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** The originally scheduled course by Dariane Pictet has been cancelled and replaced with this one. **
Jung in a Matchbox
An introductory course presenting the basic concepts of Jungian psychology; consciousness, personal and collective unconscious, complex, archetype and the historic setting in which Jung conceived them.
Perceiving the Archetype through the Complex
Instead of only tracing the origins of a complex back to early childhood trauma, the Jungian model tries to discover the hidden potential in the complex to provide structure and meaning to new experiences. Already in the time-transcending intentionality of the complex we witness its archetypal core.
Psychological Types and Individuation
In this lecture we will review the important relationship of psychological types to individuation and thereby gain a better understanding of why Jung said of his type theory: "I would not for anything dispense with this compass on my psychological voyages of discovery."
Frida Kahlo - Light and Shadow
Frida Kahlo, the famous Mexican artist, suffered from serious physical disabilities due to an accident. She devoted her life to art and painted her suffering. Her paintings go beyond the personal realm and reach an archetypal layer.
Sandplay Therapy with Adults
Sandplay, according to Dora Kalff (1904–1990), is based on Analytical Psychology; it involves playing in and with sand and selected miniature objects. It activates fantasy, embodying it through expressive means. The sandbox is used as a projection surface allowing access to deeper layers of the unconscious.
Active Imagination in the Journey of Individuation
We will explore how engaging imaginatively with our dreams, fantasies, affects, and other energies arising from the unconscious can heal emotional wounds, transform our sense of self worth, enable us to withstand collective pressure to conform, and foster a self of our own, which does not collapse under stress.
08 09 Lecture
Penelope Yungblut, MA
Tuesday & Thursday
8 March 2022 | 10:00–11:45
10 March 2022 | 10:00–11:45
15 March 2022 | 10:00–11:45
17 March 2022 | 10:00–11:45
The Legacy of Screams that Could Not be Screamed
Exploring how the ideas of D.W. Winnicott and C.G. Jung help us work with core issues encountered in analysis with adults. Silenced voices include the grandiose engineer who discovers his ordinariness, the puella who finds meaning in her art, and the businessman who repeats his abusive childhood.
10 12 Lecture
Ursula Kübler, lic. phil.
Wednesday
9 March 2022 | 10:00–14:45
16 March 2022 | 10:00–14:45
23 March 2022 | 10:00–14:45
Introduction to Psychological Trauma
We will be investigating the history, symptoms and resulting cascade of physical effects set in motion by sustained deep suffering and resulting archaic defenses.
This lecture – an update of the lecture given in Autumn 2019 – is a prerequisite for attendance at the trauma seminar 10 66 (and subsequent seminars on trauma therapy).
J. L. Herman: Trauma and Recovery, 2015
B. van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score
** CANCELLED **
01 13 Lecture
Nathalie Baratoff, lic. phil.
Wednesday
9 March 2022 | 15:00–16:45
16 March 2022 | 15:00–16:45
23 March 2022 | 15:00–16:45
** This course has been cancelled. **
The Transcendent Function: Miracles Along the Way of Individuation
There will be a list with instructions by the photocopy machine. Those with no access to ISAP can receive it from me directly.
This course requires extra work between sessions.
06 16 Lecture
Heike Weis Hyder, FMH Psychiatrie/Psychotherapie
Friday
11 March 2022 | 10:00–11:45
18 March 2022 | 10:00–11:45
25 March 2022 | 10:00–11:45
Humility: Bridge to the Self in Religion, Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Humility expresses essential elements that connect the individual with the Self. This course will examine the role, function and nature of humility in daily life, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. I will be referring to Jung, Böhme, & Meister Eckhart.
01 17 Lecture
Tonius Timmermann, Prof. Dr.
Friday
11 March 2022 | 13:00–16:45
C.G. Jung, Music and Music Therapy
Jung prophesized a great future for Music Therapy, but thinking about the acoustic level of reality as a world of symbols and archetypes is comparatively rare in Jungian literature. This topic is presented from different theoretical standpoints, with practical examples and experiential material.
A Holistic Approach to Suffering and Healing
The lecture will begin by exploring suffering and healing in ancient times. Next we will have a closer look at a Biblical story about healing and interpret it symbolically. Finally, we will concentrate on the Jungian understanding of healing and the importance of the analytic encounter.
Ethnology as Mirror
Jung traveled to non-Western societies to see himself through the eyes of others. What unrecognized and unexamined aspects of ourselves, our attitudes, values, and norms, might be mirrored back to us from an encounter with another culture? How may this experience contribute to our individuation?
