October 2024
Zoom Only: Childhood and Cultural Evolution: The Interconnection Between Life Experiences and Archetypes
Presented by Ignez Carvalho Hartmann An analysis frequently exposes the myriad of ways in which the psyche continues to carry traumatic events, both personal and collective, through generations. The introduction of non-verbal expressive therapies such as sandplay, drawing, music and bodily experiencing, can often elicit implicit memory and its accompanying…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Archetypes and Complexes and How They Relate Part 1
Saturday, October 5 & 19, 2023; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ARCHETYPES AND COMPLEXES AND HOW THEY RELATE Scholars of Jungian analytical psychology often surmise that his psychology could have well been named “complex psychology” and others posit it could have been called “archetypal psychology”. In this class we explore…
Find out more »Open House for Jungian Analyst Training Program 2024
Please RSVP below! Join host and Jungian Analyst Sheila Traviss on Sunday, October 6th at 2:00 PM for an in-person Open House with a panel of candidates and analysts to share the myriad life experiences, and clinical work that led them to the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. We…
Find out more »Zoom Only: The Demon Lover and the Narcissist: Two Perspectives
Presented by Susan Kavaler-Adler, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., D.Litt., NCPsyA Program: 10 am-12:15 pm - Lunch Break: 12:15-12:45 pm - Program: 12:45-1:45 pm In this presentation, we will compare and contrast aspects of Closet Narcissism and Grandiose Narcissism, utilizing Woody Allen's film Blue Jasmine to illustrate the trauma and drama of the Closet Narcissist. …
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Archetypes and Complexes and How They Relate Part 2
Saturday, October 5 & 19, 2023; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ARCHETYPES AND COMPLEXES AND HOW THEY RELATE Scholars of Jungian analytical psychology often surmise that his psychology could have well been named “complex psychology” and others posit it could have been called “archetypal psychology”. In this class we explore…
Find out more »Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture: Zoom Only: “Social Media and the Collective Unconscious: Archetypal algorithms and the impact on children and youth”
Presented by Jane Clapp Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 10-1pm on zoom This lecture is an in depth exploration of the often negative impact of heavy social media use on the developing psyches of children and youth. The colonization of the human psyche driven by greed and hunger for power…
Find out more »Protected: The Archetype of the Witch in Practical Magic (1998)
"There's a little witch in all of us." Join us Sunday night, October 27th, 2024, for a very Jungian interpretation of Practical Magic (1998) presented by one of our very own interns, the fabulous Alana Miller! We'll be kicking things off at 5pm.
Find out more »Zoom Only: Painting Dreams: An Experiential Workshop
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Tuesdays: October 29, November 5, 12 and 19; 2-4 pm. Painting Inner Images is a non-verbal method to contact and symbolically express the unconscious, often not yet possible to be formulated in words. Dream amplification is a Jungian method of exploring the unconscious. In…
Find out more »November 2024
Jung at Heart (2024-2025): My Self: Who Am I Or: What Am I? From the Red Book Part 1
Saturday, November 2 & 16, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm MY SELF: WHO AM I? OR: WHAT AM I? FROM THE RED BOOK TO AION Jung began to give a unique and novel meaning to the term “Self” from 1916 as a result of visionary experiences which had radically…
Find out more »Zoom Only: Loving our Brokenness: The Human Dimension of the Archetype of the Black Madonna
TICKET SALES END AT 4PM (PST) NOVEMBER 1st. Presented by Judy D. Zappacosta, M.A., L.M.F.T. Brokenness, imperfection, and failure are intrinsic qualities of being human. Just as lead was turned into gold in alchemy, so, too, can sorrow, shame, or trauma be "prima materia" for transformation. This program explores the…
Find out more »Clinician’s Program (2024-2025): Archetypes and their use in Clinical Practice
Saturday, November 9, 2024 Archetypes and their Use in Clinical Practice Presented by J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D. Archetypal images lie at the core of the depth and breadth of psychological practice. An ability to identify and experience the energy of the archetype, as well as its power and structure, is…
Find out more »In Person + Zoom: Getting Next To Ourselves Again
Presented by Michelle Stephens, Ph.D. Panelists: Athena Carrillo, M.A.; Lynn Alicia Franco, M.S.W.; and Cydny Urbina Rothe, M.S.W. This presentation will explore the notion of double consciousness, a concept used to describe the experiences of African Americans. One holds an internal image of self and, at the same time, holds…
Find out more »In Person + Zoom: Archetype of the Machine
Presented by Jody Echegaray, Psy.D. The Machine in Jung’s collected works is generally presented as that which stands in opposition to the biological world and life but nonetheless exerts psychic and physical effects. Contemporary science, philosophy, critical studies, popular culture, and the infrastructural basis of our economy and our social…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): My Self: Who Am I Or: What Am I? From the Red Book Part 2
Saturday, November 2 & 16, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm MY SELF: WHO AM I? OR: WHAT AM I? FROM THE RED BOOK TO AION Jung began to give a unique and novel meaning to the term “Self” from 1916 as a result of visionary experiences which had radically…
Find out more »Zoom Only: Time and Trauma in Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy: The Wisdom of Andean Shamanism
Presented by Deborah Bryon, Ph.D. This presentation will weave together interpersonal and Jungian analytic perspectives, informed by indigenous Andean shamanism, and contemporary scientific understanding of time in an exploration of a more expansive, vision of the world. It will provide different perspectives on experiences central to contemporary depth psychology –…
Find out more »December 2024
Zoom Only: Carl Jung & the Jewish Mystical Tradition
REGISTRATION ENDS AT 4PM PST 12/3. Presented by Rabbi Tal Sessler, Ph.D. The Lonely Man of Faith by Rabbi Professor Soloveitchik is the most important work of Jewish philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. His reflections on the two facets of the human condition mirror Jung's comments on…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Nightmares Are Our Most Important Dreams
Saturday, December 7, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm NIGHTMARES ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT DREAMS Nightmares are about our naïveté. Nightmares wake us up from our innocence. They reflect to us what is infinitely unique about each one of us. They bring us the darker side of life that is…
Find out more »Clinician’s Program (2024-2025): Myths, Fairy Tales and Parables: Their Practical Application in the Consultation Room
Saturday, December 14, 2024 Myths, Fairy Tales and Parables: Their Practical Application in the Consultation Room Presented by Sheila Traviss, M.A., L.M.F.T. Myths, fairy tales, and parables are reflections of human thoughts and consciousness. Embedded within these stories are archetypes imbued with symbolism and meaning that, upon inspection and reflection,…
Find out more »Jung at Heart (2024-2025): Romantic Love
Saturday, December 14, 2024; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ROMANTIC LOVE In the analysis of a person in love, this powerful experience should not be discarded as an unexplainable phenomenon, a temporary insanity, a heavenly gift, or a grace of gods that brings an end to suffering. On the contrary,…
Find out more »FREE! Book Talk and Signing with Nicole Bauer: “You and Your Genius: the Daimon and Hearing Your Inner Voice in the Noisy, Modern World”
Join us on December 14th for a signing and talk with Nicole Bauer, Author of Resilience and Resistance Through Contemplative Practice: “You and Your Genius: the Daimon and Hearing your Inner voice in the Noisy, Modern World”. Get your copy of Resilience and Resistance Through Contemplative Practice: Zen for the…
Find out more »Continuing Education:
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