June 2020
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 »May 2020
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…
Find out more »October 2020
The Clinical is Cultural, The Cultural is Clinical:
Black Women Depth Psychologists on the Evolution of Clinical Practice
Presented by Sharon D. Johnson, Ph.D.; Sherrie Sims Allen, Ph.D.; Marcella De Veaux, Ph.D.; Kim Howell, Ph.D.; Patricia Taylor, Ph.D. Saturday, October 31, 2020; 10:00 am-1:00 Pacific Time. Psychotherapist Philip Cushman’s text, Constructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy, sought to highlight the social-cultural placement of clinical practice…
Find out more »November 2020
“Pantheon of Paradoxes”:
Archetypal Imagery in the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon
Jacqueline Thurston, M.A. Friday, November 20, 2020; 7:30-9:30 pm Pacific Time. Jung’s understanding of synchronicity, the intersection between the inner world of dreams and the imagination and the outer physical world, and his exploration of cultural and personal archetypal imagery both inform and guide this presentation. Drawing from images from…
Find out more »Living Between Worlds: Finding a Center in Turbulent Hours
Presented by James Hollis, Ph.D. Saturday, November 14, 2020; 9:00 am-12:00 pm Pacific Time. Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born … - (Matthew Arnold, 1885) As individuals, we often find ourselves in in-between times, somewhere between a world we knew, and a world that…
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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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Animal Symbolism in Dreams
Presented by Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford, M.A., M.F.T. 4 Wednesdays: November 11, 18, December 2, 9, 2020 - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pacific Time - Registration for Series Only. Enrollment limited to 12. "The animal embodies something that is at first manifested as the animal instinct in man, but behind which…
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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…
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Painting Inner Images: Symbols of Nature
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 5 Thursdays: October 15, 22, 29, November 5 , 12, 2020 - 11:00am-1:00pm Pacific Time- Registration for series only. Enrollment limited to 8. During unusual times in the outer world, we resource to the voice of our inner nature, the unconscious. C.G. Jung, in personal times…
Find out more »Training Open House
Join us online on Sunday, October 11 at 2:00 when our Director of Training will host a virtual Open House with a panel of analysts and candidates to answer your questions and offer their own experiences of the program. Hearing from current candidates and those who have recently been certified…
Find out more »December 2020
Notebooks of Transformation: Introducing Jung’s Black Books
Presented by Sonu Shamdasani, Ph.D. The recently published Black Books, a series of personal journals written between 1913-1932, represent Jung's explorations of the visionary imagination through writing and painting and include both reflections on his own psychological development, as well as the evolution of his theory of analytical psychology. The…
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Series: Reading Persian Sufi Poetry through the lens of Jungian Psychology
Presented by Sherri Mahdavi, Ph.D. 3 Tuesdays: February 9, 16, 23, 2021 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly Let it cut more deep Let it ferment and season you - Hafiz I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the Astonishing Light…
Find out more »The Janus-faced archivist: Reflections on 4500 colorful pictures sleeping in grey boxes.
Presented by Ruth Ammann The picture archive of the C. G. Jung Institute Zürich/Küsnacht contains nearly 4,500 original works by Jung’s patients from 1917-1955, and another 6,000 works of patients from the collection of Jolande Jacobi. Jung frequently asked his patients to paint and draw their inner images as he…
Find out more »April 2021
Moby Dick: How an American Myth Speaks to Our Times
Presented by Steven Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is a uniquely American description of the encounter with our unconscious depths. In this seminar, we will examine some of the ways in which this extraordinary product of the American imagination speaks to our modern circumstances with striking relevance. Some of…
Find out more »Painting Inner Images: On Vulnerability
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Wednesdays: April 14 , 21, 28, May 5 - 3:00 pm-5:00 pm. During unusual times in the outer world, we resource to the voice of our inner nature, the unconscious. C.G. Jung, in personal times of crisis, resourced to contacting his inner images and…
Find out more »March 2021
The Mandrake Screams as It is Pulled from the Earth—and the Dog Dies:
Arcane and Not so Arcane Thoughts on Psychological Change.
