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ThePhiladelphiaAssociation
ofJungianAnalystsPhiladelphiaJungInstitute
PAJAsupportsdiversity,pledgesequityandfostersinclusivity.Westriveforpersonalandculturalsensitivityinallourendeavors.Weencouragestudentsofanyrace,color,gender,sexualorientationorgenderidentityandnationalorethnicorigintoparticipateinourprograms.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020-2021 academic year will be presented by video conference. Analysts in training join the Philadelphia Jung Seminar for the Saturday presentation from 9:00AM to 4:00PM.
Fall Semester 2020
Friday,September11
Jung and ChristianityKathleen Wiley, MHDL, LCMHC, LMFT
The premise we start from is and remains Christianity, which covers anything from eleven to nineteen centuries of Western life.
– C. G. Jung, (CW 9ii, par. 271)
The seminar will explore Jung’s thoughts on Christianity and Christ as a symbol of the Self. We will consider Jung’s family of origin as the backdrop of his theories. We will explore the role of religious symbols as connections to psychic (archetypal) energies.
We will encounter how the symbol of Christ serves to connect ego with the Self. We will reflect on our personal and collective understandings that hinder and facilitate individuation. We will connect the thoughts to clinical material as appropriate.
Objectives: The participants will:
1. Understand the context of Jung’s viewpoints in light of his family of origin constellation that included multiple parsons and physicians.
2. Gain a working knowledge of the role of Christianity’s symbols in the collective psyche of the Western world.
3. Be able to utilize Christian symbols as expressions of psychic energies, i.e., archetypes.
PAJAhasbeenapprovedbyNBCCasanApprovedContinuingEducationProvider,ACEPNo.6671.ProgramsthatdonotqualifyforNBCCcreditareclearlyidentified.PAJAissolelyresponsibleforallaspectsoftheprograms.
The Philadelphia Jung Seminar Syllabus 2020 – 2021
4. Track the individuation instinct as it moves through religious impulses. 5. Understand Christ as a symbol of the Self. 6. Relate the material to their psyche’s experience of Christianity.
Assignment: Write a 2-3 page paper exploring your relationship to Christianity and the archetype of Christ and how it informs you about psyche. This is an invitation to find the points of connection between the symbolic and the psychological. Please email the paper to me by September 2. My email address is [email protected].
Readings: Jung, C. G. (1959). “Forward” (pp. ix-xi), “Christ: A Symbol of the Self” (par. 68-126), “The Alchemical Interpretation of the Fish and The Psychology of Christian Alchemical Symbolism” (par. 239-286). In Aion. (CW 9ii). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Supplemental Reading: Edinger, E. F. (1996). The Aion Lectures: Exploring the Self in C. G. Jung’s Aion. Toronto: Inner City Books. pp. 44-64, 121-138.
Jung, C. G. (1954). “The New Birth”, The Psychology of the Transference, par. 525-264. In The Practice of Psychotherapy, CW 16. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Jung, C. G. (1958). “Dogma and Natural Symbols”. In Psychology and Religion, CW 11, Princeton: Princeton University Press, par. 56-107.
Schedule:
1:00–1:30 Introduction.Jung’sfamilyoforiginandChristianity1:30–3:00 TheroleofChristiansymbolsinthepsyche3:00–3:15 Break3:15–4:45 Thereligiousimpulseintheindividuationprocessand Christasasymbolofthearchetypeofwholeness4:45–5:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
Saturday,September12
The Enneagram and Discovery of a Spiritual Self Fanny Brewster, Ph.D., M.F.A., LP
Small and hidden is the door that leads inward, and the entrance is barred by countless prejudices, mistaken assumptions, and fears.
–C.G. Jung, CW 10, p. 328
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TheEnneagramisexploredasapsycho-spiritualmeanstodevelopanunderstandingofbothegoandunconsciousthroughaJungianlens.Inhisessay,TheSpiritualProblemofModernMan,Jungspeaksofcoming“totheveryedgeof
theworld,leavingbehindhimallthathasbeendiscardedandoutgrown,andacknowledgingthathestandsbeforetheNothingoutofwhichAllmaygrow.”TheinnerworkofusingtheEnneagramseekstodevelopanunderstandingoftheinteriorselfthatcanlookunPlinchinglyintotheNothing,andgrowpsychologicallythrougharelationshipwiththeDivine.TheoriginoftheEnneagramaspartofanoralSuPitraditionwillincorporateRumiandhisidealoftheBeloved.EachoftheninepointsoftheEnneagramseekstoteachthepractitionerself-loveandcompassion.Inaddition,itshowshowegoweaknessevolvesintostrengththroughintegrationofshadowmaterial.
SeminarObjectives:1.ParticipantswilllearntheninepointsoftheEnneagramanditscorrespondencewithJung’stheoryofego/Self.2.ParticipantswilllearnhowtoidentifytheirownEnneagrampointofPixationandgainanunderstandingofhowthisrelatestoJungianshadowwork.
RequiredReadings: 1.Barks,Coleman,AYearwithRumi,HarperOne,(2006)2.Daniels,David,EssentialEnneagram:TheDeMinitivePersonalityTestandSelf-DiscoveryGuide.HarperOne,20093.Jung,C.G.CollectedWorksv10,“TheSpiritualProblemofModernMan”4.Palmer,Helen,TheEnneagram:UnderstandingYourselfandtheOthersinYourLife(1991)
Schedule: 9:00– 9:30 Introductionsandoverviewoftheday 9:30–10:45 Presentationwithdiscussion10:45–11:00 Break11:00–12:30 Didacticanddiscussion12:30– 1:45 CateredlunchprovidedbyPAJA 1:45–2:30 Applicationoftheorytocomplexesbroughtbyparticipants 2:30–2:45 Break 2:45–3:30 Applicationoftheorytoclinicalpractice 3:30–4:00 Summaryandevaluations
Friday,October9
Case Formulation from a Jungian PerspectiveJeanne Creekmore, PhD, ATR
Clinicalpracticerequiresus(astherapists/analysts)tobeabletoformulateforourselves,theclient,andoursupervisors,theunderlyingprocessesthatareatworkintheclient’spsyche.Jungintroducedmanyconceptsthatarehelpfulin
describingtheinteractionbetweenourconsciousandunconsciouspartsofour
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personality.Someoftheseincludeego,persona,shadowandlibido.However,hisdescriptionofthecomplexisonethemostimportantfeaturesofanalyticpsychology.Wewillrevieweachcomponentofacasestudyandthenpracticeidentifyingcomplexeswiththeuseofcasematerialandfairytales.
