September 2024
Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Jung’s Unique Psychology Part 1
Saturday, September 7, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm JUNG’S UNIQUE PSYCHOLOGY, PART ONE The presentation will explore an overview of how Jung’s psychology developed over the course of his lifetime, focusing on his understanding of psychological transformation, beginning with his personal crisis (1913 –1928) through his last mature writing…
Find out more »In-Person + Zoom: The Tarot: A Tool for Working with the Unconscious
Presented by Stephen Foster, Ph.D., L.P.C. The Tarot has a long history, with many books having been written on the subject, including Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, by Salle Nichols, who taught Symbolism of the Tarot, at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. For the psychologically minded, this lecture…
Find out more »In-Person + Zoom: Jungian Art Therapy and Tarot: Drawing out the Shadow Through the Creative Process
Presented by Nora Swan-Foster, M.A., LPC Presentation: 10 am- 1 pm / 2- 4pm (Pacific) - Break: 1-2 pm. The hidden ordering principle of the Self will be considered through spontaneous images from the tarot and the use of spontaneous and associative drawings, all of which will liberate the psychic…
Find out more »Clinician’s Program (2024-2025): Jung in Context
Saturday, September 21, 2024 Jung in Context Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. This course will introduce Jung’s theory and give context for its place in psychological theory. Jung was influenced by the scientific and philosophical tradition of the nineteenth century, as well as his classical and religious education.…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Jung’s Unique Psychology Part 2
Saturday, September 21, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm JUNG’S UNIQUE PSYCHOLOGY, PART TWO Building on the groundwork discussed in part one, we will explore Jung’s approach to healing for both the individual on a personal level as well as for societies on a social level. We will briefly canvass…
Find out more »October 2024
Clinician’s Program (2024-2025): The Dynamism of Shadow and Complexes
Saturday, October 5, 2024 The Dynamism of Shadow and Complexes Presented by Paula Smith-Marder, Ph.D. Shadow and complexes operate as dynamic forces in our lives but are often elusive to grasp. In this seminar we will examine some of the ways in which shadow material and complexes appear in dreams and daily life,…
Find out more »Zoom Only: Childhood and Cultural Evolution: The Interconnection Between Life Experiences and Archetypes
Presented by Ignez Carvalho Hartmann An analysis frequently exposes the myriad of ways in which the psyche continues to carry traumatic events, both personal and collective, through generations. The introduction of non-verbal expressive therapies such as sandplay, drawing, music and bodily experiencing, can often elicit implicit memory and its accompanying…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Archetypes and Complexes and How They Relate Part 1
Saturday, October 5 & 19, 2023; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ARCHETYPES AND COMPLEXES AND HOW THEY RELATE Scholars of Jungian analytical psychology often surmise that his psychology could have well been named “complex psychology” and others posit it could have been called “archetypal psychology”. In this class we explore…
Find out more »Open House for Jungian Analyst Training Program 2024
Please RSVP below! Join host and Jungian Analyst Sheila Traviss on Sunday, October 6th at 2:00 PM for an in-person 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. We…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Archetypes and Complexes and How They Relate Part 2
Saturday, October 5 & 19, 2023; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ARCHETYPES AND COMPLEXES AND HOW THEY RELATE Scholars of Jungian analytical psychology often surmise that his psychology could have well been named “complex psychology” and others posit it could have been called “archetypal psychology”. In this class we explore…
Find out more »Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture: Zoom Only: “Social Media and the Collective Unconscious: Archetypal algorithms and the impact on children and youth”
Presented by Jane Clapp Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 10-1pm on zoom This lecture is an in depth exploration of the often negative impact of heavy social media use on the developing psyches of children and youth. The colonization of the human psyche driven by greed and hunger for power…
Find out more »Zoom Only: Painting Dreams: An Experiential Workshop
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Tuesdays: October 29, November 5, 12 and 19; 2-4 pm. Painting Inner Images is a non-verbal method to contact and symbolically express the unconscious, often not yet possible to be formulated in words. Dream amplification is a Jungian method of exploring the unconscious. In…
Find out more »November 2024
Jung at Heart (2024-2025): My Self: Who Am I Or: What Am I? From the Red Book Part 1
Saturday, November 2 & 16, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm MY SELF: WHO AM I? OR: WHAT AM I? FROM THE RED BOOK TO AION Jung began to give a unique and novel meaning to the term “Self” from 1916 as a result of visionary experiences which had radically…
Find out more »Zoom Only: Loving our Brokenness: The Human Dimension of the Archetype of the Black
Presented by Judy D. Zappacosta, M.A., L.M.F.T. Brokenness, imperfection, and failure are intrinsic qualities of being human. Just as lead was turned into gold in alchemy, so, too, can sorrow, shame, or trauma be "prima materia" for transformation. This program explores the archetype of the Black Madonna as an example…
Find out more »Clinician’s Program (2024-2025): Archetypes and their use in Clinical Practice
Saturday, November 9, 2024 Archetypes and their Use in Clinical Practice Presented by J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D. Archetypal images lie at the core of the depth and breadth of psychological practice. An ability to identify and experience the energy of the archetype, as well as its power and structure, is…
Find out more »Zoom Only: Getting Next To Ourselves Again
Presented by Michelle Stephens, Ph.D. This seminar will discuss racism as an instance of dissociative othering, placing interpersonal psychoanalytic approaches in dialogue with critical race theory, reading theories of dissociation and double consciousness alongside each other, and engaging in conversation with Jungian psychoanalysts about the intersections and juxtapositions between a…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): My Self: Who Am I Or: What Am I? From the Red Book Part 2
Saturday, November 2 & 16, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm MY SELF: WHO AM I? OR: WHAT AM I? FROM THE RED BOOK TO AION Jung began to give a unique and novel meaning to the term “Self” from 1916 as a result of visionary experiences which had radically…
Find out more »December 2024
Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Nightmares Are Our Most Important Dreams
Saturday, December 7, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm NIGHTMARES ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT DREAMS Nightmares are about our naïveté. Nightmares wake us up from our innocence. They reflect to us what is infinitely unique about each one of us. They bring us the darker side of life that is…
Find out more »Clinician’s Program (2024-2025): Myths, Fairy Tales and Parables: Their Practical Application in the Consultation Room
Saturday, December 14, 2024 Myths, Fairy Tales and Parables: Their Practical Application in the Consultation Room Presented by Sheila Traviss, M.A., L.M.F.T. Myths, fairy tales, and parables are reflections of human thoughts and consciousness. Embedded within these stories are archetypes imbued with symbolism and meaning that, upon inspection and reflection,…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Romantic Love
Saturday, December 14, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ROMANTIC LOVE In the analysis of a person in love, this powerful experience should not be discarded as an unexplainable phenomenon, a temporary insanity, a heavenly gift, or a grace of gods that brings an end to suffering. On the contrary,…
Find out more »Continuing Education:
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