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 through his profound inner experiences as reported in The Red Book. Psychological Types was his first major work after this period of his life. In the first class, we will examine the development of Jung’s theory of typology throughout Jung’s life and later by several Jungians. Steven Galipeau, M.A., M.Div., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Woodland Hills and president and executive director of Coldwater Counseling Center in Studio City. 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, Steve has also written several articles and reviews for various Jungian journals and lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of topics related to analytical psychology.
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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 amplify their archetypal images, characters, and themes through a process that is similar to the interpretation of dreams. We will also discuss why the interpretation of fairy tales is such an important clinical tool in Jungian psychology, and when it can be appropriate to introduce the use of fairy tales in our analytic work with patients. Please bring a favorite fairy tale to share that has always felt particularly important to you. Learning Objectives: Describe Jung’s concept of amplification as it pertains to working with fairy tales in clinical practice; Give an example of how the interpretation of fairy tales can help a patient to become more aware of their unconscious conflicts; Describe what is meant by an archetype; Give an example of when it would be therapeutically appropriate to introduce the interpretation of fairy tales. Marlene Frantz, M.A., M.F.T., is a Jungian analyst, a group psychotherapist, and an equine therapist…
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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 in The Red Book. Psychological Types was his first major work after this period of his life. In the second class, we will pick up on the work of others who have built on Jung’s typology and explore various applications of psychological types such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the cultural implications of typology in our current age. Steven Galipeau, M.A., M.Div., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Woodland Hills and president and executive director of Coldwater Counseling Center in Studio City. 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, Steve has also written several articles and reviews for various Jungian journals and lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of topics related to analytical psychology.
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JaH-Pt. 1-The Psyche in the World: How Cultural Complexes Can Take Possession of Our Soul
Readings available to download here: 2022_03_07b. Singer_A Fool's Guide to Folly_Final 2 copy 2 2 copy 2 2021_04_Singer-BabyZeus 2021_04_Singer_Snapshots of the Obamacare Cultural Complex_TS March 5formatted copy (2) Recommended reading: Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America Myth, Psyche, and Politics - The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (junginla.org) Thomas Singer, MD Monday, March 7, 2022; 5:00-8:00 pm Differentiating the personal, group, and archetypal levels of cultural complexes is not easy but can be quite rewarding in terms of helping ourselves and the groups to which we belong see more clearly how our lives are deeply influenced by these complexes which operate at many levels of the psyche. Drawing from his research in Australia, Latin America, Europe, and East Asia, Dr. Singer will examine the basic concept of cultural complexes and ways in which they operate—in individuals and in groups—that can be based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and national identity in the emerging global community. Utilizing case material, we will look at a potent cultural complex manifested in the life of an individual. We will study some of the ways in which cultural complexes can live and function both within a group and between groups. In the second…
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Saturday, March 12, 2022 Dreams Presented by Robert Moradi, M.D. Dreams can serve as metaphors for unconscious conflicts, highlight shadow or disavowed parts of the personality, reveal aspects of our interpersonal relationships, reflect issues in the transference, make us more aware of the role of our somatic experience, alert us to psychological issues that are in the process of becoming conscious, and connect us to our innermost authentic core sense of self. In this class, we will focus on how to identify different types of dreams, ways of helping the dreamer to amplify their dream material, how to distinguish between the personal and archetypal aspects of a dream, and the role of specific kinds of dreams in the context of the analytic process. Learning Objectives: Describe what is meant by a compensatory dream and give an example from clinical practice; Describe what is meant by a transference dream and give an example from clinical practice; Give an example of how the use of amplification and association can help a patient understand the symbolic content of their dream; Give an example of how a dream can help a patient to become more aware of their unconscious conflicts. Robert Moradi, M.D., is a…
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Jung and Aion: Meeting the Roots in Liber Novus and the Black Book Journals
Three events presented by Lance Owens, M.D. Friday, March 11, 7:30 - 9:30 pm (Pacific Time) Saturday, March 12, 6:00 - 8:00 pm (Pacific Time) Sunday, March 13, 2:00 - 4:00 pm (Pacific Time) The last four major books Jung published were a veiled summary of his experiences during the period he recorded his Black Book Journals and the years in which he transcribed the Red Book: Liber Novus. Only with the recent publication of these long-sequestered private writings has this fact been unambiguously documented. In 1944, Jung suffered an illness that took him to the edge of death. During a period of several weeks in February 1944, he experienced near-death visions, events so intense that they changed his understanding of his life journey. These transformative visions returned him to the visionary events that were the foundations of his life work. His book Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, written between about 1946 and 1950, was a major meditation on the seminal source of his life work, the events recorded in Liber Novus and the journals. In this seminar, we will examine the roots of Aion and Jung’s vision of the Christian age at its terminus. We will turn from the text of Aion back to Liber Novus and…
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In-Person + Zoom:
The Collective Unconscious in the Age of Neuroscience:
Severe Mental Illness and Jung in the 21st Century
Presented by Hallie Durchslag, Ph.D.