SeminarObjectives:1.Participantswillbeabletodescribethebasiccomponentsofcaseformulation.2.Participantswillbeabletodescribethestructureofacomplex.3.Participantswillbeabletoapplytheconceptofacomplexinclinicalpractice.
1:00–2:30 Identifyandexplainthebasiccomponentsofacaseformulation2:30–2:45 Break2:45–3:30 Examplesofapplicationofconceptstoclinicalmaterial3:30–4:15 Smallgroupwork4:15–5:00 Groupdiscussion,summaryandcourseevaluation
RequiredReadings:1.Jung,C.G(1969).AReviewofcomplextheory.(Trans.R.F.C.Hull).IntheStructureanddynamicsofthepsyche:Vol8(2nded.)(pp.92–104).USA:PrincetonUniversityPress.(Originalworkpublished1934)2.Stein,M.(1998).Jung’sMapofthesoul:AnIntroduction.Chicago,IL:OpenCourt
SupplementalReadings:1.Kast,V.(1997).Father-Daughter/Mother-Son:Freeingourselvesfromthecomplexesthatbindus.Rockport,MA:ElementBooks.2.Shalit,E.(2002).TheComplex:Pathoftransformationfromarchetypetoego.Toronto,Canada:InnerCityBooks
Saturday,October10
The Rosarium: Revisiting a Symbol System From Within Clinical PracticeHarry Fogarty, M.Div., Ph.D., L.P.
WeshallfocusontheRosarium,acentralrepresentationofJung’sunderstandingofthetransferenceandcounter-transference.Inparticular,whileexploringtheRosariumasasymbolsystem,wewillconsiderits
applicationwithinclinicalpractice.DrawingupontheworkofMarcusWest,wewillconsideraspeciPicapplicationtothetreatmentofnarcissism.Additionally,wewillconsidertheinterplaybetweensymbolsystemsandclinicalpractice.MarkSaban’srePlectionsonthearchetypal/personalsplitwillgroundourconversationabouttheemergence,ratherthantheimposition,ofthesymbolicfromwithinourclinicalwork.Wewillexploretheinterplaybetweenthetransferenceandcounter-transferencewithinthetreatmentPield,our“mercurialfountain.”
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SeminarObjectives:1.TobecomeacquaintedwithJung’sunderstandingofThePsychologyoftheTransferenceasillustratedinhisanalysisofthetheRosarium.2.Todevelopfurtherunderstandingoftheinterplaybetweensymbolicsystemsandclinicalpractice.3.Toenhanceawarenessoftheemergenceofsymbolsystemsfromwithinone’sclinicalpractice.4.Toenhanceourunderstandingoftheinterplaybetweenthetransferenceandcounter-transferencewithinthetherapeuticPield.
RequiredReadings:1.Saban,Mark:“FromWotantoChristianaMorganandBackAgain:TheLimitsoftheArchetypal/PersonalSplit”,Chapter6in‘TwoSoulsAlas’:Jung’sTwoPersonalitiesandtheMakingofAnalyticalPsychology,Chiron,20192.West,Marcus:Self,otherandindividuation:resolvingnarcissismthroughthelunarandsolarpathsoftheRosarium,JAPVol.65,No.1,February2020
SupplementalReadings:1.Jung,C.G.ThePsychologyoftheTransference(CW16)2.West,Marcus:IntoTheDarkestPlaces,Karnac2016
Schedule: 9:00– 9:45 ReviewofThePsychologyoftheTransference:ClinicalThemes 9:45–10:30 ReviewofthePsychologyoftheTransference:theRosarium10:30–10:45 Break10:45–12:00 “ResolvingNarcissism”-DrawinguponM.West12:00– 1:15 Lunch 1:15–2:30 Archetypal/PersonalSplit-acritique-DrawinguponM.Saban 2:34–2:45 Break 2:45–3:30 ClinicalApplications 3:30–4:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
Friday,November13
TheColorRed:AmpliAicationofaColor Deborah Fausch, PhD, IAAP
–FridayItastedlife.Itwasavastmorsel.ACircuspassedthehouse—stillIfeeltheREDinmymind.
EmilyDickinson,lettertoElizabethHolland 1
EmilyDickinson,LettertoMrs.J.G.Holland,1866,quotedinAmyButlerGreenPield,APerfectRed:1
Empire,Espionage,andtheQuestfortheColorofDesire(NewYork:HarperCollins,2006),loc.69.5
PatrickHeron,CadmiumwithViolet,Scarlet,Emerald,LemonandVenetian,1969
The“colorofcolors,”redisthePirstcolorhumanbeingssee,thePirstcolorculturesgiveanametoafterblackandwhite,thePirstcolorusedsymbolicallybyhumansandbyourhominidancestors.Acoloronlysomeprimatescansee,redis
biologically,culturally,historically,economically,linguistically,andofcourse,symbolicallyprimary.
Inthisseminar,wewillfocusonthematerial,cultural,andsymbolicaspectsofcolor,especiallythecolorred.Wewilllookatcolor’sappearanceindreams,fairytales,myths,anddayworldexperience,asawayofinvestigatingtheinterweavingofpsycheandnature,concreteandsymbolic,materialandspiritual.
WewilldrawonJung,JamesHillman,andotheranalyticpsychologists’insightsaboutcolor,aswellasthePindingsofevolutionarypsychologists,historiansofcolor,anthropologists,andstudentsofanimalbehavior.Jungsays,intheZarathustraSeminars:“[D]oyouthinkthatsomewherewearenotnature,thatwearedifferentfromnature?No,weareinnatureandwethinkexactlylikenature.” Thiswidelenswillgive2usabroadunderstandingoftheinterpenetrationofpsycheandworldviaworkingsofcolor.Theinvestigationoftherelationshipofinnerandouterhasimplicationsforourunderstandingofdreamimages,activeimagination,andanalyticpractice.
