March 2018
Complex Problems in the Era of the Quick Fix
Jungian psychological theory has been developing for over a century, and provides a meaningful paradigm for many of us to practice analysis and psychotherapy. Patients struggle to grow and individuate within the demands of modern culture, as society ambivalently faces the need to transform to provide for a sustainable future.
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Global Interdependence vs. Social and Political Fragmentation:
The Need for Psychological Thinking
If our small planet is going to remain a sustainable home to the growing billions of people who live here, we need to acknowledge our vulnerability and profoundly change the ways we handle our interdependence.
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A Clinical Conference on the Racial Complex
Presented by Fanny Brewster, Ph.D. Brockton Hill, J.D., M.A. Cydny Rothe, L.C.S.W. For Clinicians Only The Racial Complex: Dissociation and the Search for Unification with the Self Fanny Brewster, Ph.D. Drawing from Jung's Complex Theory, we will discuss its applicability to deepening our understanding of personal as well as collective…
Find out more »April 2018
Reading Goethe’s Faust from the Point of View of Jung’s Analytical Psychology
It has been said that you cannot really understand Jung without understanding Goethe’s Faust. Jung read Faust deeply and often, quoting it and using it throughout his life.
Find out more »Dread, Trust, and Sorrow
In my initial sessions with my Control patient, I truly felt unmoored and fragmented. I was reluctant to dive deeper and wondered if I could survive the intense anxiety that permeated the room. For a while, my patient’s fears and defenses held us both hostage. However . . .
Find out more »Paradise Lost . . . Paradise Regained
By framing humanity’s “fall from grace” in terms of man’s base, evil-inclined nature we have accepted the idea that it was (still is) our destructive nature that has caused us so much suffering. In this presentation, we will follow the evolution of our Hebrew ancestors efforts to overcome suffering and regain the paradisiacal life God had intended for us.
Find out more »May 2018
Clinical Conference on Trauma (For Clinicians Only)
This conference will focus on some of the ways in which trauma manifests, in individual life as well as contemporary culture.
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
The Taming of the Shrew:
The Hostile Divide in the Feminine Soul
Presented by Victoria Moreno, M.A., M.F.T. In Shakespeare’s play, Baptista Minola has two daughters. Daddy’s sweet, agreeable Bianca has a bitter, biting shadow sister, Kate. This talk will explore the rupture in the feminine soul as symbolized by these two sisters. Also to be discussed will be the presenter’s personal…
Find out more »Reclaiming the Lost Soul of the Athlete
In this presentation we will examine some of the reasons why sports has an ever increasing hold over the public psyche, where this originated, and its meaning for us as clinicians.
Find out more »The Erotic Transference: The Role of the Incest Taboo in the Creation of Human Relationship
Presented by Brockton Hill, J.D., M.A. This elective seminar will explore the erotic transference and its incestuous roots through the lens of Robert Stein's work Incest and Human Love, now titled The Betrayal of the Soul in Psychotherapy, Jung's The Psychology of the Transference, and the presentation and discussion of…
Find out more »June 2018
The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Overview of an Esther Harding Trilogy
In her book, Psychic Energy, Dr. Esther Harding tracks the evolution of instinctual energy with its parallel psychological development. The ego distinguished from the non personal is the subject of The I and the Not I. In The Parental Image she focuses on the formation of the Self image. Although not specifically sequential, this progression of writings presents a fresh approach to the mystery of individuation.
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Keep the Pulse Alive:
Clinical and Spiritual Exploration on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Orlando Shooting
Building on Sam Kimbles' work on phantom narratives and Ann Ulanov's work on archetypal patterns of evil as manifest in the individual psyche, we will explore the profound resonance, impact and clinical implications of this significant historical event at the intersection of the collective and individual psyches.
Find out more »A Jungian Perspective on Transgenderism
Presented by Lisa Marchiano, L.C.S.W. Elan Lepovitch, M.A. In recent years, there has been a significant spike in the number of people coming to identify as transgender. This sharp increase has happened alongside changes in how our culture understands gender. How are we to understand these changes, and what is…
Find out more »Clinical Workshop: A Jungian Perspective on Transgenderism (For Clinicians Only)
What can a Jungian perspective bring to our clinical understanding of gender dysphoria? How can Jung's theory of anima and animus challenge the collective narrative about gender? The affirmative approach endorsed by many gender clinicians concretizes feelings about gender, and locates the problem in the body.
Find out more »The Rabbi, the Goddess and Jung: Getting the Word from Within
In the long winding path to becoming oneself, there are dangerous passages where monsters lurk. For those who are called by spirit, such monsters may wear the face of early experiences with institutional religion. Jung, for example, struggled with the lifeless Protestant theology which entrapped his father, a pastor.
Find out more »Introduction to Jungian Sandplay
This is the first weekend of a comprehensive and sequential Jungian sandplay training program offered through the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles for professionals and graduate students in the field of mental health. It is designed to develop an awareness and understanding of how symbolic imagery is expressed and integrated into psychotherapy by focusing on the origins of sandplay, its history and development, its Jungian underpinnings, and its application in clinical situations.
Find out more »July 2018
Dreams, Buddhist Theory and Individuation: A Dialog
Presented by Master Dingkong, Ph.D. Respondent(s): Patricia Katsky, Ph.D., Sylvia Xu, Ph.D. Dreams have been a part of Buddhist tradition since the dream of the Buddha’s mother, Queen Maya, before his birth. In Buddhist theory, dreams are divided into several types, but, generally speaking, Buddhist custom uses dreams to describe…
Find out more »September 2018
Painting Inner Images:
Reconnecting with the Inner Child
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. The call from our inner child often comes to remind us that our adult self has become too one-sided, too restrictive or too willfully progressive and is in danger of being severed from the roots of our being. -Jacqueline Wright, Jungian Analyst Developing a…
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
A Two-Part Series:
Am I Asleep? Am I Awake? A Gaze into the Past:
Looking at Our Inner Reality
Based on the story of the “Sleeper Awake” from 1001 Nights, we will be addressing the reality of the imaginative psyche.
Find out more »October 2018
A Series held in Irvine:
Encountering the Shadow
In this series of seminars we will examine Jung's concept of the Shadow, the aspects of ourselves that we view as negative, often repress, devalue, and which can have the effect of making us feel inferior, worthless, and primitive, in comparison to our ego ideal.
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.