Presented by Pamela Power, Ph.D. Individuation, psychological growth, psychic change can be a complicated matter that involves tolerating uncomfortable emotional states. This presentation will explore conundrums that accompany any shift in consciousness. We want to change, but we don’t; and the autonomous psyche has its own say. Learning Objectives: Describe…
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Physical Disability from a Wounded Healer’s Perspective
Presented by Renata Ferraz Torres, M.D. In this presentation, the archetype of the wounded healer will be discussed from personal, archetypal, and clinical perspectives. Diagnosed at age eight with familial spastic paraplegia, a disease which resulted in a physical disability, Torres brings a unique perspective to her work as a…
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No Choice but to Act
Presented by Coline Covington, Ph.D. In the midst of atrocities, there is the silent presence of those brave individuals who act and stand apart from the crowd, who risk their own lives by rescuing others, and in other ways, by voicing their dissent. The actions of these exceptional individuals raise…
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C. G. Jung and the Composition of Synchronicity
Jung and Synchronicity recommended reading Presented by Laurence Browne, Ph.D. Rarely do new words introduced to the public by a particular author become readily accepted as part of general discourse, and it is doubtful that Jung himself could have predicted how popular his invented term would become. His hypothesis of…
Find out more »July 2021
The Axiom of Maria Prophetissa:
The Three Stages of Coniunctio
Presented by August J. Cwik, Psy.D. The Axiom of Maria Prophetissa states: One becomes Two, Two becomes Three, and out of the Third comes the One as the Fourth. This axiom holds one of life’s great mysteries—the secret of secrets—and proves to be a master metaphor for the process of…
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Medea – For Clinicians Only
Medea Presented by Corey Hooper, M.F.T. Medea’s act of killing her children stands out as one of the most horrific crimes/taboos in our collective memory. In this presentation, we will examine our own potential for rage, hatred, and violence, and our horror at confronting this shadow piece of ourselves. We will…
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The Hilde Kirsch Children’s Center Presents:
A Picture is Truly Worth a Thousand Words
Presenter: Janie Ingalls, M.A., M.F.T. 2 Sundays: April 18 and May 2, 2021, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (Pacific Time) This presentation will be in two parts. Enrollment for the Series Only. Collage as a form of active imagination can be utilized both as part of the analytic process as…
Find out more »September 2021
SOLD OUT Videoconference—Painting Inner Images: Exploring Fairy Tale Imagery
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Wednesdays: September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2021; 3:30-5:30 pm Encountering images of the unconscious can have healing effects and provide a renewed attitude. Giving form to meaningful inner images through painting provides the participants access to psychic energy from the unconscious. In 4…
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Videoconference—Portraits in Pathology: Three Case Studies
Presented by James Hollis, Ph.D. Aristotle noted that art was a more reliable portrait of what happens than history. History is both an interpretation and tied to the particular; art, in turn, speaks to the timeless, universal movements of history and embodies the permutations of the human animal. These three…
Find out more »Videoconference—Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture: The Alchemical Method: Transforming Lives Through Myth
Presented by Kwame Scruggs, Ph.D. Jung understood myths to be expressions of what he called the pre-conscious psyche, which reflect the archetypal nature of the collective unconscious. In this experiential seminar, Dr. Scruggs will present a myth, utilizing a method which integrates storytelling and drumming as a means of inviting an internal…
Find out more »November 2021
Videoconference – The Inner Work of Retirement: Shifting from Role to Soul
Presented by Connie Zweig, Ph.D. The end of work can lead to a liminal period, letting go into a sense of uncertainty, loss of identity, and loss of meaning. A depth psychological approach to this late-life identity crisis requires a turn within and the tools to break through denial, attune…
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2021-2022 Child Consultation Group
Presenter: Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford, M.A., L.M.F.T. 7 Tuesday evenings: October 5, November 2, December 7, 2021. February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, 2022. (There will be no meeting in January.) Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Held on Zoom. Open to candidates and interns only. C.E. There are no CE…
Find out more »November 2021
Videoconference: A Dream, Memories and Reflections about Marie-Louise von Franz
Presented by Hansueli F. Etter, Ph.D. Shortly before the death of Marie-Louise von Franz, Dr. Etter had a dream about her that included a surprising image of her soul. He had the chance to tell her the dream and got in response a short comment from her. In this presentation,…
Find out more »October 2021
Jung at Heart: The Problem of Evil
We will compare traditional religious views of evil with psychological approaches.