SeminarObjectives:1. Togainanenrichedunderstandingofthesymbolicnatureofcolorsingeneraland
thecolorredinparticular.2. Togainanenhancedappreciationoftheinterweavingoftheconcrete,thehistorical,
thepsychological,andthesymbolicindreams,activeimagination,anddailylife.3. TogaingreaterfacilityinampliPicationofsymbolicelementsindreamsandactive
imagination.
Assignment:Bringadreamwithacolorinittotheseminarifyouhaveaccesstoone.
C.G.Jung,Nietzsche'sZarathustra:NotesoftheSeminarGivenin1934-1939(Princeton:Bollingen,1988),2
Vol.2,1276–7.6
RequiredReadings:1.Abt,Theodore,IntroductiontoPictureInterpretationAccordingtoC.G.Jung(Zürich:LivingHumanHeritagePublications,2005),sectionsoncolorandred,pdftobedistributed.2.Fausch,Deborah,“Red:AmpliPicationofaColor,”ARASConnections2019:2,https://aras.org/newsletters/aras-connections-image-and-archetype-2019issue-2.Readfrom“ColorofColors:Red”totheend,pp.90-144,“SaffronDreaming,”inPortalstotheSacredfromaJungianPerspective,ed.ChristyBeckmann(St.Louis,Missouri:TheC.G.JungSocietyofSt.Louis,2011),pdftobedistributed.3.Hillman,James,AlchemicalPsychology,Vol.5ofTheUniformEditionoftheWorksofJamesHillman(Putnam,Connecticut:SpringPublications,2010),Chapter1:TheTherapeuticValueofAlchemicalLanguage,onconcretenessversusliteralness,andsectionsonred,especiallytheendoftheYellowingessay,loc.4655ff.,andChapter8,ConcerningtheStone,III:RubedoasResurrection,5495ff.;andotherreferencestoredfoundbyconsultingtheindex.Thewholevolumeisworth
readingasanexampleofhowtoworkwith/thinkaboutcolorandcolors.4.Jung’sremarksoncolor,pdftobedistributed.5.Ronnberg,Ami,andZoeFrancesca,eds.,TheBookofSymbols:ReMlectionsonArchetypalImages(Cologne,Germany:Taschen:2010),sectionsoncolor,yellow,andred;availabletomembersontheARASwebpage.
Lookat,forimages:1.Jung,C.G.,TheRedBook,ed.SonuShamdasani,tr.MarkKyburz(NY:Norton,2009).2.Pastoureau,Michel,Red:TheHistoryofaColor,tr.JodyGladding[2016]Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress,2017And:Yellow:TheHistoryofaColor,tr.JodyGladding(Princeton,NewJersey:PrincetonUniversityPress,2019)
Furtherreadings:Adelson,Rachel,“Huesandviews:Across-culturalstudyrevealshowlanguageshapes
colorperception,”AmericanPsychologicalAssociation36:2(February2005)Brent,Berlin,andPaulKay,BasicColorTerms:TheirUniversalityandEvolution
(Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1969)Goethe,JohannWolfgangvon,TheoryofColours,tr.CharlesLockEastlake(London:John
Murray,1840)GreenPield,AmyButler,APerfectRed:Empire,Espionage,andtheQuestfortheColorof
Desire(NY:HarperCollins,2006)Humphrey,NicholasK.,SeeingRed:AStudyinConsciousness(Cambridge:Belknap
Press/HarvardUniversityPress,2006)Ottmann,Klaus,ed.,ColorSymbolism:TheEranosLectures,(Putnam,CT:Spring,2005),
including:Corbin,Henri,“TheRealismandSymbolismofColorsinShiiteCosmology”Huyghe,René,“ColorandtheExpressionofInnerTime”Ottman,Klaus,“LogicandMysticism:RunningagainsttheBoundaryofColor”Portmann,Adolf,“ColorSenseandtheMeaningofColorfromaBiologist’sPointof
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Scholem,Gershom,“ColorsandTheirSymbolisminJewishTraditionandMysticism”Pamuk,Orhan,MyNameIsRed,tr.ErdağGöknar([1998]NY:Vintage,2002)Pastoureau,Michel,Black:TheHistoryofaColor,tr.JodyGladding(Princeton,New
Jersey:PrincetonUniversityPress,2008)_______Blue:TheHistoryofaColor,tr.MarkusI.Cruse(Princeton,NewJersey:Princeton
UniversityPress,2001)_______TheColoursofOurMemories,tr.JanetLloyd(Cambridge,UK:PolityPress,2012)_______Green:TheHistoryofaColor,tr.JodyGladding(Princeton,NewJersey:Princeton
UniversityPress,2014)Riley,CharlesA.,II,ColorCodes:ModernTheoriesofColorinPhilosophy,Paintingand
Architecture,Literature,Music,andPsychology(Hanover:UniversityPressofNewEngland,1995)
Turner,Victor,“ColorClassiPicationinNdembuRitual,”TheForestofSymbols:AspectsofNdembuRitual(Ithaca:CornellUP,1967)
Schedule:1:00– 2:45 ColorandredinJung’sRedBook,concreteandsymbolicfunctionsof colorinart,history,societyandculture,anthropology,evolutionary psychology,animalbehavior2:45–3:00 Break3:00–4:30 Workingwithcolorindreamsandactiveimagination4:30–5:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
Panel on Analyst TrainingForapproximately30minutes,apanelofPAJAanalystswillprovideinformationandanswerquestionsaboutapplyingfortrainingasaJungiananalyst. Saturday,November14
EsotericThoughtInstancesandAspectsofImageMark Dean, MFA, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Psychologicalexperience,likedramaticexperience,isobservableonlyiftheobserverhasparticipatedintheevent,thatistosay,hasregisteredtheeventasexperientiallymeaningfultohim.
–Christou,“TheLogosoftheSoul”,2007,p.108
InVolume5oftheCollectedWorks,Jungworksoutamethodologyforanengagementwiththepsychethatcorrespondswiththepsyche’sintrinsicnature.Hetakesthefantasyimagesofawomanintohisownimaginationwhereheexplorestheminlight
ofwhattheyconstellateinhimself.HethenrePlectsuponsuchconstellationsforwhattheyimplyabouttheinternalworldrePlectedbytheexpressivecontentoftheimages.Whathevividlydemonstratesisthatobjectiveobservationoftheinnerworldnecessitatesadisciplined,butthoroughlysubjective,approachtoitsnature.Thismethodologyisconsonantwithourexperienceofart,whosesigniPicanceinourlivesisbased,notuponsomePixedsetofmeanings,butratheronaninterpenetrationof
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observerandobserved.Thisprocess,onethattheritualofpsychotherapyisdesignedaround,rePlectsthenatureofthesoul,andismethodologicallyappropriatetoitsintrinsicnature.
