Community Events (non-Alliance)

How do we define trauma in psychoanalytic terms i.e. what do we
mean by “psychic trauma”? In which way is the psyche traumatized? Is
trauma a subjective experience, an objective fact, or is it possible to
think of trauma in relation to the specific reality addressed by
psychoanalysis: psychic reality? What kind of result can be expected
from analytic treatment? What ethical stance is required of the analyst
with regard to the traumatized subject?

Drawing on Jung’s writings and the work of contemporary astrologers, we will look first at how an astrological birth chart shows the next steps an individual is ready to take in their healing and growth. Case studies will illustrate how astrology can shed light on a client’s core wounds, and suggest pathways that support the client’s individuation.

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Going through psychoanalytic training and learning to think psychoanalytically not only enhances the clinician’s capacity to understand the deepest layers of human experience but can also facilitate richer and more deeply satisfying cultural experiences, whether through literature, drama, opera, or cinema.

The word “vow” conjures images of two adults promising to love and cherish each other for better and for worse. Yet accompanying every spoken vow is an unspoken shadow vow that arises out of partly-conscious assumptions and needs, desires and fantasies. Both vows and shadow vows actively shape the persons’ lives because profound relationship is where activated complexes come home and individuation gets real.

In this presentation and discussion we will explore how the places where we live, the things of the world, and the world itself show up inside our complexes, moods, and dreams, and how internal dynamics reflect occurrences all around us.

Questions we will tend include: How can we transform eco-anxiety? Which myths and archetypes inhabit the places where we live and come from? How do they intertwine with our own deep story? What lost
Earth-honoring wisdom tradition now returns in collective consciousness? What insights does it offer today?

The May 7th Zoom session will run 6:30-8:30pm with no break.REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS SO THAT ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE SENT.

Once Upon a Time…
Why Jungians Read Fairy Tales

“How do we interpret a fairy tale?—or stalk it, rather, because it is really like stalking a very evasive stag.”—Marie-Louise von Franz, The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, p. 37

The April 2nd Zoom session will run 6:30-8:30pm with no break.REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS SO THAT ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE SENT.

Once Upon a Time…
Why Jungians Read Fairy Tales

“How do we interpret a fairy tale?—or stalk it, rather, because it is really like stalking a very evasive stag.”—Marie-Louise von Franz, The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, p. 37

The March 5th Zoom session will run 6:30-8:30pm with no break.REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS SO THAT ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE SENT.

Once Upon a Time…
Why Jungians Read Fairy Tales

“How do we interpret a fairy tale?—or stalk it, rather, because it is really like stalking a very evasive stag.”—Marie-Louise von Franz, The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, p. 37