Find out more »Jung at Heart: Depth Psychological Approaches to Suffering
When suffering strikes, it is helpful to find a framework through which we may understand it, rather than seeing suffering as a random or meaningless event in one’s life. A purely clinical approach is of limited help, because there are many forms of suffering which are normal given the circumstances…
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Letting My Heart be Broken: The Intergenerational Trauma of Racism
Presented by Fanny Brewster, Ph.D. The deepest wounding of the American psyche has been its divide along racial lines. The intergenerational trauma that has traveled for centuries due to racism has had a profound psychological effect on BIPOC populations. In this presentation, we will examine some of the ways in…
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Analyst Training Program Open House
Join us online on Sunday, October 24 at 2:00 when our Director of Training will host a virtual Open House with a panel of analysts and candidates to answer your questions and offer their own experiences of the program. Hearing from current candidates and those who have recently been certified…
Find out more »February 2022
VA: Dreaming in Color: Race in the Unconscious
Fanny Brewster, PhD This workshop offers an opportunity to engage in discussions of dreams and the dreamlife. We will explore dream images, language, and personal histories of dreaming that are inclusive of ethnicity and racial relationships while exploring how racial issues may appear in the psyche. Segments of our time…
Find out more »October 2021
Painting Fairy Tale Imagery-Session 2
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Wednesdays: , October 20-November 10 , 2021; 4:00-6:00 pm Encountering images of the unconscious can have healing effects and provide a renewed attitude. Giving form to meaningful inner images through painting provides the participants access to psychic energy from the unconscious. In 4 weekly…
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Jung at Heart
Indigenous Ideas of Spirit and Transformation
Jeanne A. Lacourt, M.S., L.P.C., N.C.C., Ph.D. This presentation will introduce participants to the Menominee origin story and the important relationship Native people have with spirit beings. Specifically, we will focus how human-animal transformation in story is integral to establishing a reciprocal relationship with land, animals, and all spirit beings.…
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Jung at Heart
We Think with Our Hearts: Reading Jung through Native Eyes
Jeanne A. Lacourt, M.S., L.P.C., N.C.C., Ph.D. This presentation will review how some of Jung’s ideas (mis)represented Native cultures. The notion of the “primitive,” participation mystique, dreams, and animals will be explored. Two psychic paradigms, dominion, and reciprocity, will point to important differences between Indigenous and Western cosmologies and may…
Find out more »Jung at Heart: In Search of the Self
Reading: 2021_11_29_Kenneally_Man And His Symbols_IN Search of Self Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. Jung’s concept of the Self speaks directly to the mysterious element in the psyche that carries an unconscious wisdom, which inspires and brings meaning to life. This concept addresses the experience of being guided by…
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Jung at Heart: Individuation, The Lifelong Development of the Personality
Reading: 2021_11_29_Kenneally_ManAndHis Symbols_IN Search of Self Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. Individuation is the process of living into an aspect of the innate potential of one’s personality. While we cannot live all the potentials we are born with, and we must bear the world’s pressure to develop certain…
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Certificate Program-Jung’s Typology-Jan 2022
2022_01_00_Typology Readings and Bibliography Saturday, January 8, 2022 Jung’s Typology Presented by Steve Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. Psychological Types was Jung’s first major work after his break with Freud and was influenced by his experience as a psychiatrist with patients, his association with Freud, dialogues with other colleagues, and through his profound…
Find out more »JaH: Jung and Our Relationship with Nature, Part I
Download optional suggested reading here: 2022_01_Rust_ 5 Publ PPI Climate on the Couch by Mary-Jayne Rust 2022_01_Rust_Peters The Eagle and the Serpent; - or — The Minding of Matter Saturday, January 8; 9:00 am-12:00 pm Pacific Time “Without my piece of earth, my life’s work would not have come into…
Find out more »JaH: Jung and Our Relationship with Nature, Part 2
Jung is one of the few psychotherapists who has written extensively about our relationship with Nature. He warned of the consequences of our separation from the nonhuman world, of taking from the earth with no reciprocity, and of our consequent loss of soul. He also describes how spending time in the natural world can be deeply healing, opening doors to imagination, synchronicity, and the numinous, inviting us to take our place once again within the sacred matrix of life.
Find out more »May 2022
Zoom Only:
An Immersive Sound Experience:
Why do I cry when I hear the first eight minutes of Wagner’s Ring Cycle?