Is all psychosis the same? Depth psychology treats it as such, yet medical models of severe mental illness say different. While medication can be a dirty word in Jungian circles, some disorders cannot be treated without it. Is there common ground? Can Jung’s bedrock notion of a collective unconscious coexist within scientific advances that have occurred since his death? The answer is a resounding yes. This workshop will explore the remarkable prescience of Jung’s work, how medical models actually advance his theory, and the challenges and opportunities for analytical psychology moving forward.
JaH-Pt.2 The Psyche in the World: How Cultural Complexes Can Take Possession of Our Souls
Readings available to download here: 2022_03_07b. Singer_A Fool's Guide to Folly_Final 2 copy 2 2 copy 2 2021_04_Singer-BabyZeus 2021_04_Singer_Snapshots of the Obamacare Cultural Complex_TS March 5formatted copy (2) Recommended reading: Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America Myth, Psyche, and Politics - The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (junginla.org) Thomas Singer, MD Monday, March 21, 2022; 5:00-8:00 pm Differentiating the personal, group, and archetypal levels of cultural complexes is not easy but can be quite rewarding in terms of helping ourselves and the groups to which we belong see more clearly how our lives are deeply influenced by these complexes which operate at many levels of the psyche. Drawing from his research in Australia, Latin America, Europe, and East Asia, Dr. Singer will examine the basic concept of cultural complexes and ways in which they operate—in individuals and in groups—that can be based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and national identity in the emerging global community. Utilizing case material, we will look at a potent cultural complex manifested in the life of an individual. We will study some of the ways in which cultural complexes can live and function both within a group and between groups. In the second…
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In-Person + Zoom: For Clinicians Only:
Is Tele-Psychoanalysis an Oxymoron?
Presented by Pamela Power, Ph.D.
This presentation is meant to open a discussion of the impact of tele-health technology on the psychoanalytic process with a particular focus on transference and countertransference. The more hidden and refractory aspects of the psyche seem to be less effectively met in the process of ‘distance’ analysis. While we are aware of the losses ensued by the lack of in-person meetings, are there any gains? Perhaps we are living in the midst of a paradigm shift to what Jungian psychoanalysis is becoming.
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Defensive and Destructive Encounters in the Analytic Process
Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.B.A., M.F.T.
How do clinicians and patients bear the spark of consciousness that the analytic encounter can generate when we know that full integration is elusive and slow? The slow circling of a complex can be frustrating; the defensive regressions can be demoralizing; and the envious attacks can be exasperating. This conversation will address various strategies to help the therapist hold these reactions and discuss ways of thinking about these painful encounters as necessary precursors in the service of individuation.
April 2022
ZOOM ONLY: For Clinicians Only:
At the Intersection of Identity Politics and Analytical Psychology
Presented by Barry Miller, Ph.D.
As our present culture struggles (as all cultures do) to find what seem like the "truths" about ourselves and our position in the culture, we must all relate personally to the emerging ideas that have enormous impact in generating pivotal assumptions of physical and psychology identity. Issues such as recognizing the urgent need to bring in those who have been outcastes, or our yearning for an understanding of the variance of sexualities and gender, are some of the conditions that generate a tendency to coagulate a readily communicable identity, offering a sense of knowing who one is and who is the other. The analytic relationship becomes an arena where these truths and emerging ideas are tested in terms of an individual's own psychology. The ways in which we approach these current themes, how they emerge in the work, and how we maintain a psychological attitude in the presence of these tensions will be the focus of our discussion.
April 2022 Certificate Program-Transference
Recommended reading: The Psychology of the Transference, part of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 16 Saturday, April 9, 2022 Presented by Carmen Kobor, Ph.D. This presentation will examine the core psychological concepts Jung discovered in the alchemical symbolism of the Rosarium Philosophorum, their relevance to the transference phenomena, and implication in clinical practice. We will identify the central difference between Freud and Jung’s positions in regard to the transference, and describe how the Jungian psychological concept of the transference can be applied in psychotherapeutic practice. Learning Objectives: List central differences between Freud and Jung’s view of the transference; Describe the role of projection in the transference and its implications for treatment; Give an example of how a symbolic representation of the transference can be evidenced in a patient’s dream material; Describe what Jung meant by the term prima materia (prime matter) as a symbol of the patient’s presenting problem, complex, or symptom, and the significance of this concept in psychotherapeutic practice. Carmen Kobor, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Beverly Hills, and a member of the faculty at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Her area of interest is the role of the soul in clinical practice.…
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Group Dreaming during Times of Extraordinary Private and Communal Stress
Presented by Judith Hecker, Ph.D.
Beginning in September 2001, a small group of candidates in training at the C. G. Institute of Los Angeles began meeting to discuss their dreams. Some of the themes that emerged included responses to the stress, fear, and anxiety resulting from the current political situation, how individuals respond to extreme personal and communal disturbance, and what analytical psychology has to offer in terms of dealing with current reality and our adaptive responses to it. We will also address how to apply the principles of small group dreaming to one’s clinical practice.
