March 2019
Painting Inner Images:
Opposites We Carry Within
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way things that I had no words for. - Georgia O’Keeffe At times we struggle to express opposing tendencies within ourselves, as we try to find ways of resolving…
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Jungian Sandplay:
The Orphan and Finding Nemo
Presented by Audrey Punnett, Ph.D. The Orphan: The Psychic Drive for Wholeness in Sandplay In this case presentation of Sandplay therapy with an 11 year-old boy, we will focus on how the constellation of the orphan archetype, with its accompanying feelings of isolation, anguish, and despair can act as a…
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What Do Our Dreams Tell Us About Ourselves That We Don’t Already Know?
An Introduction To Jungian Dream Work
Presented by Michal Aizenman, L.P.C.C. In this theoretical and experiential workshop we will practice, experience, learn about and discuss Jung's approach to dream work. Using a dream presented, we will examine the structure of a dream, and ways of analyzing a dream from an objective as well as a subjective…
Find out more »A Reading and Book Signing: Into the Heart of Sandplay
Presented by Harriet Friedman, M.A., M.F.T., Sachiko Taki-Reece, Ed.D., M.F.T. and Gita Morena, Ph.D., M.F.T. Come celebrate with us the publication of Into the Heart of Sandplay with three of its contributors. Into the Heart of Sandplay (edited by Dyane N. Sherwood and Betty C. Jackson) is a compilation of experienced sandplay therapists from around the…
Find out more »April 2019
Who Do Wilshire Blvd. and Carl Jung Have in Common?
Presented by Jay Sherry, Ph.D. This slide presentation will answer this intriguing question and feature other personalities discussed in my book The Jungian Strand in Transatlantic Modernism. We will begin with Jung's first visit to New York, where he saw the Armory Show, an experience which took his creativity in a…
Find out more »May 2019
The March From Selma to Montgomery and the Nonviolent Movement in Analysis
Presented by Renee M. Cunningham, M.F.T. The program will focus on the March from Selma to Montgomery and the development of culture through the implementation of the eightfold path of nonviolence (Gandhi’s concepts of Satyagraha and Ahimsa and King’s six tenets). The concepts of individuation, the ego/Self Axis, the cultural unconscious…
Find out more »Master/Slave: Abuse of Power in the Analytic Relationship
Presented by Renee M. Cunningham, M.F.T. Utilizing case material, we will examine the potential for abuse of power in the context of the analytic relationship, and how this can replicate aspects of the archetypal master/slave relationship. Drawing from the principles of the eightfold path of nonviolence, we will examine some of…
Find out more »Session 2-Painting Inner Images: Opposites We Carry Within
In this painting workshop, we will utilize complimentary colors to evoke images of the unconscious, and find creative ways in which to reconcile these pairs of opposites.
Find out more »June 2019
Jungian Sandplay: The Importance of Being and Silence in Child Analysis
Presented by Maria Ellen Chiaia, Ph.D. Drawing from clinical and theoretical material, we will focus on the importance of being and the role of silence in analytic work with children. As the child tells his or her story through play and interaction with the therapist, we in turn imagine and empathize with the child in their world and in the wordless spaces between us. This capacity to be with the child's emotional experience without verbal interpretation, allows children the freedom to express their thoughts and feelings without impingement, so that a liminal space may be created for healing and transformation.
Find out more »September 2019
Painting Inner Images Workshop :
Inner Geometry
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. Geometric forms such as rectangles, circles, and triangles are basic elements present in our outer life such as in architectural structure or, in their uneven forms in nature. Basic geometric structures also symbolically represent feelings, moods or lasting psychological states of our inner life. In…
Find out more »October 2019
Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture
The Childhood of the Biblical God:
The Underpinnings of the Yahweh Complex in Human Behavior
Presented by Michael Gellert, M.A., L.C.S.W. The degree of character flexibility, the ability to open oneself to the outside world or to close oneself to it, depending on the situation, constitutes the difference between a reality-oriented and a neurotic character structure. – Wilhelm Reich This presentation will focus on the…
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Painting Inner Images Workshop :
Inner Geometry-SOLD OUT
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. Geometric forms such as rectangles, circles, and triangles are basic elements present in our outer life such as in architectural structure or, in their uneven forms in nature. Basic geometric structures also symbolically represent feelings, moods or lasting psychological states of our inner life. In…
Find out more »November 2019
The Mystical Hebrew Alphabet as a Path to Individuation
Presented By Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, Ph.D. In an interview, Jung said: "But do you know who anticipated my entire psychology in the 18th century? The Hasidic Rabbi Baer from Meseritz, whom they called the Great Maggid. He was a most impressive man." The ancient Sages/Kabbalists deepened the mysteries of the…
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Facing the Other:
Women and the Search for Soul
Presented by Pamela Freundl Kirst, Ph.D. The “Other” is said to be a bridge to the unconscious, a pathway to the deepest core of the self. Jungian Psychology traditionally uses the term animus—identified as the inner masculine—to identify the “Other” within a woman’s psyche. Do such traditionally gendered ideas remain useful…
Find out more »December 2019
Encountering The Shadow In Our Dreams
Presented by Michal Aizenman, L.P.C.C. "How little know we what we are How less what we may be" - Anne Brontë In this theoretical and experiential workshop participants will have the opportunity to practice Jung's approach to dream work, utilizing his concepts of active imagination, amplification, psychic energy,…
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Series in Irvine:
The Agony of Perfectionism
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…
Find out more »March 2020
Myth of the New World
Presented by Deborah O'Grady and Melinda Haas, L.C.S.W. Underneath the sense of hope and expansiveness in the New World is a shadow that has been there from its first colonization to the present moment. Dvořák set out to find and compose “American music.” What he created is a collage, suggestions…
Find out more »Levinas, Existentialism, and the Making of the Modern Self
Presented by Rabbi Tal Sessler, Ph.D. This lecture will explore the secular West’s journey for identity, and for the consolidation of authentic individuality for the modern person, in light of all the upheavals of the 20th century. We examine some of the psychological, social and political aspects in the work…
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A Painting Class:
Persona and Beyond
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Thursdays: March 5, 12, 19, 26, 2020; 11:15 am-1:15 pm Jung named the different aspects of ourselves that we show the world the persona. In this workshop we will discuss the concept of the persona, how it develops to protect the more vulnerable parts…
Find out more »April 2020
Mandalas in Sandplay: A Cultural Perspective-ONLINE CLASS-Pacific Daylight Time
Jill Kaplan, M.A., M.F.T. This online, interactive seminar will focus on the mandala which appears in many cultures as a unifying, symbolic image. Similarly, in sandplay we may see it arise when a patient is struggling to contain or find a relationship to opposites or opposing emotional experiences. Drawing from…
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.
