The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles offers a Certificate Program for licensed mental health professionals, which extends over a ten-month period beginning in September 2023 and ending in June 2024. It is structured around seminar courses on Saturdays, once a month, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, each focused on a current topic in Analytical Psychology.

The morning session from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm will consist of a theoretical part with the presentation of case material. Following a lunch break, the afternoon session from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm will be devoted to case consultation in smaller groups. It will provide an opportunity for discussion and integration of theoretical and clinical material.

The class is intended for licensed mental health professionals, including Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists. It will be online using Zoom. 

Certificate: A Certificate will be awarded to participants after completion of the program. Participants may miss 2 classes and still receive the certificate.

Continuing Education:

Psychologists/MFTs/LCSWs/MFCCs: 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 (Provider #07986).

A maximum of 60 CE credits can be earned based on class attendance.

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Jung in Context

Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T.  

This course will provide an introduction to Jung’s theory and a 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. We will introduce the basic concepts of his theory and describe why it initially appealed to artistic, literary, and religious groups more than the early psychoanalytic community. Today his concepts not only find a place in many psychological modalities but also in neurobiology and trauma studies.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the role of the complexes in the development of Jung’s theory of analytical psychology;
  • Describe key similarities and differences between the Jungian vs. the Freudian view of the unconscious;
  • Describe the difference between the personal and the collective unconscious;
  • Describe how Jung’s theory resonates with current research in neurobiology.

Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Santa Monica, CA. He is active in the training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and has taught for over ten years at Antioch University. Stephen has also worked at an experiential retreat center, and prior to that, worked in finance in New York City.

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Shadow and Complexes

Presented by Paula Smith-Marder, Ph.D.

Jung called complexes the building blocks of the psyche. We will consider how to identify a complex and its corresponding archetypal core and how to work with a complex when it becomes disruptive. Drawing from clinical experience and dream material, we will examine the shadow in its positive and negative aspects and the challenges inherent in integrating this often split-off aspect of the personality.

 Learning Objectives:

  • Identify a complex with its archetypal core;
  • Describe one way a person might know he or she is caught in a complex;
  • Describe what Jung meant by shadow;
  • Give an example of how the shadow can manifest in a dream.

Paula Smith-Marder, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and certified Jungian analyst with a private practice in Pacific Palisades. She is a past Director of Training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. She teaches and supervises at the Jung Institute, she taught at Alliant University, and for ten years she was a psychologist consultant to The Women’s Life Center at UCLA. Her interests include oil painting, piano, and animal dreams.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Individuation and its Clinical Implications

Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. 

Participants will learn about the role of individuation in the analytic process. We will discuss clinical techniques to facilitate individuation such as shadow work, dream analysis, and the work of differentiating ego from complex and archetype. We will explore how Jung’s concept of individuation can help a patient bear conflict and experience meaning and depth in their lives. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe what is meant by the term individuation and why it is a crucial part of the analytic process.
  • Describe how to differentiate between an ego identification, a complex, and an archetype.
  • Describe what is meant by the shadow aspect of the personality and how it can interfere with our capacity to tolerate conflict.
  • Give an example of how dream analysis can support the process of individuation.

Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Santa Monica, CA. He is active in the training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and has taught for over ten years at Antioch University. Stephen has also worked at an experiential retreat center, and prior to that, worked in finance in New York City.

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Dreams

Presented by Judith Hecker, Ph.D.

This course will focus on working with dreams in clinical practice from a Jungian perspective. Some of the topics to be covered are dream images and the symbolic language of dreams, ways of working with dreams in the context of psychotherapy, as well as comparing types of dreams.  We will also examine some of the differences between a Jungian approach and other psychoanalytic schools of thought. Participants are welcome to bring in a dream of their or from their practice in order that we might apply what was covered in class

Learning objectives:

  • Describe the central position of dreams and dreamwork in Jungian theory and practice.
  • Explain the symbolic language of dreams and dream images.
  • Give an example of how to apply the principles of working with dreams to clinical situations.
  • Distinguish the Jungian approach to dreamwork from psychoanalytic approaches.

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 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.

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Nightmares in Treatment

Presented by Robert Moradi, M.D.

Nightmares often carry significant meaning, serving as our body’s poignant attempt to communicate deep-seated psychic distress and conflict. While they may be alarming, they intend to stir consciousness, not merely frighten us. This class delves into the clinical value of nightmares utilizing the videotapes of volunteers who shared their nightmares with the teacher of this class.