Inthisseminar,–consonantwithsoundpsychologicalmethodology–wewillenterintotheimageworldourselves.WewilltryonJung’stechniquethroughartmakingandrePlection.Isitpossiblethatourownimaginativeprocessinmovingtowardsanobjectiveunderstandingofanotherindividual’sself-expression?Isitpossiblethatthisisaninnateaspectofournatures?Let’sdiveinandsee!
SeminarObjectives:1.ParticipantswillbeabletoidentifytwomajordifferencesbetweenscientiPicobjectivityandpsychologicalobjectivityasexempliPiedintheworkofC.G.Jung.2.ParticipantswillbeabletoarticulatethreedifferentaspectsofimagewhosenaturesassistinunderstandinghowpsychicimagingleadstoawarenessofthesigniPicanceofimagebasedexpression.3.ParticipantswillbeabletostatethreeaspectsoftheritualofpsychotherapywhosenaturerePlectsthenecessityofimaginativeprocessinthepsychotherapeuticendeavor.
Readings:IhaveassignednoreadingsforthisseminarbuthavelistedreferencesIhavefoundhelpful.Ihavelistedthem1-5inanorderthatrepresentsanamalgamofhelpfulnessandaccessibility,with1beingmostaccessibleand5beingagooddealmorechallenging.
1.Versluis,A.(2004).Restoringparadise:Westernesotericism,literature,art,andconsciousness.Albany,NY:SUNYPress2.Christou,E,(2007).Thelogosofthesoul.SpringPublications,Putnam,CT:SpringPublications3.Jung,C.G.(1975).CWvol5.SymbolsofTransformation.Princeton:BollingenPress4.Maxwell,G.(2017).Thedynamicsoftransformation:Tracinganemergingworldview.Nashville,TN:PersistentPress5.Gadamer,H.G,(2012).Truthandmethod.NewYork,Continuum
Assignment:Comepreparedtomakeart.
Schedule: 9:00– 9:45 Openingcommentsandpresentation 9:45–10:30 Exploringthetale10:30–10:45 Break10:45–12:00 Presentationofacaseexample/explorationofthecase12:00– 1:15 Lunch 1:15– 2:30 Presentationofcase/breakoutgroups 2:34– 2:45 Break 2:45– 3:30 Presentationofbreak-outPindingsandreview 3:30– 4:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
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Friday,December11
ThreeThirdsofPsychoanalysis,asSeenThroughaJungianLens:PartIIWilliam Baker, PsyD
Inthespring2020seminar,webegananexplorationofthepsychoanalyticconceptof‘thethird’withanexaminationofthearchetypalimageofthefatherandthelimitingfunctionofthe‘paternalmetaphor.’Inthiswinterseminar,wewillpickupwherewe
leftoffbycomparingtheseclassicalnotionswithmorerecent,relationalconceptionsofthethirdasanemergentphenomenonthatisco-constructedinthespacebetweenanalystandanalysand.Asinthespring,theredthreadthatguidesourexplorationwillbetheassumptionthatindividuationrequirestheactive,continuousbalancingoftheprimaryoppositesspiritandmatter,fromwhichextendsthetensionbetweensubjectiveandobjectivereality,interpersonalandintrapsychicrelationships,contentandprocess,andsoforth.(SeethereadingfromMarkSabanonhowJung’soveremphasisontheintrapsychicinhisownpersonalnarrativerunscountertothefundamentaldynamicofanalyticalpsychologyandmayleadtoanessentiallyone-sidedunderstandingofJung’soverallproject).
SeminarObjectives:1.Becomeacquaintedwithvariousconceptionsofthethirdfromclassical,developmentalandrelationalpsychoanalysis.2.BecomeacquaintedwithJung’scontributionstoarelationalanalyticunderstanding.3.Becomeacquaintedwithbalancingone’sattentiontobothcontentandprocessinanalyticwork.4.BecomeacquaintedwithSaban’sconceptionof‘erasure’andthelureofone-sidednessinherentinfollowingJung.
RequiredReading:(Allarticleswillbeemailedtostudentspriortotheseminar)1.Aron,L.(2006).Analyticimpasseandthethird:clinicalimplications.InternationalJournalofPsycho-Analysis87:349-3682.Colman,W.(2013).RePlectionsonknowledgeandexperience.JournalofAnalyticalPsychology58:200-2182.Meredith-Owen,W.(2013).Arewavesofrelationalassumptionserodingtraditionalanalysis?JournalofAnalyticalpsychology58:593-6143.Sedgwick,D.(2012).Jungasapioneerofrelationalanalysis.Unpublishedpresentationwww.cgjungpage.org/learn/articles/analytical-psychology/943-jung-as-a-pioneer-of-relational-analysis7
SupplementalReading:(Alsoemailedtostudentspriortotheseminar1.Saban,M.(2019).ErasureandInteriorisation.InTwoSoulsAlas.Asheville,NC:Chiron.
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FridaySchedule:1:00–2:15 Presentation2:15–2:45 Discussion2:45–3:00 Break3:00–4:15 Presentation4:15–4:45 Discussion4:45–5:00 Courseevaluations
Saturday,December12
Transforming the Negative Father ComplexLisa Marchiano, LCSW
AnegativefathercomplexcanundermineourtrustinourselvesandinPluenceourabilitytoexperienceourselvesasbasicallygoodandcompetent.However,creativeengagementwiththiscomplexallowsustoexperienceitshelpful
side.Overthecourseoftheday,wewillexploreindepthseveralwaysthatanegativefathercomplexcanmanifest–aswellashowitcanbetransformed.WewillexploreJung’stheoryofcomplexesandconsiderhowawoundedrelationshipwithafathercanaffectourinnerworldandourcreativity.Afterlookingatthetwoprimarywaysthatanegativefathercomplexcanmanifest,wewillexplorethepersecutoryormonstrouscomplexingreaterdepth.TheAlgonquinfairytale,NesoowaandtheChenoo,willstructureourexploration,whichwillincludejournalingandrePlectiveexercises.ExcerptsfromPilms,adreamsequencethatspannedseveralyearsofanalyticwork,andadditionalfairytaleswillalsobeconsidered.Wewillalsoconsidertheseductivenegativefathercomplex,andindoingsowillspendtimelookingatCharlotteBrontë’slifeandhernovelJaneEyre,aswellasclinicalmaterial,dreams,andGrimm’stale,TheSinging,SpringingLark.