Presented by Sheila Traviss, L.M.F.T.
We know sound/vibration by way of chromosomal/collective, congenital/familial, and personal contact. In this workshop, we will explore the collective, familial, and personal experiences of sound via a soundscape, accompanied by a personal narration of pre-birth, in-utero, lived experience, as well as those imagined to accompany one post-death. The concept of sense memory retrieval will be explored from both a clinical as well as a poetic perspective, as a way of imagining and experiencing our connection to our world via sound. This workshop will include a written active imagination for participants to use for themselves and/or their clients as an aid to accessing embodied memories.
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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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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.
April 2022
Zoom Only: For Clinicians Only:
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.
September 2022
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Finding One’s Path: A Painting Workshop
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 5 Thursdays: September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 - 3:30 - 5:30 pm “The goal is important only as an idea; the essential thing is the opus: that is the goal of a lifetime.” C.G. Jung, CW 16 §400 Painting inner images is…
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CP-February 2022 Fairy Tales in Jungian Work
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…
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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)…
Find out more »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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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CP-June 2022-Sexuality
Presented by Barry Miller, Ph.D. This seminar will present an overview of human sexuality, including the physical, emotional, and spiritual dynamics that form the complexity of this fundamental and perplexing of human drives. Current collective views on the nature and meaning of sexuality will be explored, focusing on the subjective,…
Find out more »JaH: Dorothy’s Journey of Individuation in the Land of Oz
Gita Morena, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. In this seminar, Dr. Morena deepens her exploration of L. Frank Baum’s quintessential American fairy tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and explores it as a symbolic process to identify and integrate unconscious aspects of the psyche. She considers Dorothy’s journey as a metaphor for Joseph Campbell’s…
Find out more »October 2022
Zoom Only: A Writer’s Group for Women
Presented by Sheila Traviss, L.M.F.T. - Limited Enrolment. 9 Thursdays: Thursdays, October 6, 13, 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15, 2022 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm Pacific Time 1 Friday: Friday, October 21, 2022 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm Pacific Time Registration for series only. In this…
Find out more »November 2022
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The Passionate Body: HIV/AIDS as Cultural Complex
Program: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Lunch break: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Presented by Paul Attinello, Ph.D. Viral invasion, infection anxiety, illness, and death returning to the contemporary world–HIV/AIDS has been an intensely charged crisis in sexuality, medical awareness, and our relationship to…
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Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture:
Zoom Only: A Jungian Approach to Spontaneous Drawings: A Window to the Soul
Presented by Patricia Ann Elwood This lecture is based on the Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche as proposed by Carl Jung. This experiential workshop is aimed at providing a tool for all those working in education, the helping professions, and for those interested in understanding the basics of a…
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I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This
Presented by Steve Galipeau, M.A., M.Div. In the original Star Wars trilogy when faced with a challenging situation, several characters are moved to say: “I’ve got a bad feeling about this!” In our own age the same can be said for many of us as we are confronted with the deadly…
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Painting Inner Images: Metamorphoses
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. 4 Thursdays: April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2022 – 3:00 – 5:00 pm 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…
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Zoom Only-Jungian Sandplay, Unit 1 Origins of Jungian Sandplay
For more information on the complete Jungian Sandplay Training Program, please visit https://junginla.org/events/sandplay2022-2023/ Unit 1 / Seminar 1: Saturday, September 24, 2022; 9:30 am – 4:00 pm History and Introduction to Sandplay Presented by Gita Morena, PhD, LMFT, CST-T, and Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford, LMFT, CST Guest Speaker: Harriet Friedman, LMFT, CST-T This…
