Group complexes litter the psychic landscape and are as easily detonated as the literal landmines that scatter the globe and threaten life – especially young life. Thomas Singer, The Cultural Complex

The Chingada complex is such a landmine and the Chicano/a youth throughout the United States are “Los Hijos de la Chingada,” which translates as the “children of the violated.” La Chingada is a reference to the Conquest of the Americas, whose effects are present today. Highlighting the image of La Llorona, from a post-colonial perspective, we will see how psyche lives in the sol y sombra, of the Chicano/a soul. In the second half of the evening, the focus will be on working with incarcerated Chicanos using the cultural images of the warrior, the barrio, and the mother.

Learning Objectives:
(2 CEUs available for $10, paid at the door)

1. Develop understanding of the ongoing impact of the Conquest of America from a Jungian and Post-Colonial perspective.

2. Explain the archetypes that manifest in the incarcerated Latino youth and see how the therapist can utilize this imagery in psychotherapy.

Biography: Jorge de la O, MA, LMFT, STR
IAAP Certified Jungian Analyst 

Jorge is in private practice in Ventura, California specializing in analytical psychology and Sandplay psychotherapy. He is a registered Sandplay Therapist with The Association for Sandplay Therapy. He has been in practice since 2001. He is a retired pubic school elementary teacher with over 35 years of classroom experience here in the United States and aboard. Jorge is a core faculty professor in the M.A. Counseling program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and an analyst trainer at the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California. His also a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. Jorge, along with Abner Flores, recently presented at the International Association for Analytical Psychology conference in Vienna, Austria on tonight’s topic, Los Hijos de la Chingada and the Trauma of Colonialism. Jorge’s most recent publication is an article for the Sandplay Therapist of America Journal on the symbolic use of the Veterano Homie action figures in Sandplay.