JaH: An “Anima Woman” Finds Herself
Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944) introduces us to a young woman who receives and reflects the projections of others as if that were her main reason for existing. As played by actress Gene Tierney, Laura is intelligent, adept, and hollow. Unlived aspects of her potential personality are personified in the characters of her misfit friends and relations and the police detective (Dana Andrews) who is investigating what was thought to be her murder. As the story moves toward resolution, vital parts of Laura’s personality begin to take root and blossom. John Beebe, M.D. is a Jungian analyst and past president of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco who has spearheaded a Jungian approach to the analysis of film. In teaching and writing, he has often used psychological type and archetype to explore both individual filmmaker creativity and the cultural and political unconscious as revealed by a moving film. Dr. Beebe’s books include Integrity in Depth and Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type. With Virginia Apperson, he has co-authored The Presence of the Feminine in Film.
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From Gregorian Chant to Rap:
Music is Always the Bridge
Presented by Pamela Power, Ph.D.
This presentation will begin with a brief overview of the evolution of Western music before turning to the music of Rap that today plays a powerful, perhaps unrecognized, artistic function of our times. Rap is ubiquitous around the world, provides a unifying function and carries a spirit of global awareness. Rap can be seen as contemporary ‘liturgical’ music.
JaH: Somatic Perceptions through a Jungian Lens: Using the Body for Dialog with the Unconscious, Part 1
The process of psychoanalysis endeavors to allow a greater connection with the whole of one’s self by relating to the unconscious. Similar to dream analysis, one might approach the body as a means of dialoguing with the unconscious. In this course, we will explore two such practices with a body-oriented approach, Kundalini yoga, and Jung’s active imagination. Jung found parallels in these practices which relativize the ego in collaborating with the unconscious. Fundamental to these practices we will discuss some of Jung’s writings pertaining to the unconscious, the tension of opposites, and their union in the “transcendent function.” The first session will describe Jung’s interest in Kundalini yoga as a process of transformation parallel to psychoanalysis. Participants will have the opportunity to experience a Kundalini yoga meditation, as a means of somatically applying the Jungian concepts presented. Athena A. Carrillo, M.A., M.F.T. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Eagle Rock who is also certified in Kundalini yoga. She specializes in working with adults addressing childhood trauma. While a pre-medicine student and physical therapy assistant, Athena began to perceive in patients the connection between their physical symptoms and psychological trauma, in succession with intuitive experiences of unconscious-unconscious communications between herself…
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Becoming Conscious:
A Jungian Lens on Artist Hilma af Klint
Presented by Marybeth Carter, Ph.D.
The Swedish artist, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), has transitioned from obscurity to prominence as was illustrated recently by a solo exhibition of her work. This exhibition (October 12, 2018-April 23, 2019) became the Guggenheim New York’s most popular show since the museum opened 60 years ago. In addition to the incredible visual quality of her art, af Klint impels the viewer to consider concepts and states similar to Jung’s (1875-1961)creative expressions, both through his visual works and writings. Through their prolific output, af Klint and Jung each reveal their personal encounters with an invisible “other” and explore the multi-dimensional. This presentation will review Hilma a Klint’s life experiences and creative achievement, then explore the parallels with those of Jung and Jungian psychology.
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Painting Inner Images: Metamorphoses
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D.
While Jung emphasized the importance of fantasy and play to psychic development, he also recognized that fantasies also need to be actively transformed and symbolically represented for any significant transformation to occur. In this workshop series, we will use a fantastic short story and actively engage with color and brushes as a means of helping our inner images become alive and more conscious. Individuals will be encouraged to further amplify their images through personal reflection such as writing and sharing with the group. We will discuss ways of implementing painting as a form of active imagination in the context of analytic work.
This workshop does not require any artistic training or capacities and is for adults only.
May 2022 Certificate Program
Working with Children Presented by Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford, M.F.T. This seminar will introduce different theoretical approaches to working with children in an analytic context, including issues of transference and countertransference, the function of the therapist, as well as the role of the parents. Drawing from clinical case material which will include art, play, dreams, and sandplay, we will focus on Jung’s concept of individuation as it pertains to the psychological development of the child. Our readings will be drawn from Brian Feldman’s Jung’s Infancy and Childhood and its Influence Upon the Development of Analytical Psychology, and LaVon Bobo’s Neumann’s Map: Guide to Sandplay as a Natural Evolutionary Process. Learning Objectives: Describe Jung’s concept of individuation as it pertains to working with children; Give an example of how to identify themes that are woven through a child’s process using examples from sandplay, art, dreams, and symbolic play; Describe the analytic function of the therapist in working with children; Give an example of how to work with transference and countertransference in child psychotherapy. Please have with you: -a photo of yourself as a child to share, under 12 if possible -paper and colored pencils, crayons, markers -a small figure/object of some personal meaning to share about - a childhood dream if they remember one,…
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