SeminarObjectives:1.Participantswillbeabletodescribetwomaintypesofnegativecomplexes.2.Participantswillbeabletoidentifyhowanegativefathercomplexappears.3.Participantswillbeabletodescribeapproachestoworkingwithanegativefathercomplex.4.Participantswillbeabletoexplainhowactiveimaginationactsasahealingfactorinconfrontinganegativefathercomplex.
RequiredReadings:1.Algonquinfairytale:NesoowaandtheChenoo(tobeprovided).2.TheSinging,SpringingLark, www.grimmstories.com
Schedule: 9:00–10:30 Introductiontothenegativefathercomplex;twotypesofnegative complexes10:30–10:45 Break10:45–12:00 TheSinging,SpringingLarkandCharlotteBronte
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12:00– 1:15 Lunch 1:15– 2:00 Negativefatherdreamsequence 2:00_ 3:00 NesoowaandtheChenoo 3:00_ 4:00 Filmanddiscussion–WhenDidYouLastSeeYourFather?
SpringSemester2021
DREAMINTENSIVEWEEKEND
Friday,February12
The Practical Use of Dream AnalysisLisa Marchiano
In1931Jungdeliveredalecturethatwouldbecomeoneofhisfoundationalpapersondreaminterpretation.Intoday’sseminarwewillexplorethisimportantessaytogether,placingitinitshistoricalcontextandminingitforitscriticalinsights.We
willlearnaboutthesigniPicanceofinitialdreams,theimportanceofcompensation,anddiscoversomeofJung’sprinciplemethodsofworkingwithdreamimages.PleasecomehavingreadThePracticalUseofDreamAnalysisinVolume16oftheCollectedWorks.
SeminarObjectives:1.ParticipantswillbeabletoplaceThePracticalUseofDreamAnalysisinthecontextofJung’sotherworksondreams.2.ExplainJung’sviewsoncompensation.3.DiscussthesigniPicanceofinitialdreams.4.Identifythediagnosticvalueofdreams.
Reading:ThePracticalUseofDreamAnalysis,Volume16,paragraphs294-352
Schedule1:00–1:45 Introductionsandoverview1:45–2:30 “Takingupthecontext”--workingwithcontextand associations2:30–2:45 Break2:45–3:30 Towardanunderstandingofcompensation3:30–4:30 Smallgroupworkwithdreams4:30–5:00 Discussionandevaluations
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Saturday,February13
Trauma and the Dreaming MindJoan Golden-Alexis, PhD
Allthethingsthatonehasforgotten,screamforhelpindreams. –EliasCanetti
Onecanalmostsaythatthepsycheisorganizedinrelationshiptotrauma.Traumacreatesitsowncontinuity,consistency,andrepetitionofsuffering.Itcatapultsusintoarelivingofitsoriginalhauntings,eitherliterallyorinsomesymbolicform,
oftenaccompaniedbyaheightenedpsychicnumbing,dissociation,doubling,splitting,andalossofconnectionwithpersonalmeaning.Dreamsdevelopedinrelationtotraumapropelustowardthemostpainfulkindofinsightandinthatveryfunction,andintheingeniousimagerywithwhichitiscarriedout,theycanresembletheilluminatingimageryofpoetry.Dreamscreatedasaresultoftraumacreatesymbolsthatareformativeandprospective,involvinginsight,action,andpotentialtransformationforthetraumatizedpsyche.Inthisseminarwewillexplorehowthesedreamimagesprovidetheingenuitytounseatthecompulsiverepetitionsetinmotionbythetraumaticevent,andtheresultantlimitationsitplacesonthedreamer’slife.
SeminarObjectives:1.Todevelopasenseofhowdreamimageryresultingfromtraumahelpstounseatobsessionandpropelthepersontowardintegrativeexperience.2.Toacquaintourselveswithdreamsasaproductiveforcethatopensustoasymbolicunderstandingofthetransformationalpotentialoftraumaanditsrelationshiptotheindividuationprocess.3.Toformulateatentativeunderstandingofhowdreamsresultingfromtraumaticexperiencesrecordandcontributetotheself ’sstrugglestowardsvitality,connection,integrityandmovementforward.
Assignment:Film:JimmyP:PsychotherapyofaPlainsIndian,AmazonPrime.
Adaptedfromthe1951non-PictionaccountbypsychoanalystGeorgesDevereux,PsychotherapyofAPlainsIndian,followsthetruestoryofPicard,aPlainsIndianoftheBlackfeetNation,ashereturnsfromWWI.Afteratraumaticwarexperience,hebeginsexperiencingunexplainablesymptoms.HetravelstothefamousWinterHospitalinTopeka,Kansas,wherehemeetsDevereux,apsychoanalystandanthropologistexperiencedinNativeAmericancultures.Thushebeginsarelationship,bothprofessionalandpersonal,guidedbycompassionandunderstandingofthePicardandhisculture.TheseriesofdreamsdiscussedinthePilmdescribehismovementfromdissociation,despairandconfusiontoanewintegrationthatincludesanunderstandingofthetrauma,andhowitbothimpactsandultimatelyhelpsliberatePicard’swholepersonality.
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Schedule 9:00–9:45 Howtraumaoperatesinthepersonalityandthevariouswaysthat processmanifestsindreamimagery. 9:45–10:30 Howtorecognize,understandandinterprettheimagesoftraumaas manifestedindreams.10:30–10:45 Break10:45–12:00 Thepracticumbeginswiththepresentationandgroup interpretationofaseriesofdreamsfeaturingimagesdevelopedin compensatoryrelationshiptotrauma.12:00–1:15 Lunch 1:15– 2:35 ContinuePracticum 2:34–2:45 Break 2:45–3:30 Continuepracticum 3:30–4:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
Friday,March12
A New Face of the Divine (in Us)Cynthia Poorbaugh, M.F.A., L.P.