Pilgrimage: 'To Be on the Way'
This course deals with the motif of the pilgrimage, reflecting on contemporary as well as historical manifestations of an archetypal phenomenon.
Pilgern: 'auf dem Weg sein'
In diesem Kurs geht es um das Motiv des Pilgerns. Wir werden die Aktualität und auch die kulturhistorischen Manifestationen dieses archetypischen Phänomens untersuchen.
02 28 Lecture
Scott William Hyder, lic. phil.
Wednesday
30 March 2022 | 13:00–14:45
6 April 2022 | 13:00–14:45
13 April 2022 | 13:00–14:45
Dreams: Psychological Themes in Individual Dreams and Series
Following brief introductory remarks, dreams will be discussed in relation to case work with individuals, looking at individual dreams and dream series. (New material)
10 29 Lecture
Christiana Ludwig, MA
Wednesday
30 March 2022 | 15:00–16:45
6 April 2022 | 15:00–16:45
13 April 2022 | 15:00–16:45
Stages and Conceptions of Psychiatry in Europe
I will provide an historical overview of the field of psychiatry from antiquity to the present day.
01 31 Lecture
Brigitte Egger, Dr. sc. nat. ETH
Tuesday & Wednesday
5 April 2022 | 10:00–11:45
6 April 2022 | 10:00–11:45
Sadness, Anxiety, Stress and Anger: A Call to Change
We will explore the transforming wisdom of sadness, including the perspective of evolutionary biology and the problem of anger in present society.
06 33 Lecture
Scott William Hyder, lic. phil.
Thursday
7 April 2022 | 10:00–11:45
14 April 2022 | 10:00–11:45
Considerations of the Religious Function in Relation to Disinformation & Cultural Complexes
I will discuss the role of the religious instinct in cultural complexes and how this presence manifests in disinformation. Consideration will be given to the ways in which the religious function can be both appropriated and perverted by religious as well as secular forces.
01 35 Open Seminar
Susanna Bucher Alther, Dr. sc. nat. ETH
Kathrin Schaeppi, MS, MFA
Thursday
7 April 2022 | 15:00–18:45
Film and Discussion: Ensoulment: A Diverse Analysis of the Feminine in Western Culture (2014): On Eros in a Logos-Dominated World
This seminar is an introduction to Jung’s concepts of masculine Logos and feminine Eros. Screening of the award-winning film Ensoulment by L. S. Salum, showing interviews with Jungians (e.g., James Hollis) and others: How can we reconnect to the feminine principle without losing the masculine principle? Group discussion.
10 36 Lecture
Richard Blennerhassett, MD
Friday
8 April 2022 | 10:00–14:45
Darkness Visible: Major Depressive Disorder from Jung to Prozac
The concept of the Major Depressive Disorder will be examined using the memoir of the late William Stryon, Darkness Visible. The increased frequency of the diagnosis of Depression since the 1980’s (with the advent of the DSM-III) will be considered alongside a Jungian perspective on treatment.
06 41 Lecture
Sheila Cowburn, MA
Tuesday
19 April 2022 | 10:00–11:45
Reflections on the Feminine in the Catholic Church: A Psycho-Spiritual Approach
What has happened to the Feminine in the Catholic Church? I will give a brief historical overview of the archetypal development of the Feminine in human consciousness. I explore the fear of the Feminine underlying the Judeo-Christian culture and shadow aspects of the split between sexuality and spirituality.
10 42 Lecture
Sheila Cowburn, MA
Wednesday
20 April 2022 | 10:00–11:45
Soul on Ice, Soul on Fire: Schizoid Dilemmas in Analysis
Creative reflections on schizoid phenomena are often unrecognised in analysis and missed in a client’s apparently narcissistic presentation. There are obvious lacunae in the way in which Jungian thinking addresses the schizoid's major struggle.
01 43 Lecture
Diane Cousineau Brutsche, Dr. phil.
Wednesday
20 April 2022 | 15:00–16:45
27 April 2022 | 15:00–16:45
4 May 2022 | 15:00–16:45
Lady Soul
“Soul” is a familiar word for Jungians. In spite of this, the notion tends to remain somewhat vague. With the help of a mythological figure as its archetypal foundation this lecture aims to contribute to our understanding of soul as a specific psychological entity.
