November 2019
The Mystical Hebrew Alphabet as a Path to Individuation
Presented By Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, Ph.D. In an interview, Jung said: "But do you know who anticipated my entire psychology in the 18th century? The Hasidic Rabbi Baer from Meseritz, whom they called the Great Maggid. He was a most impressive man." The ancient Sages/Kabbalists deepened the mysteries of the…
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An Analytical Psychology Club Event:
Bearing Witness to Transference in Relationship
Presented by Mark Troedson, Ph.D. "Every analysis is original research into the reality of the psyche…We step in; it grips us." - Ann Belford Ulanov There are many ways other than therapy to be gripped by this original research, but the way of relationship is perhaps our first and best…
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Facing the Other:
Women and the Search for Soul
Presented by Pamela Freundl Kirst, Ph.D. The “Other” is said to be a bridge to the unconscious, a pathway to the deepest core of the self. Jungian Psychology traditionally uses the term animus—identified as the inner masculine—to identify the “Other” within a woman’s psyche. Do such traditionally gendered ideas remain useful…
Find out more »An Analytical Psychology Club Event: Fairy Tales and the Psyche
Presented by Steven Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. "Fairy Tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes." -Marie-Louise von Franz In this presentation we will look at two Grimm's fairy tales, Iron Hans and The Girl Without Hands, to explore how they express critical elements of the struggles…
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An Analytical Psychology Club Event:
“He Who Rides The Tiger…”
Presented by J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D. “He who rides the tiger...,” an image of enlightenment in some Asian countries, is also another name for the Buddha. “Riding the tiger” implies not only our vulnerability and that we had better not fall off, but also the goal of life. In psychology,…
Find out more »Encountering The Shadow In Our Dreams
Presented by Michal Aizenman, L.P.C.C. "How little know we what we are How less what we may be" - Anne Brontë In this theoretical and experiential workshop participants will have the opportunity to practice Jung's approach to dream work, utilizing his concepts of active imagination, amplification, psychic energy,…
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The Analytical Psychology Club presents:
Creative Aging and Individuation
Presented by JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, L.C.S.W., Ph.D. Later life provides degrees of freedom to creatively transcend traditional roles, conventional perceptions and ways of relating based on personal history. This requires a newly improvised dance of the ego and the Self. Jung saw the latter half of life as asking us to…
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The Analytical Psychology Club presents:
Where a Healthy Psychology and a Healthy Spirituality Meet
Presented by Rev. Jim Clarke, M.Div., Ph.D. Everyone has a psychology (an understanding of the human person) and a spirituality (a particular value system). The question really amounts to: is your perspective conducive to living a productive, authentic life? The task of both of those areas of human interest is…
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Series in Irvine:
The Agony of Perfectionism
Presented by Sherri Mahdavi, Ph.D. 4 Tuesdays: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2020 When we discover an inferiority in ourselves we should not be depressed, no disaster has taken place, but we have discovered our humanity. —C.G. Jung, Modern Psychology, Vol. 2, p. 153 Clinical research has related perfectionism to…
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Myth of the New World
Presented by Deborah O'Grady and Melinda Haas, L.C.S.W. Underneath the sense of hope and expansiveness in the New World is a shadow that has been there from its first colonization to the present moment. Dvořák set out to find and compose “American music.” What he created is a collage, suggestions…
Find out more »Levinas, Existentialism, and the Making of the Modern Self
Presented by Rabbi Tal Sessler, Ph.D. This lecture will explore the secular West’s journey for identity, and for the consolidation of authentic individuality for the modern person, in light of all the upheavals of the 20th century. We examine some of the psychological, social and political aspects in the work…
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A Painting Class:
Persona and Beyond
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Thursdays: March 5, 12, 19, 26, 2020; 11:15 am-1:15 pm Jung named the different aspects of ourselves that we show the world the persona. In this workshop we will discuss the concept of the persona, how it develops to protect the more vulnerable parts…
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The Analytical Psychology Club presents:
Unmasking the Masks
Presented by Jan Wesley, M.F.A. None of us are pure “self” without the influence, connections and misconnections with other human beings. The beautiful complications of people’s interior are often guarded behind masks we wear to maneuver through societal expectations. Writing can be a distinctive way to more deeply know what…
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Mandalas in Sandplay: A Cultural Perspective-ONLINE CLASS-Pacific Daylight Time
Jill Kaplan, M.A., M.F.T. This online, interactive seminar will focus on the mandala which appears in many cultures as a unifying, symbolic image. Similarly, in sandplay we may see it arise when a patient is struggling to contain or find a relationship to opposites or opposing emotional experiences. Drawing from…
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Dreaming in the Time of Corona – An Interactive Seminar
Presented by Judith Hecker, Ph.D. The psychological impact of living with the corona virus, a worldwide pandemic, has altered ordinary life in numerous ways, socially, economically, and emotionally, as people struggle to integrate ever-changing new realities. As clinicians one of the ways in which we see the psyche attempting to…
Find out more »Pandemic: A Collective Nightmare or a Wake-Up Call?
Presented by Robert Moradi, M.D. Psychologically nightmares are viewed as the eruption of a fierce conflict between instinct and will within the psyche of an individual. They are understood as an attempt by the psyche to protect its own container (the body and soul) when the psyche experiences itself in…
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The Gilgamesh Epic:
How an Ancient Myth Reflects Splits in our Culture
Presented by Steven Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. The Gilgamesh Epic is the oldest story in the world but for over two thousand years all traces of it were lost. As various fragments have been uncovered since 1850, scholars and poets have been drawn to understand and elucidate this tale. Using some…
Find out more »September 2020
A Writer’s Group for Women
Presented by Sheila Traviss, L.M.F.T. 10 Thursdays: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, November 12, 19, December 3, 10, 17, 2020 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm Pacific Time- Registration for series only. In this writer's group, limited to 12 women, we will utilize Jungian concepts as prompts to explore…
Find out more »Memories, Dreams, and Reflections
Presented by Sherri Mahdavi, Ph.D. 4 Tuesdays: September 29, October 13, 20, 27, 2020 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Pacific Time- Registration for Series Only. Limited enrollment. In this seminar, we will read Jung's autobiography, Memories, Dreams, and Reflections, written later in his life as he reflected on the…
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Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture:
Collage as a Jungian Intervention in Relating to Childhood Trauma
Presenter: Janie Ingalls, M.A., M.F.T. 2 Saturdays: October 3 and 17, 2020. Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Held on Zoom Open to analysts, candidates, interns and the general public. Continuing Education: A maximum of 3 CE credits can be earned, based on class attendance. Many have followed…
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