Intraditionalastrology,theconjunctionofSaturnandJupiterevery20yearsisreferredtoastheGreatConjunctionortheKingMaker.After200yearsofconjunctionsinearthsigns,theirconjunctioninDecemberof2020intheairsign,
Aquarius,marksanewera.The‘ruler’orhighestvalueofcollectiveconsciousnessisshiftingfrommaterialconsolidationandsecurity(earth)tonewideasandcommunication(air),andtoadissipationofestablishedordersandstructures(airoverearth).UsingJung’snotionsofsynchronicityandthearchetypalspectrum,andHillman’sideaof“archetypalseeingthrough,”wewillsymbolicallydiscerncorrespondencesbetweenastronomicalhistory,astrologyandmythology.Wewillthenlookatsomenatalchartstounderstandthepersonal,psychologicaldimensionofthesetwo‘fatherandson’archetypalprincipleswithinthecontextofthiselementalshiftincollectiveconsciousness.
SeminarObjectives:1.TogainunderstandingofJung’sarchetypaltheoryandtheoryofsynchronicitythroughthesymboliclinkingofthenarrativeofastronomicalphenomena,theastrologicaltradition,andGreekmythology.2.Torecognizewaysthatastrologyilluminatestherelationshipoftheindividualpsychetoarchetypalprinciples.
RequiredViewingandReading:1.NOVA,PBS.ThePlanets:Jupiter,episode3,53mins.(availableonpbs.org,AmazonPrimeVideo,iTunes)
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2.Kerenyi,Carl.TheGodsoftheGreeks,ThamesandHudson,London,1951,pp.20-25,92-1173.Jung,C.G.Synchronicity,AnAcausalConnectingPrinciple,(CW8)
RecommendedReading:(forthoseunfamiliarwithastrologicalsymbols)Martin,Clare.MappingthePsyche,Vols.1&2,CentreforPsychologicalAstrologyPress,London,2005
SupplementalReading:1.Greene,Liz.Jung’sStudiesinAstrology,Routledge,20182.Howell,AliceO.JungianSymbolisminAstrology,Quest,19873.Tarnas,Richard.CosmosandPsyche,Plume/PenguinGroup,2007
Schedule1:00–2:15 Presentation2:15–2:45 Discussion2:45–3:00 Break3:00–4:15 Presentation4:15–4:45 Discussion4:45–5:00 Courseevaluations
Saturday,March13
Hags and Wholeness: The Archetypal Feminine as a Regenerative Force Starr Costello, PhD
Formillennia,psycho-spiritualmaturationintheWesthasbeenportrayedasastruggletowardauthentichumanityinaworldlargelycutofffromthefeminineprinciple.WewilltracetheoriginsofthisstrugglebacktoBiblicalandancient
Greekcosmologiesthathaveshapedthewesternpsycheandthatinformourperceptionofself,world,andother.Wewilluncoverdominantculturalconstructsthatalienateusfromthefemininedimension,analienationdemonstratedbycollectivepsychicdissociationfromtheearth’snaturalprocess,fromthenon-humanworldandfromthebody.
Withthisbackgroundinmind,wewillconsiderthoserecurringpatternsofthought,emotion,andbehaviorthatcalltheindividualtowardhealingofthisbreachandthatPindparallelexpressionsinthemythicquestforculturalrestorationoftherejectedFeminine.Wedisclosethe(oftenhidden)presenceoftheFeminineDivineasallyorantagonistinfolktale,scriptureandstory.Wewillfurtherdiscusstheaffectthatrisesinproximitytosymbolsthatconveytimelesstruthsaboutthefeminineprincipleasacreative/destructiveforceinthepsyche,hermercurialaspects,andtheurgentneedtobalancefeminineandmasculineprinciplesinourselvesandourculture.
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Throughourcollaborationwewillportraythearchetypalfeminine,notsimplyasanarchaicPigurelongburiedincollectivememory,butasalife-forcepushingustowardconsciousnessasitrisesoutofone’srelationshipwithland,sky,nightdreams,andoneanother.
SeminarObjectives:1.TodePinethe“feminineprinciple”asadescriptoroffundamentalpsychologicalfunctionsandvaluesintheindividual.2.Todiscussseveralmeasuresforassessingthepsychologicalimpactofimbalancesbetweenmasculineandfemininevaluesasexpressedintheindividualpersonality.3.Toenumerateseveralwaysimbalancesbetweenmasculineandfemininevaluesimpactthepsychologicalhealthofasociety.4.Todescribemythologicalandliterarysymbolsthatexpressthecompensatoryvalueofthefeminineprincipleasaresourceforpsychologicalhealing.5.Todescribedissociationaspathologyintheindividualpersonalityandasapossibleconsequenceofsocio-culturaldevaluationofthefeminineprinciple.
Schedule: 9:00– 9:45 Introduction:traumaandthefeminineprinciple 9:45–10:30 DominantculturalconstructsandcosmologiesoftheWest10:30–10:45 Break10:45–12:00 Discussion12:00– 1:15 Lunch 1:15– 2:30 Questforrestorationoftherejectedfeminineinmyth 2:30– 2:45 Break 2:45– 3:30 Discussion 3:30– 4:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
Friday,April9
Immigrant Experiences in Myth and FairytaleKathrin Hartmann, Ph.D.
WhathappenswhenyouleaveeverythingfamiliarbehindandPindyourselfinasituationwithfewdirectionsforwhatblueprinttofollow?ThisoftenhappenswhenyouPirstleavehometoliveapartfromyourfamilyoforigin.Thismay
happenwhenyoutravel.Itverylikelyhappenswhenyoumovefromonestate,country,orcontinenttoanother.