Active Imagination: Working Therapeutically with Images (theory and examples)
This is a theoretical overview with examples and is a prerequisite for the experiential seminar.
Introducing The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz: Archetypal Symbols in Fairytales
The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz is a 28 volume magnum opus from one of the leading minds in Jungian Psychology. Join us as the General Editor takes us through a history of the project, an overview of von Franz’s life, and a deep dive into the first volumes of this foundational material.
"The Enchanted Ring" and the Magic of Music
The tale to be discussed comes from Russian Folk Tales, a three-volume collection by Alexander Afanasiev, often referred to as “the Russian Grimm”. Here it is presented as a tribute to Von Franz’s valuable contribution to the Jungian understanding of fairy tales.
Encounters with Marie-Louise von Franz
Some personal memories serve to approach M.-L. von Franz and her great personality. Alchemy was particularly close to her heart. I will give an introduction to her first and last books on alchemy: her commentary on Aurora Consurgens and her commentary on Hall ar-Rumuz by the Arab alchemist Ibn Umail.
11 56 Lecture
Renee Cunningham, MFT
Tuesday & Wednesday
3 May 2022 | 13:00–14:45
4 May 2022 | 13:00–14:45
Archetypal Nonviolence, Jung, King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma
The class will cover the American civil rights movement, focusing on the Selma campaign as a metaphor for the Self's movement. Nonviolence provides the bridge between the conscious and unconscious realms; thus, the consistent practice of nonviolence potentiates and/or cultivates a conscious life.
Shadow integration and different levels of consciousness are key to understanding nonviolence and its effectiveness. Thus, shadow integration in the transference/countertransference is pivotal to the understanding of how nonviolence mediates aggression, potentiating relationships within a power paradigm. This concept will be included in the talk.
04 57 Lecture
Paul Brutsche, Dr. phil.
Thursday
5 May 2022 | 17:00–18:45
12 May 2022 | 17:00–18:45
19 May 2022 | 17:00–18:45
Introduction to Picture Interpretation
Using case material, this course will provide a detailed introduction to the various criteria for a symbolic understanding of pictures by analysands.
08 60 Open Seminar
Vreni Osterwalder-Bollag, Dipl.Pedagogy
Tuesday/Dienstag
10 May 2022 | 13:00–14:45
17 May 2022 | 13:00–14:45
Sandplay Therapy: Sandplay as Active Imagination
I will present sandplay pictures, mainly by boys and girls aged 6–10 years. We will discuss and try to interpret them from different points of view (developmental psychology, status within family, sibling issues, typology, etc.)
Sandspieltherapie: Sandspiel als Aktive Imagination
Ich werde Sandbilder zeigen, vor allem von sechs- bis zehnjährigen Buben und Mädchen. Wir werden diese aus verschiedenen Blickpunkten betrachten und zu deuten versuchen. (Entwicklungspsychologie, Stellung in der Familie, Geschwisterthemen, Typologien, usw.)
** This course has been cancelled for family reasons. **
Nature, Sense of Wonder, and Religion
Science, as a study of the natural world, initially developed in complete opposition to religion. But science was originally based on the passion to understand the divine world. Nature was and still is an inseparable aspect of and resource of consciousness. We will explore the connection between nature and religion.
11 62 Open Seminar
Stefano Carpani, Dott. M.A. M.Phil
Saturday
14 May 2022 | 10:00–14:45
Love Does Not Exist: A Dreamwork Seminar
This dreamwork seminar is based on material collected from a patient (supervised by Dr Wolfgang Giegerich) who seemed to be well adapted in an individualized and “liquid” society; however, during our first session, she described a feeling of emptiness, feeling stuck and said that her sentimental relationships did not last.
Demeter's Curse
We will explore our relation to the earth, matter, body in the light of the Homeric Myth of Demeter. Food allergies and eating disorders, may be evidence of an increasingly unsustainable attitude to our own nature and to the Earth.
A Question for Answer to Job
In his book, Answer to Job, Jung takes a hard look at the God-image and the plight of modern humanity, as well as at "the idea of the creature that surpasses its creator by a small but decisive factor."
Perceiving the World through Symbol
The spontaneous creating of symbols provides a vitality that prevents Jungian concepts from becoming faded metaphors. Our symbolic mind not only provides inner images but also is active in the way we perceive the outer world.
The intangible, the psyche, becomes the ground and substrate, […] the possessor and realizer of unthinkable creative secrets, the vehicle of the life-giving World Soul, and, ultimately, the architect of the brain […]
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