In the therapeutic environment, nightmares presented early in the treatment process can provide valuable insights into the patient’s core unconscious conflicts, their origins, and purpose. This invaluable knowledge can shape diagnosis, guide the treatment process, and offer foresights into the prognosis of the treatment.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe what is meant by the personal shadow, including how to recognize dream motifs that represent the personal shadow;
  • Describe what is meant by the collective shadow, including how to recognize dream motifs that represent the collective shadow.
  • Describe the psychological function of fear in nightmares and the role that it plays in terms of psychological development.
  • Give an example of how confronting affects such as violence, sexuality, and shame by exploring their symbolic manifestations in dreams and nightmares can lead to a greater sense of integration of the personality. 

Robert Moradi, M.D., is a Jungian analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice in Santa Monica. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine. Currently, he teaches and writes on Jungian approaches to clinical practice.

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Fairy Tales and the Psyche

Presented by Steve Galipeau, M.A., M.Div.

“Fairy Tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes.” (Marie Louise von Franz). Drawing from several of Grimm’s fairy tales, we will explore some of the ways in which each expresses critical elements of the struggles of the human psyche in the context of the analytic process.  We will focus on the archetype of the Wildman and our lost connection to nature, as well as the unwitting betrayal of the feminine principle in life that is an ominous by-product of so-called modern civilization.  Ways of working with fairy tales in clinical practice will be explored from both a diagnostic as well as a treatment perspective.

Learning Objectives:

  • Give an example of how to utilize fairy tales in the context of clinical work from a diagnostic perspective;
  • Give an example of how to utilize fairy tales in the context of clinical work from a clinical perspective;
  • Describe the symbolism of characters and themes in the fairy tale Iron Hans;
  • Describe the symbolism of characters and themes in the fairy tale The Girl Without Hands.

Steven Galipeau, M. A., M. Div. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Calabasas, California, and President of Coldwater Counseling Center, a Jungian-oriented sliding scale nonprofit in Studio City. He is the author of The Journey of Luke Skywalker: An Analysis of Modern Myth and Symbol and Transforming Body and Soul: Therapeutic Wisdom in the Gospel Healing Stories. An analyst member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles he serves on the faculty of the analyst training program and frequently lectures in public programs.

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Mythology and Archetypes

Presented by Marlene Frantz, M.A., M.F.T.

In this class, participants will learn about the use of mythology, and the archetypes represented within them in the analytic process. Jung wrote, that in each image in a myth, “there is a little piece of human psychology and human fate, a remnant of the joys and sorrows that have been repeated countless times in our ancestral history.” We will explore these to discover ways of working with myths and archetypes and how their use can help our patients find meaning in their personal experiences.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the central position of myths and archetypes in Jungian theory and practice;
  • Describe what is meant by the term archetype and why working with archetypes is a crucial part of the analytic process;
  • Give an example of how the analysis of myths can support the understanding of personal experiences;
  • Describe how Jung used the exploration of mythology with his patients;
  • Give an example of when it would be therapeutically appropriate to incorporate the exploration of myths and archetypes in the course of treatment.

Marlene Frantz, M.A., M.F.T., is a Jungian analyst, a group psychotherapist, and an equine therapist in private practice in Santa Monica and Topanga, California. She has contributed articles and been a featured artist in Psychological Perspectives; is a member of the teaching faculty of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and Jung in Ireland; and has lectured on creativity, grief, facing mortality, and equine therapy.  She is also a supervisor and on the Board at Coldwater Counseling Center.

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Transference and Countertransference

Presented by Susan Frankel, Ph.D.

This presentation will examine the core psychological concepts Jung described in Psychology of the Transference. We will identify some of the central differences between Freud and Jung’s positions with regard to the transference. We will also look at transference through the lens of post-Jungians. Most importantly will discuss the use of transference and countertransference as it is applied in psychotherapeutic practice.

Learning Objectives:

  • List 3 key differences between Jung’s and Freud’s views of the transference.
  • Describe how the Post-Jungian movement has changed Jung’s view of the transference.
  • Describe how the transference is viewed from a developmental perspective.
  • Describe how the transference is viewed from an archetypal perspective.
  • Describe how the transference is viewed from a classical perspective.

Susan Frankel, J.D., Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst in practice in Century City. She practiced law for seven years before returning to graduate school in psychology. Her interests include working with trauma, infant observation, and intersubjective transference/countertransference. She has lectured both locally and nationally on the use of infant observation with adult patients.

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Active Imagination

Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D.

