March 2018
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 »January 2018
The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Jung’s Typology – Part 2
This second presentation will further discuss Jung’s typology as both the starting point for the individuation process and its ultimate goal. It will emphasize the inferior function as both our Achilles heel and the gateway into our creativity. A chart to convert MBTI categories into Jungian types will be distributed and discussed.
Find out more »A 6-Week Reading Series of Jung’s Red Book
This series will be an informal reading of The Red Book. Please bring your lunch.
Find out more »April 2018
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.
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 »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 »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 »September 2017
A talk, a Book Launch and Signing:
Love in the Time of Climate Change
Presented by Sharon Heath, M.A., M.F.T. A talk, a celebration and small feast, a book launch and signing, and a testimony to the power of the living psyche by Jungian analyst and author Sharon Heath. Come and hear Sharon Heath amplify how a Jungian perspective can liberate, deepen, and enhance…
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Exploring the Crossroads Where Jungian Psychology and Shamanic Healing Meet:
An Example of the Possibilities through My Lived Experience
This presentation will be a personal and theoretical exploration of the relationship between Jungian psychology and shamanic practices of indigenous peoples. We will examine the dialectic between Jungian psychology and shamanism by highlighting the overlapping ideas, intersecting beliefs, and divergent aspects of both perspectives.
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
The Alchemy of Play
Presented by Daniel Anderson, Ph.D. Jung noted that “the creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity.” Playing and creativity are intimately related. Jung greatly valued play, including building little stone villages, as a way of orienting himself after…
Find out more »October 2017
The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Creating Our Aging
Presented by JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, LCSW, Ph.D. Limited Enrollment. In this series we will explore Jung’s assertion that in the first half of life the question is: “What does the world ask of me?” In the second half of life the question is “What now does the soul, self, ask of…
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The Rationality of Political Violence:
“Our” Fascination and Envy of “Them”
Presented by Andrew Samuels, Ph.D. Sold Out In this talk we will examine some of the circumstances in which political violence can be considered not only 'rational' (in Hannah Arendt's phrase), but may also in fact be valuable. The idea that the psychological relationship between Westerners and, for example, Islamic…
Find out more »Mother-Daughter Relationships
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. Sold Out Every Mother contains her daughter in herself and every daughter her mother and every mother extends backwards into her mother and forwards into her daughter. -C. G. Jung Mother-daughter relationships are universal, yet can be experienced in many forms. In this 4 week…
Find out more »Journey Towards Wholeness
Presented by Lynne Radomsky, Ph.D. This journey will take us into a remote region of the Kalahari desert that borders Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and into the territory of the San Bushman who can trace their origins back almost 200 000 years to the first people, and two million…
Find out more »Dancing with God
Presented by Lynne Radomsky, Ph.D. The connection between the hunter and the healer will be explored, particularly in the amplification of the juxtaposition of the Eland Hunt and the Eland healing dance, both of which are central to the healing mysteries of these ancient people. For the Bushman, the Eland…
Find out more »Foundations of Chassidic Psychology, in Conversation with Jungian Concepts and Motifs
Presented by Rabbi Tal Sessler, Ph.D. Respondents: Judith Hecker, Ph.D. & Wendy Wyman-McGinty, Ph.D. The Kabbalah is an intricate symbolic system, which seeks to articulate, elucidate and map out the internal structure of the soul of the cosmos, according to the Jewish mystical tradition. As universal truths, many of the…
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Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture:
The Child in Twenty-First Century Film
Presented by John Beebe, M.D. Sold Out In this presentation, John Beebe will weave excerpts from three recent films to explore the relationship of the cinematic presentation of the child to prospects for the contemporary psyche and the future of the culture. John got his start in the mental health…
Find out more »May 2018
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 »January 2018
A book talk, signing, and celebration
The Divine Mind:
Exploring the Psychological History of God’s Inner Journey
Presented by Michael Gellert, L.C.S.W. The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. – St. Teresa of Avila All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber Michael Gellert’s new book tells the story of the Abrahamic God’s inner journey. Who he originally was—a God…