Find out more »January 2023
THE 1619 PROJECT: A NEW ORIGIN STORY **CANCELLED**
Presenters: Athena Carrillo, L.M.F.T. and Cydny Rothe, L.C.S.W. 5 Saturdays: January 28, February 18, March 18, April 8, May 13, 2023 Held on Zoom. Open to Candidates and interns only. Continuing Education: There are no CE credits available for this reading group. The murder of George Floyd in 2020…
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JUNGIAN CONCEPTS AS EXPRESSED IN THE ARTS
Presenter: Sheila Traviss, L.M.F.T. 4 Sundays: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023. Time: 10:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. Held on Zoom. Open to candidates and interns. C.E.: A maximum of 12 CE credits can be earned, based on attendance. In this seminar we will discuss how movies, television series,…
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Jungian Psychology in Clinical Practice: Jung in Context
Presented by Marybeth Carter, Ph.D. We will explore the origins of Jungian psychology within the history of depth psychology, a psychology that attempts to understand the language and the dynamics of the unconscious as it manifests in the work with clients and in the world. The various psychoanalytic theories…
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JaH: Jung’s Unique Psychology 10/15/22
A Saturday Lecture with J. Gary Sparks, B.Sc., M.Div., M.A. The presentation will explore an overview of how Jung’s psychology developed over the course of his lifetime, focusing on his understanding of psychological transformation, beginning with his personal crisis (1913 –1928) through his last mature writing (1951 – 1954). In our discussion, we will address some of…
Find out more »JP-The Relationship between the Ego and the Unconscious
Presented by J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D. The development of the personality is an interplay between the internal and external forces which shape a sense of self, which we simultaneously create and find ourselves to be. We will examine the basics of these internal structures from a Jungian perspective, including the…
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Working with the Unseen that exists in Plain Sight
Presented by Sam Kimbles, Ph.D. “What if your worst fears are the story of our time”? -- Naomi Lowinsky During these times of social and political upheavals, the cultural unconscious manifests in expressions and enactments of chronic and historic racial injustices, political polarizations, the global pandemic, global warming, social media,…
Find out more »JP- Animus and Anima
Presented by Bradley A. TePaske, Ph.D. Jung recognized that the qualities we tend to associate with gender, are not, in fact, unique to a particular gender. Every individual carries capacities within, often undiscovered, that don’t align with their conscious gender identity. Jung referred to these energies as contrasexual. Specifically, he…
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Working with the Unseen that exists in Plain Sight – Analysts and Candidates Only
Presented by Sam Kimbles, Ph.D. “What if your worst fears are the story of our time”? -- Naomi Lowinsky During these times of social and political upheavals, the cultural unconscious manifests in expressions and enactments of chronic and historic racial injustices, political polarizations, the global pandemic, global warming, social media,…
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JaH: In Search of the Self 11/5/22
Saturday, November 5, 2022; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Saturday Lecture with Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. Jung’s concept of the Self seeks to capture the experience of something greater in the psyche than our familiar ego consciousness. This can feel like an inspiring inner guide that facilitates and…
Find out more »JaH: Dreams: Why Do We Have Them and What Do They Mean? (Pt.1) 11/19/22
Saturday, November 19, 2022; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Saturday Lecture with Robert Moradi, M.D. Dreams are products of the unconscious that emanate from our uniquely individual history, and yet paradoxically and simultaneously, can also serve to remind us of our oneness with everything that has ever existed. Dreams…
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JP- Shadow and Complexes
Presented by Paula Smith-Marder, Ph.D. Jung called complexes the building blocks of the psyche. We will consider how to identify a complex and its corresponding archetypal core and how to work with a complex when it becomes disruptive. Drawing from clinical experience and dream material, we will examine the shadow…
Find out more »JaH: Dreams: Why Do We Have Them and What Do They Mean? (Pt.2) 12/3/22
Saturday, December 3, 2022; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Saturday Lecture with Robert Moradi, M.D. Dreams are products of the unconscious that emanate from our uniquely individual history, and yet paradoxically and simultaneously, can also serve to remind us of our oneness with everything that has ever existed. Dreams…
Find out more »January 2023
SOLD OUT – Zoom Only: Reading Group of the Book “Painting Therapy” by Ingrid Riedel and Christa Henzler
Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D. Online 12 meetings every Wednesday From January 11, 2023, to March 29, 2023 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm Max. 12 participants “The years when I was pursuing my inner images were the most important in my life - in them everything essential was decided. It…
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JaH: Individuation 12/17/22
Saturday, December 17, 2022; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Saturday Lecture with Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. Individuation is the process of living into an aspect of the innate potential of one’s personality. If we are true to our individuation, the sense of being related to something greater in…
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JP- The Self
Presented by Pamela Power, Ph.D. In this class, we will discuss ways the notion of the Self is relevant to our clinical work on the somatic, emotional, and cognitive levels. The Self can be thought of as a process of integration of disparate or dissociated parts of the psyche. Defenses…
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“The Last of Us”: Search For the Arcane Substance in the World of Gaming
Presented by Pamela J Power, Ph.D. & Sheryl Corchnoy, L.M.F.T. This presentation will introduce two video games, The Last of Us and Stray, both set in post-apocalyptic times and which involve searching for something that will cure the condition of the world. In each, there is a search for what…
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JaH: Jung and Our Relationship with Nature 1/14/23
Saturday, January 14, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Saturday Lecture with Mary-Jayne Rust, B.Sc., M.A. “Without my piece of earth, my life’s work would not have come into being.” (Word and Image, 1979) Jung is one of the few psychotherapists who has written extensively about our relationship with Nature.…
Find out more »JaH: Jung and Our Relationship with Nature, Pt. 2 1/28/23
Saturday, January 28, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Saturday Lecture with Mary-Jayne Rust, B.Sc., M.A. “Without my piece of earth, my life’s work would not have come into being.” (Word and Image, 1979) Jung is one of the few psychotherapists who has written extensively about our relationship with Nature.…
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JP- Dreams
Presented by Judith Hecker, Ph.D. This course will focus on working with dreams in clinical practice from a Jungian perspective. Some of the topics to be covered are dream images and the symbolic language of dreams, ways of working with dreams in the context of psychotherapy, as well as comparing…
Find out more »JaH: Forging a Coniunctio in Wartime
Saturday, February 4, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Saturday Lecture with John Beebe, M.D. In both seminars, we will analyze clips from the film considered using a Jungian lens. Students are encouraged to watch the entire film on their own in advance of each session. Individual Resilience in the…
Find out more »JaH: Constellating the Principled Feminine
Saturday, February 18, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm The deadline to register for this event is 5:00 PM (PST) on Friday, February 17th. Please remember to register well in advance. A Saturday Lecture with John Beebe, M. buy antabuse online www.actualidadmedica.com.do/wp-content/languages/themes/po/antabuse.html no prescription In both seminars, we will analyze clips…
Find out more »April 2023
Zoom Only: A Jungian Approach to Spontaneous Drawing: A Window on the Soul
Presented by Patricia Ellwood 8 Tuesdays in April and May: April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23; 10:00 am-11:30 am (Pacific Time) Jung understood that the unconscious can express itself not only through dreams, but also through spontaneous writing, drawing, and movement. To this end, he developed…
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JaH: THE NUMINOUS PATH OF THE TWELVE-STEP EXPERIENCE Pt 1
Saturday, March 4, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm The deadline to register for this event is 5:00 PM (PST) on Friday, March 3rd. Please remember to register well in advance. Two Saturday Lectures with Maggie Gwinn, M.F.T. (Part 1 of 2 Lectures) buy antabuse online www.actualidadmedica.com.do/wp-content/languages/themes/po/antabuse.html no prescription “You…
Find out more »JaH: THE NUMINOUS PATH OF THE TWELVE-STEP EXPERIENCE Pt 2
Saturday, March 18, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm The deadline to register for this event is 5:00 PM (PST) on Friday, March 17th. Please remember to register well in advance. Two Saturday Lectures with Maggie Gwinn, M.F.T. (Part 2 of 2 Lectures) buy antabuse online www.actualidadmedica.com.do/wp-content/languages/themes/po/antabuse.html no prescription “You…
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JaH: THE PSYCHE IN THE WORLD Pt 1
IMPORTANT: OUR WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY GLITCHING. REGISTER AS USUAL (IT WILL TELL YOU THAT YOUR ORDER FAILED) AND THEN EMAIL PUBLIC PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST OF ATTENDEES. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE! Two Saturday Lectures with Thomas Singer, M.D. Saturdays, April 1, 2023; 9:00 am…
Find out more »JaH: THE PSYCHE IN THE WORLD Pt 2