Thisseminarisrootedinpersonalimmigrantexperiencesandwilldiscussafewuniversalthemesinherentinimmigration,suchasfeelingsofanticipation,loss,alienation,andcuriositythataccompanythepersonwholeaveshomeandsettleselsewhere.WhileJungdidnotdirectlywriteaboutimmigrationorthe“immigrantcomplex,”wewillfollowJung’sessayoncomplexinceptionandformation(CW8,par.194-219)withimmigrationinmind.Similarly,wewillalsoexploreseveralunderlying
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archetypalsymbolsrelatedtoleavingandreturninghomebyinterpretingfairytaleandmyth.Grimms’fairytaleHanselandGretelandtheGreekmythofEuropa,Minos,andAriadneprovidecentralarchetypalimagesforthejourneyofapersonwhoisconfrontingthefearoftheunknown,slayingthatwhichimpedespsychicgrowth,andfollowstheinwardsolitaryjourneyintothewoods,orthelabyrinth,fromwhichtheindividualemergesbackintosocietywithatransformedidentity.
SeminarObjectives:1.TodescribeJung’sconceptofthecomplexasitrelatestoimmigrantexperiences.2.TointerpretGrimms’well-knownfairytaleofHanselandGretelandtheGreekmythofEuropa,bothcontainingsomeofthearchetypesatthecoreoftheimmigrantcomplex.
RequiredReadings:1.Jung,C.G.(1960).AReviewofComplexTheory,par.194-219.In:StructureandDynamicsofPsyche.CollectedWorks(Vol.8).W.McGuire(Ed.).Princeton:NJ:PrincetonUniversityPress2.Grimm,J.,&Grimm,W.(2014).HanselandGretel(J.ZipesTrans.).InJ.Zipes(Ed.).TheoriginalfolkandfairytalesoftheBrothersGrimm:ThecompleteMirstedition.Princeton,NJ:PrincetonUniversityPress3.Martin,C.(2010).Ovid:Metamorphoses,BookII:1143-1204andBookVIII:208-251(C.MartinTrans.andEd.).NewYork,NY:W.W.Norton.
SupplementalReadings:1.VonFranz,M.-L.(1970).Theinterpretationoffairytales.Boston,MA:ShambhalaPublications2.Edinger,E.F.(1994).Theeternaldrama:TheinnermeaningofGreekmythology.Boston,MA:ShambhalaPublications
Schedule:1:00–2:00 C.G.Jung’sComplexTheory2:00–3:00 HanselandGretel3:00–3:15 Break3:15–4:15 Europa,Minos,andAriadne4:15–5:00 SummaryandCourseEvaluation
Saturday,April10
Magic & Its Clinical UseJohn White Thoughtheterm“esoteric”denotessomethinghidden,theWesternesoterictraditionhasbeenemergingfromtheshadowssincethelate19thcentury.Jung’sowninterestinWesternesotericism(magic,alchemy,Hermeticism,Rosicrucianism,Kabbalah,etc.)infactcoincidedwithasubstantiveexpansionofpublicknowledgeandpracticeofesotericismthroughoutEuropeandNorthAmerica,anexpansionwhichhascontinued
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intoourownday.Interestinglyenough,thevastmajorityofcurrenttheoreticalworksonmagicandtraditionalWesternesotericismuseJungianideastodescribethemechanicsofmagicalandesotericpractices,suchasthedifferentiationbetweenconsciousandunconscious,theuseandvalueofsymbols,andtherealityofarchetypes.Yet,incontrast-anddespiteJung’sowninterestintheseareasandtheever-growingnumbersofesotericpractitioners-Jungianpsychotherapistsareoftenunfamiliarwiththeseesotericcurrents,outsideofJung’sownwritings:theydonotnecessarilystudythesetraditionsfortheirownsake.
ThiscoursewillintroduceseminarparticipantstotheWesternesoterictradition,focusingbothonitsimportanceforunderstandingcertainpatientsaswellasitspotentialvalueforJungianpracticeandJungianpractitioners.SpeciPically,wewill(1)compareandcontrastthenotionsofthepsycheaccordingtoclassicalJungianandclassicalWesternesoterictheories,includingwhattheWesternesoterictraditionmightaddtoJung’sunderstandingofthepsyche;(2)discusssomepsychologicalandpsychopathologicaltendenciesoftenfoundinpatientswhoundertakemagicalandotheresotericpracticeswithinthecontextoftheWesternesoterictraditionandwaysofworkingwiththosepatients;(3)highlightthepotentialvalueofWesternesotericideasandpracticesforJungianpracticeandJungiantherapists.Thiswillincludesomediscussionofaclassicbookofesotericpsychiatry,TheSecretsofDr.Taverner,amildlyPictionalizedaccountofaBritishpsychiatristfromearlyinthelastcenturywhoalsousedesotericmeanstoaidhispatients.
SeminarObjectives:
1.TobecomeacquaintedwiththeWesternesoterictraditioningeneralandwithspeciPicandpsychologicallyrelevantaspectsofthistraditionassociatedwithitspractices.2.Torecognizepsychologicalandpsychopathologicalfactorscommonlypresentinpatientswhoareesotericpractitioners.3.TobecomecognizantofWesternesotericpracticesthatcanbeusefulbothinJungianpracticeandforJungiantherapists.
RequiredReadings
1.Fortune,D.[Firth,V.M.]&Knight,G.(1971).ThesecretsofDr.Taverner.SaintPaul,Minn:Llewellyn.(Adequatescannedversionsbasedonearliereditionscanbefoundforfreeonlineinpdfform,thoughusuallywithanumberoftypos.)2.Jung,C.G.(1972).Synchronicity:anacausalconnectingprinciple.London:RoutledgeandKeganPaul.3.Stavish,M.“ProblemsonthePathofReturn,”https://hermetic.com/stavish/essays/problems-return
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4.White,J.“Esotericpracticesandthepowercomplex”https://voxhermes.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/esoteric-practices-and-the-power-complex/
SupplementalReading
1.Denning,M.,&Phillips,O.(1988).“TriumphoftheLight”.InTheswordandtheserpent.St.Paul,Minn.,U.S.A:LlewellynPublications.2.Scarborough,S.“TheTreeofLife,”http://www.jwmt.org/v1n3/treeoPlife.html3.Stein,M.(1998).Jung'smapofthesoul:Anintroduction.Chicago:OpenCourt.