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The Un-lived Life of Parents and its Impact on Children
Presented by Sherri Mahdavi, Ph.D. Nothing exerts stronger psychic effect especially upon children, than the unlived life of the parents. – Carl Gustav Jung In this seminar we will examine the profound impact of a parent’s un-lived life on a child's psycho-social development. We will address some of the ways in which…
Find out more »November 2017
The Other Side:
C.G. Jung’s Fascination with Alfred Kubin
Presented by Bradley A. TePaske, Ph.D. Recommended by Jung as an exemplary portrayal of the unconscious, this phantasmagorical novel of dystopian social experiment and the dark aesthetic of Austrian artist, Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) reflects the torment of a son who lost his mother at ten, attempted suicide on her grave…
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Healing Our Collective Wound
Presented by Christopher Miller, Ph.D. Prior to last year’s presidential election, the word narcissism frequently was used in descriptions of the character of one party candidate in particular. What the election revealed, however, is the collective narcissistic injury experienced by both the Left and Right sides of the political spectrum.…
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Jung’s Typology
Presented by Robin Robertson, Ph.D. “My typology is . . . not in any sense to stick labels on people at first sight. It is not a physiognomy and not an anthropological system, but a critical psychology dealing with the organization and delimitation of psychic processes that can be shown…
Find out more »Nightmares; a Demonstration
Presented by Robert Moradi, M.D. For Clinicians Only/Sold Out Nightmares are often some of our most important dreams. In this talk, videotapes will be utilized to demonstrate the significance of nightmares, and suggest ways of helping patients work with these types of dreams. We will examine how to approach the…
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Game of Thrones (GOT):
Blurring the Lines between Good and Evil
Presented by Robert Antonacci, M.A., Ph. D. candidate Game of Thrones has captured the imagination of enormous numbers of people in a profound way. In this talk we will examine some of the archetypal underpinnings of the show's characters that we love to hate and hate to love within a contemporary…
Find out more »December 2017
It’s a Wonderful Life:
The Movie as a Tale of Individuation of an Unsung Hero
Presented by Jeanine Roose, Ph.D. Many people have a tradition of viewing the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, during the holiday season. Produced over 70 years ago, the story continues to speak to the question, what does my life mean to myself and others? What if I had never existed? George…
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Psyche and Film: Wonder Woman
Presented by Steven Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. Film gives us a unique way to experience and reflect on the psyche. This presentation will begin with a discussion of the importance of film as a modern art form, and then explore some of the specifics of the recent Wonder Woman film. Special attention will…
Find out more »March 2018
Psyche’s Response to the Intersections of Cultural Complexes:
Mexican-American Male Identity Formation
Presented by John Valenzuela, Ph.D. This talk will discuss some of the psychological challenges of living with a bi-ethnic identity, and some of the ways in which the collective psyche compels individuals to split the values and attitudes between their cultural heritage and the dominant culture identity. Dream images and…
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Mothers and Sons:
Raising Relational Boys
Presented by Sherri Mahdavi, Ph.D. Sold Out As the first person who introduces her son to the feminine principle of relatedness, the mother plays an important role in her son's masculine development. While the mother-son relationship can be a safe container in which a boy can learn to connect to…
Find out more »June 2018
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 »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 »October 2017
Ideas about the Thing and the Thing Itself–The Creative Project as Crucible of the Self
Prior to the start of my analytic training, I regularly made art of one sort or another. Yet over the course of the training program, this type of creative expression disappeared. Where did the connection to such an essential part of myself go?
Find out more »April 2018
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 »September 2017
Special Event: Archetypal Evil in Dreams
Presented by Ann Walker, Ph.D. In this talk I will begin with Jung’s schemata for dream interpretation presented in Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar given in 1936 to 1940. This four-step method of dream interpretation will be used to discuss two or three dreams that deal with archetypal evil.…
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Mother-Son Relationship: A Theoreticl Exploration of the Mother’s Role in Her Son’s Masculine Development
As the first person who introduces her son to the feminine principle of relatedness, the mother plays an important role in her son's masculine development.