Two Saturday Lectures with Thomas Singer, M.D. Saturdays, April 29th, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm THE PSYCHE IN THE WORLD: HOW CULTURAL COMPLEXES CAN TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR SOULS Differentiating the personal, group, and archetypal levels of cultural complexes is not easy but can be quite rewarding in terms…
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JaH: WE THINK WITH OUR HEARTS
Two Saturday Lectures with Jeanne A. Lacourt, M.S., L.P.C., N.C.C., Ph.D. Saturday, May 6, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm WE THINK WITH OUR HEARTS: READING JUNG THROUGH NATIVE EYES This presentation will review how some of Jung’s ideas (mis)represented Native cultures. The notion of the “primitive,” participation mystique, dreams, and…
Find out more »JaH: INDIGENOUS IDEAS OF SPIRIT AND TRANSFORMATION
Saturday, May 20, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm This presentation will introduce participants to the Menominee origin story and the important relationship Native people have with spirit beings. Specifically, we will focus how human-animal transformation in story is integral to establishing a reciprocal relationship with land, animals, and all…
Find out more »June 2023
JaH: JUNG’S FIRST MANDALA: “SYSTEMA MUNDITOTIUS”
A Saturday Lecture with J. Gary Sparks, B.Sc., M.Div., M.A. Saturday, June 3, 2023; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm JUNG’S FIRST MANDALA: “SYSTEMA MUNDITOTIUS” The presentation will investigate the unconscious images assaulting Jung in his night-sea journey as they are portrayed in his first painted mandala entitled “Systema Munditotius” (1916). We will…
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JP- Individuation and its Clinical Implications
Saturday, March 11, 2023 Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. Participants will learn about the role of individuation in the analytic process. We will discuss clinical techniques to facilitate individuation such as shadow work, dream analysis, and the work of differentiating ego from complex and archetype. We will explore how…
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JP- Transference and Countertransference
Saturday, April 22, 2023 Presented by Susan Frankel, Ph.D. This presentation will examine the core psychological concepts Jung described in Psychology of the Transference. We will identify some of the central differences between Freud and Jung’s positions with regard to the transference. We will also look at transference through the lens…
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JP- Fairy Tales
Saturday, June 24h, 2023 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…
Find out more »October 2023
Edith Sullwold Memorial Lecture: Zoom Only: “Afraid of Things That Are in Flight: Birds, and Sometimes Families”
Presented by Rob Tyminski, DMH October 7, 2023, 10am-1pm to be held on Zoom. “Afraid of Things That Are in Flight: Birds, and Sometimes Families” How does immigration affect the mental health of children whose parents have moved to another country? A desire to offer their children better lives is…
Find out more »Painting to a Grimm’s Fairy Tale (Zoom Only)
Painting to a Grimm’s Fairy Tale Presented by Marion Anderson Tuesdays 2pm-4 pm online (4 sessions) Ever since “the olden days”, fairytales speak to people through rich imagery and symbolism, representing personal and archetypal processes relevant to all humans. In this hands-on online workshop, each participant will have the opportunity…
Find out more »February 2024
EXPLORING PSYCHE THROUGH THE ACT OF FREE WRITING (Zoom)
EXPLORING PSYCHE THROUGH THE ACT OF FREE WRITING Presenter: Sheila Traviss, L.M.F.T. 4 Mondays: February 12, 19, 26, March 4, 2024. Time: The meeting time is to be determined based upon class consensus. Please contact Sheila and let her know what times work best for you in the evening. Location:…
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ADVANCED CASE COLLOQUIA (Zoom)
ADVANCED CASE COLLOQUIA Presenter: Brad TePaske, Ph.D. 6 Tuesdays: October 10, November 7, December 5, 2023. January 2, March 5, April 2, 2024. (No class in February) Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Zoom. Open to candidates in 3rd year and up. Continuing Education: There are no CE credits…
Find out more »Jean Michel Basquiat: Wild Intuition (Zoom Only)
Zoom Only, October 21st, 10 am to 1pm (PST) Jung wrote, “The unborn work in the psyche of the artist is a force of nature that achieves its end regardless of the personal fate of the man who is its vehicle”. This is evident in the life of Jean Michel…
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New Directions in Jungian Archetypal Theory (Zoom Only)
New Directions in Jungian Archetypal Theory Presented by Jon Mills & Erik Goodwyn Pre-Order Jon and Erik's book Archetypal Ontology: New Directions in Analytical Psychology here: https://junginla.org/product/archetypal-ontology-new-directions-in-analytical-psychology-jon-mills-erik-goodwyn-pre-order/ Arguably, the most definitive feature of Jung’s metapsychology, and the central point on which his psychology rests, is his theory of archetypes. While…
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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.