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The Alchemy Seminars: 4 Saturdays, 10am-1pm,
Milltown Park
Alchemy forms a major part of the Western Esoteric Tradition, and as such, preoccupied Jung during his later years. These seminars, directed towards advanced practitioners wishing to enrich their psychological grasp of the interactive field of relationships, are designed as a series leading to a progressive understanding of the material.
Sat. 10th Sept. Alchemy in Historical Context
Alchemy in Historical Context examines the differing circumstances leading to the independent yet related emergence of Alchemy in China, Egypt and the West. We enter an imaginative world where Magic, Shamanism, Metallurgy and Chemistry mix with Allegory and Mythology to form a series of texts hinting enigmatically at deep unconscious material.
Sat. 17th Sept. The Alchemical Operations
Prima Materia', and 'Mercurius', the operations of 'Dissolutio' and 'Coagulatio' etc. at every turn. Alchemical texts employ a Latinised terminology which puzzles as much as it intrigues. Becoming accustomed to this terminology allows us to appreciate anew the unconscious dynamics to which they refer. Such an encounter turns out to be more than merely gaining new knowledge as it expands our consciousness by opening us up to new levels of awareness of our inner dynamics.
Sat. 24th Sept. Alchemy – A Metaphor for the Relationship Process
Whether we think of it as taking place in the consulting room or in our personal experience, Alchemy offers one of the richest bodies of metaphorical material for conceptualising relationships in terms of an interactive field, (rather than from the perspective of two autonomous individuals.) It seeks to encompass inimical elements which are often experienced in consciousness as being in mutual opposition to each other. The goal of the work may be seen as 'reconciling the opposites' in a 'Mysterium Conjunctionis' within the larger entity of the 'Self'.
Sat. 1st Oct. The Therapeutic Dimension
The process of therapy involves a return to primitive affects such as infantile dependencyand rage, arising in the transference. When therapist and client enter into a true 'contract' they undertake to subject the flow of their inner affects to analysis, rather than project them onto each other. To refer to this process symbolically the Alchemists often used the image of the naked King and Queen who embrace as they descend into the waters of regeneration to be renewed.
Presenter: Bill Callanan, Analytical Psychotherapist, in private practice in Dublin is a founder member and former Chair of the IAPA. He holds an M. Phil. in Psychoanalytic Studies from T.C.D., and the European Certificate of Psychotherapy. He has lectured widely on Carl Jung, including teaching at TCD, and the Dublin Business School, being a visiting lecturer at All Hallows College, the Milltown Institute and the Jung and Art Therapy module offered by the Tipperary Institute. In 2010 Bill presented a workshop on Dream Interpretation at the PSI A.G.M.. His interest in Alchemy stretches back over twenty years.
Friday 7th October: Public Lecture at 8pm. TCD
Color Me Green - Envy, Begrudgery, and the Death of Eros
One of the Seven Deadly Sins, envy is a destructive psychic attitude that poisons and cripples relationships with family, friends, work colleagues. This silent killer can ultimately damage the inner relationship we have with our Self. As an unconscious aspect of shadow, envy is often left unexamined and can tragically diminish the energy available to fully live a creative and authentic life. Whether we are the one who envies, or the envied, the psychic wound so inflicted can be deep, damaging - and even incapacitating. This lecture addresses philosophical, religious and psychological approaches to envy, and attempts to expand understanding of the role envy and begrudgery play in our lives.
Presenter: Dr. Diane Fassett, Jungian Analyst and former Chair of the IAPA, has a private practice in Washington DC and Rhinebeck NY. She has lectured and taught on programs in Dublin and Washington, and has developed courses integrating psychiatry and psychotherapy, comparisons of Jungian and Freudian approaches, and has a particular interest in the therapeutic use of painting and drawing.
Saturday 8th October: Clinical Workshop 10 am - 1pm. Milltown Park
Color Me Conscious -The Therapeutic Use of Painting and Drawing
When we draw, paint, or doodle, the unconscious speaks. Interaction with these images begins a dialogue with the unconscious, expanding our conscious understanding of ourselves and others. Today we will work with the paintings and drawings of clients as well as with images from our own dreams and feelings in an effort to better understand unconscious processes. A Jungian approach to picture interpretation will be introduced during the experiential processes of drawing and painting. Discussion will provide a safe container to explore personal reactions to unconscious contents which may be frightening, mysterious and illuminating.
Presenter: Dr. Diane FassettFriday 11th November: Public Lecture, 8pm, TCD
Chiron in the 21st Century: Wounded Healers Today
In an increasingly fragmented world, we seek inner wholeness and spiritual purpose. Despite being told that living soulfully involves accepting our wounds as our greatest gifts, we are often held back by our sense of wounding. Could it be that in today’s ‘quick fix’ society we have lost the capacity to endure? Revisiting the myth of Chiron the Wounded Healer and outlining the importance of suffering in the development of consciousness and the healing process, this talk suggests that a marriage of depth psychology with spirituality is necessary to truly heal the soul.
Presenter: Benig Mauger is a Jungian psychoanalytic psychotherapist, writer and speaker working in Dublin. A pioneer in pre-and perinatal psychology, she is the author of ‘Songs from the Womb-Healing the Wounded Mother’, Reclaiming Father-The Search for Wholeness in Men, Women and Children, and ‘Love in a Time of Broken Heart-Healing From Within’. As well as maintaining a private practice, she travels internationally to teach, lecture and run workshops.
Saturday 12th November: Clinical seminar 10 am- 1pm. Milltown Park
Soul child: Pre and Perinatal Psychotherapy
Pre and Perinatal Psychology establishes prenatal life and birth as formative experiences that create patterns we carry into later life. Additionally, the psychological imprint of parents, in particular the internalization of the masculine and feminine principles are considered as factors influencing later life and relationship patterns. This seminar outlines the influence of the prenatal and birth experience on personality development and discusses this within the context of Jungian orientated psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Presenter: Benig Mauger
Friday 9th December: Public Lecture, 8pm TCD
Jung's Psychological Types --- or Stereotypes?