Find out more »January 2018
The Story of Erie
In this workshop we will take up a myth from ancient Ireland known as "The Voyage of Bran,” a story that prefigures Homer's Odyssey and his account of Odysseus' exile on the island of Calypso.
Find out more »The Animus: An elective seminar (Not for Women only)
This seminar will begin by following Jung’s original notion of animus through Hillman’s revisions of the notions “anima and animus” to Giegerich’s notion of the animus as “the soul’s own other.”
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Gender Equations: Experiences of the Syzygy on an Archetypal Spectrum
Specific clinical issues of attachment, gender, sexual preference, personal individuation as well as religious inclination are explored phenomenologically and archetypally.
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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…
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HKCC Child Study Group
This training year we will continue to focus on trying to understand the archetypal structures, images and forces underlying the psychodynamics and development of the inner and outer child. We will read selections in Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche, Marie-Louise Von Franz, (1999). Boston: Shambhala.
Find out more »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.
Find out more »Isolated, Unhappy, and Overheated
Waves of changes in western society since the early twentieth century have significantly altered individuals' sense of self and relationship to groups and the larger culture, as well as to material life and nature.
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Sandplay Process: Two Events
This opportunity to participate in an experiential group process is offered at the beginning and end of the training year.
Find out more »Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, Vol. 8
This seminar will focus on a collection of some of Jung's most compelling essays and will include his concepts regarding psychic energy, the nature and structure of the psyche, complex theory, and the transcendent function. We will read and discuss these essays and relate Jung's ideas to ourselves and to our clinical work.
Find out more »ARAS Workshop
Presented by Robin Newell Wynslow, Ph.D. This workshop will give candidates an overview of the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS Collection) and provide an opportunity for them to use the ARAS material to research an archetypal image. This workshop is required for candidates in Years 1 and 2.…
Find out more »October 2017
Experiencing Group Process: Group-as-a-Whole
Candidates and consultants will explore group process as viewed through the lens of the group-as-a-whole framework rather than viewed interpersonally or intrapsychically. From this perspective, an individual's experience expresses emerging group concerns that the group has not yet consciously integrated.
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The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Vol. 9i
In this seminar we will explore the nature of the collective unconscious and its relationship to the individuation process in our clinical work.
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Myths, Fairy Tales and Amplification
The purpose of this seminar will be to learn about the “psyche’s own story” from studying selected myths, fairytales and contemporary media.
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Developmental Theory
Presented by Susan Frankel, Ph.D., J.D. While Jung addressed the early stages of psychological development, he placed much more emphasis upon adult individuation. This course will present selected writings from Jung, Neumann, Fordham, Samuels and the other Jungian analysts who have expanded the understanding of childhood development. This course will…
Find out more »The Art of Clinical Writing
This seminar will explore the process of writing clinical case reports.
Find out more »November 2017
Eastern Religion: Psychology and Religion–East and West, Part Two of CW11
This seminar will address the psychological significance of Jung’s essays on Eastern Religion in Volume 11 of The Collected Works. Issues of individuation, shadow, the symbolism of good and evil, the archetypes of death and rebirth, and psychological transformation will be explored in the context of Eastern philosophy and religion.
Find out more »January 2018
Soul and Shadow
This seminar will focus on what it means to face, interiorize, and realize the repressed contents of the shadow as a source of renewal and initiation into a psychological way of living and perceiving.
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The Divine WABA
This course is both a summary and a larger perspective on the various spiritual paths undertaken in Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Roman Female Individuation, and Alchemy as they relate to the psychotherapeutic relationship.
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Alchemy l: Psychology and Alchemy, CW 12
For Jung, alchemy is the bridge that links the historic past of religion and philosophy to the modern psychology of the unconscious. This seminar will focus on the relationship between the symbolism and processes of ancient alchemy and the analytic process.
Find out more »January 2018
Psychology of the Transference
Presented by Chie Lee, M.A., M.F.T. This seminar consists of a careful reading of Jung’s work on the transference phenomena that is contained in vol. 16 of the Collected Works, The Practice of Psychotherapy. Included in this text are The Rosarium pictures that will be utilized to amplify the ideas…
Find out more »April 2018
Active Imagination Seminar
Jung understood the process of active imagination as a means for differentiating one’s ego from unconscious contents by providing a way to invite the unconscious into active engagement with ego consciousness through giving it from, engaging in dialogue and considering the ethical dimensions that come out of such work.
