September 2021
SOLD OUT Videoconference—Painting Inner Images: Exploring Fairy Tale Imagery
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Wednesdays: September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2021; 3:30-5:30 pm Encountering images of the unconscious can have healing effects and provide a renewed attitude. Giving form to meaningful inner images through painting provides the participants access to psychic energy from the unconscious. In 4…
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Videoconference—Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture: The Alchemical Method: Transforming Lives Through Myth
Presented by Kwame Scruggs, Ph.D. Jung understood myths to be expressions of what he called the pre-conscious psyche, which reflect the archetypal nature of the collective unconscious. In this experiential seminar, Dr. Scruggs will present a myth, utilizing a method which integrates storytelling and drumming as a means of inviting an internal…
Find out more »A Videoconference Book Talk: Far From This Land: A Memoir About Evolution, Love, And The Afterlife
Zoom link: Book Talk Far From This Land This event will consist of a selection to be read by the author, followed by questions and answers and an open discussion. "Michael Gellert’s Far From This Land is an extraordinary exploration of the interweaving mysteries of the cosmos and of the…
Find out more »Jung at Heart: The Problem of Evil
We will compare traditional religious views of evil with psychological approaches.
Find out more »Videoconference—Portraits in Pathology: Three Case Studies
Presented by James Hollis, Ph.D. Aristotle noted that art was a more reliable portrait of what happens than history. History is both an interpretation and tied to the particular; art, in turn, speaks to the timeless, universal movements of history and embodies the permutations of the human animal. These three…
Find out more »Jung at Heart: Depth Psychological Approaches to Suffering
When suffering strikes, it is helpful to find a framework through which we may understand it, rather than seeing suffering as a random or meaningless event in one’s life. A purely clinical approach is of limited help, because there are many forms of suffering which are normal given the circumstances…
Find out more »Painting Fairy Tale Imagery-Session 2
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Wednesdays: , October 20-November 10 , 2021; 4:00-6:00 pm Encountering images of the unconscious can have healing effects and provide a renewed attitude. Giving form to meaningful inner images through painting provides the participants access to psychic energy from the unconscious. In 4 weekly…
Find out more »Analyst Training Program Open House
Join us online on Sunday, October 24 at 2:00 when our Director of Training will host a virtual Open House with a panel of analysts and candidates to answer your questions and offer their own experiences of the program. Hearing from current candidates and those who have recently been certified…
Find out more »November 2021
Jung at Heart
We Think with Our Hearts: Reading Jung through Native Eyes
Jeanne A. Lacourt, M.S., L.P.C., N.C.C., Ph.D. This presentation will review how some of Jung’s ideas (mis)represented Native cultures. The notion of the “primitive,” participation mystique, dreams, and animals will be explored. Two psychic paradigms, dominion, and reciprocity, will point to important differences between Indigenous and Western cosmologies and may…
Find out more »Videoconference – The Inner Work of Retirement: Shifting from Role to Soul
Presented by Connie Zweig, Ph.D. The end of work can lead to a liminal period, letting go into a sense of uncertainty, loss of identity, and loss of meaning. A depth psychological approach to this late-life identity crisis requires a turn within and the tools to break through denial, attune…
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Jung at Heart
Indigenous Ideas of Spirit and Transformation
Jeanne A. Lacourt, M.S., L.P.C., N.C.C., Ph.D. This presentation will introduce participants to the Menominee origin story and the important relationship Native people have with spirit beings. Specifically, we will focus how human-animal transformation in story is integral to establishing a reciprocal relationship with land, animals, and all spirit beings.…
Find out more »Videoconference: A Dream, Memories and Reflections about Marie-Louise von Franz
Presented by Hansueli F. Etter, Ph.D. Shortly before the death of Marie-Louise von Franz, Dr. Etter had a dream about her that included a surprising image of her soul. He had the chance to tell her the dream and got in response a short comment from her. In this presentation,…
Find out more »Jung at Heart: In Search of the Self
Reading: 2021_11_29_Kenneally_Man And His Symbols_IN Search of Self Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. Jung’s concept of the Self speaks directly to the mysterious element in the psyche that carries an unconscious wisdom, which inspires and brings meaning to life. This concept addresses the experience of being guided by…
Find out more »December 2021
Jung at Heart: Individuation, The Lifelong Development of the Personality
Reading: 2021_11_29_Kenneally_ManAndHis Symbols_IN Search of Self Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. Individuation is the process of living into an aspect of the innate potential of one’s personality. While we cannot live all the potentials we are born with, and we must bear the world’s pressure to develop certain…
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Certificate Program-Jung’s Typology-Jan 2022
2022_01_00_Typology Readings and Bibliography Saturday, January 8, 2022 Jung’s Typology Presented by Steve Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. Psychological Types was Jung’s first major work after his break with Freud and was influenced by his experience as a psychiatrist with patients, his association with Freud, dialogues with other colleagues, and through his profound…
Find out more »JaH: Jung and Our Relationship with Nature, Part I
Download optional suggested reading here: 2022_01_Rust_ 5 Publ PPI Climate on the Couch by Mary-Jayne Rust 2022_01_Rust_Peters The Eagle and the Serpent; - or — The Minding of Matter Saturday, January 8; 9:00 am-12:00 pm Pacific Time “Without my piece of earth, my life’s work would not have come into…
Find out more »JaH: Jung and Our Relationship with Nature, Part 2
Jung is one of the few psychotherapists who has written extensively about our relationship with Nature. He warned of the consequences of our separation from the nonhuman world, of taking from the earth with no reciprocity, and of our consequent loss of soul. He also describes how spending time in the natural world can be deeply healing, opening doors to imagination, synchronicity, and the numinous, inviting us to take our place once again within the sacred matrix of life.
Find out more »February 2022
JaH: Jung’s Typology, Part 1
Download readings here: 2022_01_00_Typology Readings and Bibliography 2022_01_01_Galipeau_S_TheQuestionOfPsychologicalTypesJungGuisan 2022_01_02_Galipeau-The Red Book and Jung s Typology _01_03__Galipeau_ReviewOfArchetypalTypology 2022_01_04_Beebe_TheRecognitionOfPsychologicalTypes Mondays, February 7, 2022; 5:00 – 8:00 pm JUNG’S TYPOLOGY Jung’s interest and evaluation of human typology first emerged during his association with Freud, his dialogues with Han Schmid-Guisan, and then developed further…
Find out more »CP-February 2022 Fairy Tales in Jungian Work
Fairy Tales in Jungian Work Presented by Marlene Frantz, M.A., M.F.T. Fairy tales are allegorical stories that carry meaningful symbolic representations of complex external challenges, internal conflicts, and psychological processes. In this seminar, we will look at the symbolic nature of fairy tales and learn how to analyze them and…
Find out more »JaH: Jung’s Typology, Part 2
Download readings here: 2022_01_04_Beebe_TheRecognitionOfPsychologicalTypes Myers-2016-Journal_of_Analytical_Psychology (3) 2022_01_05_Thomson_PersonalityType 2022_01_06_MBTI Type Summaries Monday, February 21, 2022; 5:00 – 8:00 pm JUNG’S TYPOLOGY Jung’s interest and evaluation of human typology first emerged during his association with Freud, his dialogues with Han Schmid-Guisan, and then developed further through his profound inner experiences as reported…
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