Schedule 9:00– 9:45 IntroductiontotheWesternesoterictradition 9:45–10:30 JungandtheWesternesoterictradition
10:30–10:45 Break10:45–12:00 ThepsychologyandpracticesofWesternesotericism12:00– 1:15 Lunch 1:15– 2:30 Commonpsychologicalpitfallsofesotericpractitioners 2:30– 2:45 Break 2:45– 3:30 ThevalueofWesternesotericpracticesforJungiantherapists 3:30– 4:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
Friday,May14
Visiting the Land of Oz: A Study of the Archetypes of an American MythJeanne Creekmore, PhD, ATR
WhenthemovieTheWizardofOzwasreleasedin1939itwasalreadywellknowntofourgenerationsofchildrenwhohadreadtheoriginalseriesofbooksbyFrankL.Baum.TheiconicsongsandimageryofthisMGMclassic
haveinspiredsubsequentadaptationsinbooks,plays,andmovies,suggestingthatthisstorystillcontainsrelevantissuesforourtime.SinceDorothy’sexperienceinOzresemblesadream,wewilluseJung’smethodofdreamanalysistounderstandthemeaningsofthismyth.WewillidentifythearchetypalmotifsembodiedinthecharactersofthisstoryastheysetoutontheirjourneytoOzwithparticularattentionpaidtotheorphanarchetypeandpositiveandnegativeaspectsofthemotherarchetype.Seminarparticipantswillbeaskedtosharedreams,activeimaginations,orcreativeworkthatrelatestoanimageorcharacterinthisstoryinordertodeepenourunderstandingofthesearchetypes(seeassignmentbelow).
SeminarObjectives:1.TofamiliarizetheparticipantswithJung’smethodofdreamanalysis.2.Tounderstandthebipolarnatureofthearchetype,usingtheexampleofthepositiveandnegativemotherarchetypesastheyappearinthisbookandPilm.
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RequiredReadings:1.Jung,C.G.(1959).ThePsychologicalaspectsofthemotherarchetype.(Trans.R.F.C.Hull).InC.G.Jung,TheArchetypesandtheCollectiveUnconscious:Vol9i(pp.75-110).USA:PrincetonUniversityPress.(Originalworkpublished1938)2.Jung,C.G.(1960).Onthenatureofdreamanalysis.(Trans.R.F.C.Hull).InC.G.Jung,TheStructureandDynamicsofthePsyche:Vol8(2ndEd.)(pp.281–295).(Originalworkpublished1945)
SupplementalReadings:1.Baum,L.F.(1982).TheWonderfulWorldofOz.NewYork:Holdt,Rinehart,&Winston.(Originalworkwaspublishedin1900asTheWizardofOz)2.Pearson,C.S.(1998).TheHeroWithin:Sixarchetypesweliveby.NewYork:HarperCollins.Readchapter2ontheOrphanarchetype(pp.33–63)
Film:LeRoy,M.(Producer),&Fleming,V.(Director).(1939).TheWizardofOz[MotionPicture].UnitedStates:M-G-M
Assignment:Identifyacharacterorsymbolinthemoviethatresonateswithyou.Thenengagethischaracter(orobject)bydoinganactiveimaginationorsomekindofcreativework:writeapoemaboutit,createadanceorapieceofartbasedonthischaracter.IfyouhavedreamsofanyOzcharacterpleasebringthemtoshare.
Schedule:1:00–2:00 AnintroductiontothebooksandPilm,TheWizardofOz2:00–3:00 DescriptionofJung’smethodofdreamanalysisandsharingof participants’work3:00–3:15 Break3:15–4:00 Continuedsharingandanalysisofcharacters4:00–5:00 Summaryandcourseevaluations
Friday,May14
AnEveningwithDonKalschedonTraumaandtheSoul.
Donald Kalsched, PhD PAJAPublicProgram,detailstobeannounced.
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Saturday,May15
Trauma & Hardening of the Heart: Archetypal Defenses in the Clinical SituationDonald Kalsched, Ph.D.
Thiswillbeachancetoacquaintseminarparticipantswiththenotionof“archetypaldefenses”orwhatMichaelFordhamreferredtoas"defensesoftheSelf.”Thesedefensesdemonstratehowthepsychedissociatesinthepresenceof
theunbearableaffectaccompanyingtraumaby“hardeningtheheart”ofthetraumasurvivor,i.e.,injuringthecapacitytofeel.Thesedefensesandtheir“system”frequentlycomeupinpatients’materialwhenearlytraumaisbeingtriggered,soitisimportanttoknowaboutthemandhowtoworkwiththem.Inadditiontomanifestingastransactionalpathologyinthetransference,theyalsoappearindreamsandinmythologicalmaterial(see3rdreadingbelow).Theclinicalquestionisalways,“Howdowehelprestorethecapacitytofeel?”
SeminarObjectives:1.Tolearntorecognizedissociativedefenses,theirpresenceinthetransferentialPieldandhowtoworkwiththemtowardsthepatient’sgreatersenseofaliveness.2.Tohelppatientsbecomeawareofhowdissociativedefensesoperateunconsciouslyintheirlivesasanti-lifeforcesthatresistgrowthandconspiretowardtheirunderlying“willtobeill.”
RequiredReadings:ReadingswillbeavailableasPDF’ssentouttoparticipantsinadvance.DiscussionwillfocusonthePirsttworeadingswiththethirdasarelevantmythologicalreference.1.Kalsched,D.,“Trauma,InnocenceandtheCoreComplexofDissociation”inTheJournalofAnalyticalPsychology,2017,Vol62,No4pp.474-5002.Kalsched,D.,OpeningtheClosedHeart:Affect-focusedClinicalWorkwiththeVictimsofEarlyTrauma,inJournalofAnalyticalPsychology,2020,Vol65,No1,pp136-1523.TheEvocationofIsis:AWayTowardHealinginPost-TraumaticStressDisorder,WendyNevilleJones,LCSW,NewYorkJungInstituteDiplomaThesis,2001
Schedule 9:00– 9:45 Introductionsandoverview 9:45–11:00 Didactic:dissociativedefenses,transference,andtreatment11:00–11:15 Break11:15–12:15 Discussion/Q&Ainlargegroup 12:15– 1:15 Lunch 1:45– 2:45 Didactic:helpingpatientsbecomeawareoftheirdefenses 2:45– 3:00 Break 3:00– 3:45 Discussion 3:45– 4:00 Wrap-upandevaluations
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