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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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Mothering Slaves:
The Intergenerational Orphan and Cultural Trauma
This lecture will explore the concept of mothering slaves, women whose lives were centered on having children, and the loss of these children through the cultural trauma of slavery and its aftermath. The Mother of Sorrows archetype will be discussed within the context of African American parenting, the Jungian Feminine, and African Feminine Mythology.
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Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture
Childhood Innocence:
Racial Prejudice and the Shaping of Complexes
Growing up within a particular culture defines personality as well as identity. In this lecture we will focus on the influential elements of ethnicity, racism, and related childhood trauma that are impactful in our formative years. Jung spoke of complexes as "splinter psyches" created by emotional trauma or shock. Our discussion will center on the possible development of personality and accompanying racial complexes in us as children that are reflections of racial relations in our American Collective.
Find out more »Introduction to Jungian Sandplay, Part 2
This is the second weekend of a comprehensive and sequential Jungian Sandplay training program intended for mental health professionals and graduate students. Topics to be covered include the relationship of Sandplay to Jungian psychology, the evolution of symbolic imagery as seen in sandplay case examples, the importance of initial trays, the development of symbols from a personal and archetypal perspective, discussion of case material, as well as an opportunity to work experientially. Training hours can be applied towards Sandplay certification through STA (Sandplay Therapists of America).
Unexpected Pieces of Our Hearts:
How Synchronicity Shapes the Stories of Our Families
Jung's concept of synchronicity or meaningful chance is one of his most engaging and familiar. In his Friday evening lecture, Rob Hopcke will be presenting the four aspects of synchronistic events that make up Jung's thoughts on this phenomena in order to place this notion within the overall context of Jung's theories on analytical psychology.
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Making Synchronicity Happen:
A Short Course on Divination—East and West
Once they've had their eyes opened to the way synchronistic events can teach, enlighten and shape our lives, people always want to know, "how can I make synchronistic events happen to me?"
Find out more »September 2018
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 »December 2018
The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Working with The Red Book as an Individual Reader and in a Group Setting
Presented by Judith Hecker, PhD &. J. Gordon Nelson, PhD In this presentation, Jungian analysts Hecker and Nelson will discuss their experiences of working with The Red Book. They will elaborate on how the book describes a process that was…
Find out more »October 2018
The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
The Differentiation and Transformation of the Feminine in Jung’s Personal Journey as Presented in Liber Novus, The Red Book
In this presentation we will discuss the presence of the archetypal feminine in C. G. Jung’s Red Book as it reflects the transformation of the differentiated feminine in Jung’s soul.
Find out more »November 2018
The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
The Importance of Dreamwork as a Process of Individuation
Dreams are a fascinating topic of conversation that sometimes seem to lose their significance when we do not realize how casually we address their symbolic language and imagery.
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
The Cult of the Black Madonna:
Our Journey from Darkness into Light
Through many centuries the mythical and mystical aspects of the Black Madonna have framed our understanding of the Divine Feminine.
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The Analytical Psychology Club Presents:
Healing Our Collective Wound through the I Ching
Presented by Christopher Miller, PhD In a previous program Dr. Miller addressed how we might understand and heal narcissistic injuries in ourselves and in our nation through psychology and mythology. In this presentation he will discuss this healing of narcissistic injuries with the aid of divination, specifically as found in the I Ching or Book of Changes.…
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Following the Animals down the Path of Individuation
On the way to her car before our first session, my control patient walked past the entrance to The Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica and noticed a coyote sitting in the middle of the driveway.
Find out more »HKCC Child Study Group
Presenter: Gloria Avrech, Ph.D., LCSW This training year we will continue to have the opportunity to learn from the insights and wisdom of Marie Louise von Franz. We will be reading the twelve essays in her book: Psyche and Matter, (1992). Boston: Shambhala. Sharing clinical illustrations from our practice and…
Find out more »November 2018
Migration and Exile: Trauma Memory and Nostalgia
This seminar will be a sharing of the personal, cultural and collective perspectives of the migration journey, when one and/or one’s family was forced to leave “lao jia”, the Chinese term for “old home.”
