October 2nd at 2:00 PM (PST) for a virtual and in-person (at this time) Open House with a panel of candidates and analysts to share the myriad life experiences, and clinical work that led them to the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Hearing from current candidates and those who have been recently certified provides a rich picture of what our analytical training program offers. We will share how the program has expanded our…
Find out more »Zoom Only: A Writer’s Group for Women
Presented by Sheila Traviss, L.M.F.T. - Limited Enrolment. 9 Thursdays: Thursdays, October 6, 13, 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15, 2022 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm Pacific Time 1 Friday: Friday, October 21, 2022 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm Pacific Time Registration for series only. In this writer's group, limited to 12 women, we will utilize Jungian concepts as prompts to explore personal narratives in a safe and non-judgmental atmosphere. Some of the topics to be covered…
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In-Person Only:
Discovering the Self through the Mandala
3 Sundays: October 9, 16, 23, 2022; 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Limited enrolment. Presented by Susan Frankel, Ph.D. and Mai Breech, Psy.D. Jung's capacity for creative expression both enlivened and informed his relationship with the unconscious throughout his lifetime. Perhaps one of the most profound discoveries was the art of mandala making as a tool to develop a more conscious relationship with his internal world, which proved invaluable during a particularly challenging time in his personal life. Each…
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Zoom Only:
Revisiting Individuation, Heroism and the Feminine
Presented by Susan Rowland, Ph.D. Jung portrayed individuation as beginning with the death of the hero, whose attitudes of power and destruction have long dominated our culture. In contrast, his views of feminine consciousness suggest that a less ego-centric, dogmatic, and euro-centric orientation can contribute toward a more collective mode of individuation. In this workshop, we will study the novel, The Sacred Well Murders which utilizes Jungian active imagination and amplification during the pandemic, as a means of understanding pre-patriarchial…
Find out more »Analytic Forum: Poor Little Rich Girl
Presenter: Sheila Traviss, Thursday, October 20, 2022. Time: Refreshments at 7:00 p.m./ Presentation 7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m. Held in the Kirsch Lecture Room. Required of candidates in all stages of training. Please register with the office so that we have adequate seating. Continuing Education: A maximum of 2 CE credits can be earned, based on attendance. My control work involved a patient who was seen by the collective as successful, attractive, and full of potential but felt like a failure.…
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Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture:
Zoom Only: A Jungian Approach to Spontaneous Drawings: A Window to the Soul
Presented by Patricia Ann Elwood This lecture is based on the Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche as proposed by Carl Jung. This experiential workshop is aimed at providing a tool for all those working in education, the helping professions, and for those interested in understanding the basics of a Jungian approach. It offers a simple and accessible method beyond rational thinking for all personality types and is especially useful for those working with children and adolescents. Note: Please make…
Find out more »November 2022
Zoom Only:
I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This
Presented by Steve Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. In the original Star Wars trilogy when faced with a challenging situation, several characters are moved to say: “I’ve got a bad feeling about this!” In our own age the same can be said for many of us as we are confronted with the deadly horrible realities of our times, from the pandemic now in its third year, the life-threatening consequences of climate change, the senseless brutal killing of Ukrainians, the mass shootings in our…
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Zoom Only:
The Passionate Body: HIV/AIDS as Cultural Complex
Program: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Lunch break: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Presented by Paul Attinello, Ph.D. Viral invasion, infection anxiety, illness, and death returning to the contemporary world–HIV/AIDS has been an intensely charged crisis in sexuality, medical awareness, and our relationship to sickness and death for forty years, and continues to be an ongoing disaster in many parts of the world. I will approach AIDS as a series of dense cultural complexes,…
Find out more »January 2023
THE 1619 PROJECT: A NEW ORIGIN STORY
Presenters: Athena Carrillo, L.M.F.T. and Cydny Rothe, L.C.S.W. 5 Saturdays: January 28, February 18, March 18, April 8, May 13, 2023 Held on Zoom. Open to Candidates and interns only. Continuing Education: There are no CE credits available for this reading group. The murder of George Floyd in 2020 shook the world; it deeply penetrated the collective psyche and stirred a call to awareness of trauma and violence that had remained, for many, hidden in the unconscious. It was…
Find out more »WORKING WITH DEATH-RELATED DREAMS
Presenter: Marybeth Carter, Ph.D. Sunday, January 8, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Held in the Kirsch Lecture Room / Zoom depending on the coronavirus situation. Open to Candidates and Interns. Continuing Education: A maximum of 4 CE credits can be earned, based on attendance. “Dreams are the letters that the soul writes to us every night” (M-L von Franz, 1988, in The Way of the Dream). In Jung’s view, dreams are psychic activity from the unconscious…
Find out more »Zoom Only-Jungian Sandplay, Unit 2: The Jungian Foundation of Sandplay
The Individuation Process as Described by Carl Jung-January 28, 2023; 9:30 am-4:00 pm Complexes and Shadow-February 18, 2023; 9:30 am-4:00 pm Archetypes and the Transcendent Function -March 25, 2023; 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Find out more »February 2023
JUNGIAN CONCEPTS AS EXPRESSED IN THE ARTS
Presenter: Sheila Traviss, L.M.F.T. 4 Sundays: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023. Time: 10:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. Held on Zoom. Open to candidates and interns. C.E.: A maximum of 12 CE credits can be earned, based on attendance. In this seminar we will discuss how movies, television series, animation, literature, and popular music, capture the spirit of our time. We will take a psychological look at the arts as a way of better understanding the human soul. Attendees…
Find out more »AF-Transformation in the Fires of a Suffering Love: Alchemical Dismemberment of Life-Threatening Disease as a Prelude to an Encounter with the Self
Presenter: Walter King, Thursday, February 23, 2023. Time: Refreshments at 7:00 p.m./ Presentation 7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m. Held in the Kirsch Lecture Room. Required of candidates in all stages of training. Please register with the office so that we have adequate seating. Continuing Education: A maximum of 2 CE credits can be earned, based on attendance. The analysis of John, my patient, emerged out of the synchronistic correspondences of our similar life epics, fateful rites of passage as prefiguring an…
Find out more »April 2023
Zoom Only
Jungian Sandplay, Unit 3: Jungian Sandplay with Children
Working with Children from a Jungian Perspective-April 29, 2023; 9:30 am-4:00 pm Treating Trauma and Anxiety in Children-May 20, 2023; 9:30 am-4:00 pm Complex Clinical Issues with Children-June 24, 2023; 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Find out more »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.