Carl Jung considered the “type problem" to be the issue for our time, and saw happiness as being dependent on working with, rather than against, one's type. So what are the types, how might they be useful in practice - and is recognition of one's type a prerequisite for happiness? Can a personality really be summarised in three or four letters? This lecture addresses such questions and hopes to provoke more.
Presenter: Orla Crowley, psychotherapist and Jungian Analyst, has a private practice in Dublin. With a background in clinical biochemistry, she has worked for many years with attachment issues between mothers and babies. She holds an M.A. in Jungian and postJungian Studies and is a certified European psychotherapist. Lecturing and training in Ireland and Russia, she is particularly interested in the potential applications of Jungian thinking to contemporary cultural issues.
Saturday 10th December: Clinical Seminar, 10am-1pm, Milltown Park
Typology in Action
Typology in Action provides an opportunity to learn one's type, its potentials – and above all, its pitfalls and difficulties. We consider how an appreciation of one's natural type can impact on relationships, career choice, how one operates as a therapist, the feeling of being in the world - and explore how type may frame and colour one's experience and perception of life.Presenter: Orla Crowley
Friday 13th January 2012: Public Lecture, 8pm,TCD
Whatever Works, and Eternal Return
Woody Allen’s 2009 film is a companion piece to his classic 1970’s films Annie Hall and Manhattan. It invites us to re-enter Allen’s universe to consider the question “Why is life worth living? “ Woody Allen’s long immersion in Freudian psychoanalysis is well known yet his films are equally engaging from a Jungian perspective. In Whatever Works, Allen explores the dance of relationships, this time with Jung’s Psychological Types as his guide. The ghost of Nietzsche is never far away as Allen ponders a universe that has banished God. Nietzsche’s theory of eternal return and its variations in other writers including Milan Kundura and Albert Camus is examined. Whatever Works is a celebration of being alive in a moment of time and of the transformative power of relationship.
Presenter: Richard Blennerhassett, M.B., M.R.C. Psych, F.R.C.P.I., Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director in Psychiatry at St Ita’s Hospital Dublin, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Psychiatry RCSI. He was a major contributor to the acclaimed documentary ‘The Asylum’ by international filmmaker Alan Gilsenan. His most recent publication is ‘Vertigo: Out of the Past‘ in the spring issue of Psychological Perspectives 2011.
Saturday 14th January: Clinical Seminar 10am-1pm Milltown
Who am I? Can Jung’s model of typology help?
This seminar will explore approaches to determining psychological types. The range of assessment instruments will be reviewed in respect of their clinical value. Participants will discuss whether Jung’s typology is a ‘Compass of the Soul’ or an impossible dream.
Presenter: Richard Blennerhassett
Friday, February 10th: PUBLIC LECTURE at 8pm. TCD
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‘The Grieving Goddess: Loss, Mourning and the Individuation Process.’
Reflecting on the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone and the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris, this lecture explores the possibility of creative grief and the role of authentic expression, with its connection to the Self, in fostering reunion in symbolic reality.
Presenter: Carol Cunningham is a Jungian analyst who holds an MA in music and the European Certificate in Psychotherapy. She is in private practice in Co Kildare and leads seminars in personal development through a Jungian perspective at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. She has for many years considered and worked with a symbolic approach to grief.
Saturday 11th February: Clinical Seminar, 10am-1pm, Milltown Park
Working with Grief and Loss
Considering loss as an initiation into the journey towards self-realization,
this seminar will focus on working with unconscious, symbolic material and connection to instinctual life to promote healing through a strengthening sense of inner union. Participants are invited to bring a case vignette.
Presenter: Carol CunninghamFriday 11th May: Public Lecture, 8pm, TCD
Trapped in the Body
Some Difficulties in working with Chronic Pain’. Chronic pain is a widespread problem, and isolating for the sufferer. We will look at how this isolation is intensified by the beliefs we have about the nature of mind and body. It is easy to think of therapy as a panacea, reducing pain, a movement away from the dark to the light. In fact, this can intensify the suffering. Jung’s theories bring a broader and gentler way of exploring this darkness.
Presenter: Brian Stevenson is a practicing psychiatrist specializing in addictive behaviour, working in a community drug team. Having graduated from ISAP (Zurich) he also works as a Jungian analyst in private practice. He is involved in a joint pain and addiction clinic, and is interested in the links between body and mind, and eastern insights in this area.
Saturday 12th May: Clinical Seminar, 10am-1pm, Milltown Park
Working with the Body
A clinical continuation of the lecture topic “Trapped in the Body”. Presenter: Brian Stevenson
Public lectures: €15; Non-Members €20; Unemployed/Seniors/Students (full time) €10.,
Seminars: Half day: Members €35; Non-Members €50. Full Day: Members €60; Non- Members €85. Disclaimer: The opinions of the speakers do not necessarily represent those of the IAPA., note that Saturday's seminars (but not Friday night public lectures) must be prebooked and paid for in advance by cheque/bank draft/postal order. Fees are nontransferable and non -refundable. Booking forms may be downloaded from www.jungireland.com. Cheques payable to IAPA, c/o 30 Sycamore Drive, Highfield Park, Galway, and confirmation will be sent by email. Receipts and CPD-certificates, if requested, will be issued only on the day of an event.
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Admission to Clinical Seminars is strictly limited to those practising as Psychotherapists, Psychologists or Counsellors.
The opinions of the speakers do not necessarily represent those of the IAPA.