Find out more »January 2019
A Seminar on Jung’s Concept of the Self
Among Jungians the Self is a concept that is utilized in very different ways. We will discuss how these different conceptions are related to Jung’s own experience of the Self. We then will discuss how these differences are an expression of the spirit of change that are inherent in the Self.
Find out more »February 2019
The Archetype of Time:
Imaginal Exploration of Our Moment of Birth
In two recently published scholarly works, Jung’s Studies in Astrology: Prophecy, Magic, and the Qualities of Time (Volume 1) and The Astrological World of Jung’s 'Liber Novus': Daimons, Gods, and the Planetary Journey (Volume 2), the psychological astrologer, Jungian Analyst and historian Liz Greene documents the profound impact Jung’s very individual understanding of astrology had on the entirety of his work. In particular, Dr. Greene demonstrates how Jung’s Liber Novus may be read as Jung’s confrontation with the archetypal energies constellated at the moment of his birth and as his journey through the symbols of his own astrological chart. She also illustrates how he derived his therapeutic technique of active imagination from, among other things, his understanding of the antique method of theurgy, or god working.
Find out more »Psychology as a Discipline of Interiority
In this seminar we will discuss Wolfgang Giegerich’s notion of psychology with soul, or as discipline of interiority. The concept of psychological difference and the nature of its two parts, psychic and psychological will be clarified. This difference between the personal, empirical subject, i.e., the ego, and the soul will be explored from theoretical as well as clinical point of view. Wolfgang Giegerich locates soul at the very center of Jungian psychology and shows us a new way of comprehending psychological "depth" in our clinical work.
Find out more »March 2019
Celtic Mythology Workshop
Presenter: Delia Doherty, L.C.S.W. "For the archetype is an element of our psychic structure and thus a vital and necessary component in our psychic economy. It represents or personifies certain instinctive data of the dark, primitive psyche, the real but invisible roots of consciousness". C.G.Jung, Essays on a Science of…
Find out more »The Mysteries of Mercurius
Presenter: Charles Zeltzer, Ph.D. From historical roots in the Egyptian god Thoth and the Greek Hermes, to his and her expressions in alchemy, Goethe’s Faust and beyond, the morally ambiguous Mercurius is both the god of the current age and the god of the unconscious. “He” governs the enigmatic and…
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Sandplay Process: Two Events
This opportunity to participate in an experiential group process is offered at the beginning and end of the training year. Each group consists of participants of the same training group who will create a sand picture together using sandplay miniatures. Following this non-verbal group experience, each group will share reactions to the sand creation that has been made together.
Find out more »Group Process
Facilitator: Marlene Frantz, M.F.T. This experiential seminar will use traditional group process methods to provide a container for the heat that arises during the alchemical and initiatory process of embarking on the path of training. Our focus will be on the individual experience of each group member and how these…
Find out more »Entrances and Two Essays, CW 7
Presenter: Delia Doherty, L.C.S.W. This seminar is presented as an entrance into Jung’s seminal ideas regarding psychology and its clinical application. Throughout the volume Jung describes sessions with patients that help illustrate how his theoretical ideas manifest in real life. We will explore the personal and the collective unconscious, the…
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Psychological Types, CW 6
In this seminar we will focus on Jung’s Volume 6 Psychological Types. In addition to providing a theory of personality types, Jung’s Volume 6 describes the foundational basis for his theory (including philosophical, cultural, literary and religious influences) and its relationship to other conscious and unconscious processes, as well as developmental and mediating influences on typological preferences.
Find out more »January 2019
Dream Seminar I
In this seminar we will cover various readings on the Jungian approach to dream interpretation. We will describe the difference between the objective phenomenology of dreams versus the subjective interpretation of dreams and how to best discern their objective meaning and purpose.
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Psychology and Alchemy, CW 12
For Jung, alchemy is the bridge that links the historic past of religion and philosophy to the modern psychology of the unconscious. This seminar will focus on the relationship between the symbolism and processes of ancient alchemy and the contemporary therapy process.