“Experience in analytical psychology has amply shown that conscious and unconscious contents seldom agree to their content and their tendencies.”  – C.G. Jung CW 8 §132

Jung developed the tool of active imagination as a means of helping patients contact and work with their unconscious material through mediums such as writing, drawing, painting, as well as movement.  In this way, patients were encouraged to develop an active communication between their ego and the unconscious through symbolic expression. We will examine the history and roots of this practice, as well as illustrate how this technique can be utilized in clinical practice.  Jung emphasized that clients were only as able to go as far as their therapists have reached in their own personal experience with this method.  If time allows, participants will be able to experience working with this technique directly.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe what is meant by active imagination contrasting it with imaginative techniques;
  • Describe how Jung used active imagination with his patients ;
  • Give an example of when it would be therapeutically appropriate to incorporate active imagination in the course of treatment;
  • Give an example of when utilizing active imagination would be counter-indicated;
  • Describe how bringing unconscious images into consciousness can be used to strengthen ego development;
  • Describe 4 forms of active imagination in clinical practice.

Marion Anderson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. At the moment, she sees clients online and has a private practice in Santa Monica where she works with adults who suffer from anxiety, depression, trauma, cultural adaptation, and major life transitions. Dr. Anderson is also a certified sandplay therapist and speaks German, English, and Portuguese.

Saturday, June 8, 2024

C.G. Jung and Goethe’s Faust: A Model of Individuation and a Case Study of a Completed Life

Presented by J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D., 

Throughout his long career, C. G. Jung was never able to put Goethe’s Faust behind him. At some point, all of Jung’s scientific works argue Goethe’ Faust as an essential paradigm of human psychological development. Jung’s own life energy can be described as Faustian and is itself an upsurge of unconscious treasures seeking human fulfillment. In this workshop, we will review the story of Goethe’s Faust and demonstrate how Jung’s practical application of Goethe’s art created a healing center for the human soul that is essential to this day.

Learning Objectives:

  • Give an example of an upsurge of psychic energy that seemingly has a mind of its own;
  • Give an example of “a spirit” (or concept) that blocks one’s conscious intentionality and becomes a complex;
  • Give an example of cultural/environmental distractions that shape one’s inner knowingness;
  • Give an example of how the flow of libido can have unintended consequences leading to psychic structure building and further conscious growth of personality;
  • Give an example of how outer death and destruction can lead to inner birth and development, and the symbolic consequences of this for our outer society and private world;
  • Give an example of how psychic catastrophes can pose previously unimaginable possibilities, which despite the hard work and pain that must be endured, create natural factors that lead us back to our self.

J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst and educational psychologist in Santa Monica. He has taught the complete C. G. Jung Collected Works Reading Program many times, as well as many individual training courses on Jung at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, and at other professional psychology graduate schools. He is a past president of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and former Chair of its Certifying Board for new analysts.

Learning Objectives for Case Consultation:

 

  • Describe the transference/countertransference field and how it manifests in the consulting room;
  • Identify how complexes are manifested in projection;
  • Describe what is meant by an analytic or symbolic attitude towards the unconscious;
  • Explain how Jungian analysis is different from other analytic schools of thought;
  • Describe what is meant by the role of symbol formation in analysis, what contributes and what inhibits this process;
  • Describe what is meant by the ego-Self axis and give an example from clinical practice;
  • Describe what is meant by a complex and give an example from clinical practice;
  • Describe what is meant by the personal shadow, and give an example from clinical practice;
  • Describe what is meant by the collective shadow, and give an example;
  • Describe what is meant by the Anima and give an example from clinical practice;
  • Describe what is meant by Animus and give a clinical example;
  • Describe what is meant by an archetype, and give an example from clinical practice;
  • Describe what is meant by a complex having an archetypal core;
  • Describe how to use imagery from a myth or fairy tale as a means of amplifying a psychological experience;
  • Explain how typology affects the development of the personality using a clinical example;
  • Describe what is meant by projection and give an example from clinical practice;
  • Describe active imagination and how to work with it in clinical practice;
  • Describe the difference between ego versus Self perspective in dream interpretation;
  • Discuss the difference between a reductive vs an amplification approach to working with dreams;
  • Give an example of how the transference can manifest in a patient’s dream;
  • Give an example of how an archetypal theme manifests in dreams;
  • Describe the role of transference in the analytic process;
  • Describe the role of countertransference in the analytic process;
  • Describe the personal and archetypal aspects of the transference;
  • Describe how the therapist’s typology can affect one’s work with patients using a clinical example.