Find out more »April 2019
Psychology and Religion: West and East, CW 11; Answer to Job
This seminar will focus on Jung’s seminal work, Answer to Job, found in Volume 11 of the Collected Works. In this work, Jung addressed the psychology of human suffering through the lens of the Biblical Book of Job. Through reading and discussion we will examine the symbolic role that theological concepts play in an individual’s psychic life and how the use of religious or mythological narrative is helpful in the treatment of, among other things, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. We will also explore the concepts of good and evil and how those concepts come to be experienced psychologically by individuals in response to critical life events.
Find out more »May 2019
Psychology and Religion: West and East, CW 11
This seminar focuses on the first three lectures in Jung’s Vol.11, Psychology and Religion: West. Consideration will be given to understanding Jung’s ideas about the autonomy of the Psyche, his ideas regarding the nature of natural symbols, as well as their history and psychology. Candidates will learn the clinical relevance of this material as it relates to their understanding of their patients’ search for meaning and its relationship to depression. Furthermore they will be able to observe and describe the appearance of unconscious material in the clinical setting and learn how recognizing this material is integral to treatment.
Find out more »September 2018
Psychology of the Transference, CW 16
This seminar will consist of an in-depth reading of Jung’s essay, The Psychology of the Transference, from volume 16, The Practice of Psychotherapy. As stated in the Editorial Note “this paper is the only authoritative statement from his pen of the way in which the individuation process expresses itself in the transference.” The Rosarium Philosophorum images were used by Jung to formulate his view of the transference relationship. We will study their relevance to the practice of psychotherapeutic work.
Find out more »October 2018
Active Imagination
Presenters: Rose-Emily Rothenberg, M.F.T., Michal Aizenman, L.P.C.C., Mark Troedson, Ph.D. October 4, 11, 18, 2018 with Rose-Emily Rothenberg. Held in the home office of Rose-Emily Rothenberg from 3:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m. April 11, 25, May 2, 2019, with Michal Aizenman. Held in the Kirsch Lecture Room from 3:00 p.m.…
Find out more »September 2018
Jung in Context
Presenters: Jeanine Roose, Ph.D., Barry Miller, Ph.D., Pamela Power, Ph.D. This event is open to all candidates, interns and analysts, and while not mandatory, is highly recommended for candidates entering their first and second years of training. The event will be held in the Kirsch Lecture room. Please RSVP to…
Find out more »November 2018
Dream Workshop for Men 50 and Older
Dreams after midlife are commonly in the service of helping the dreamer face challenges of aging, both physical and emotional, as one grapples with changes in the body, in one's relationship to partners, siblings, children and grandchildren, as well as changes in one's attitude towards work and friendships.
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Our Ecological Self:
Restoring the Bond between Inner and Outer Nature
Recent studies suggest that reconnecting to nature can increase one's sense of vitality, promote a sense of healing, provide inspiration, stimulate self- awareness, decrease pain and stress, support the individuation process and contribute to the resolution of trauma.
Find out more »December 2018
Puella’s Shadow
Presented by Susan Schwartz, Ph.D. The joyous, intense energy of the Puella, while appealing, often masks a more fragile personality; unrealistic, fantasy driven, easily dissembled, immature, and untouched. The wounds of the Puella, stemming from early losses, particularly by the masculine, can manifest in body numbing, distorted self-image, and difficulty with…
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Three Reflections on Sandplay:
A Course for Clinicians
Sandplay, a non-verbal form of psychotherapy in which the client utilizes miniatures to create scenes, has been found to be especially helpful in working with children as a way of helping them express feelings and internal conflicts which they may not yet be able to put into language.
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The ‘As If’ Personality and the Deadened Mother, a Course for Clinicians
Presented by Susan Schwartz, PhD Jung, Narcissism and the 'as if' Personality The 'as if' personality is characterized by feelings of fraudulence and narcissistic wounding, bounded by a wall of impenetrability. Like Narcissus, the struggle to connect to himself and others is hindered by a fragile internal structure of perfectionism and dissociation, which…
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.
