Welcome to the C.G. Jung Foundation
in New York City!

Fall 2019: Art, Active Imagination, and the Archetype of Creativity

12 Wednesdays: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
September 18 - December 18(excluding October 9 and November 27)

Instructor: Maria Taveras, LCSW

This advanced seminar will explore the relation among three vitally important dimensions of Jungian psychoanalysis – art, active imagination, and the archetype of creativity – and their importance to the psyche both clinically and culturally.

Spring 2020: The Religious Ground of Jung’s Analytical Psychology

12 Mondays: 6:30-8:00 pm
February 10 - May 11 (excluding February 17 and April 6)

Instructor: Royce Froehlich, PhD, MDiv, LCSW

This course will draw material mainly from Jung’s essays in Collected Works Volume 11, Psychology and Religion: West and East. It is intended to inform participants about the religious background of some of the general principles of Analytical Psychology and its contribution to the East-West psycho-spiritual dialogue, and will serve mental health professionals interested in the spiritual aspects of Jung’s approach to psychotherapy.

Credit: 7.5 CE contact hours for licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for each Continuing Education Course.

Fall I: Beginning October 3rd, 2019

The Meaning of Life

5 consecutive Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Beginning October 3, 2019

Instructor Sanford L. Drob, PhD

We will examine philosophical and psychological conceptions of “the meaning of life” from the Bible and ancient Greece to the present day, consider the relationship between psyche, life-meaning, and value, and explore the relevance of life-meaning to individuation and the psychotherapeutic process. 

Jungian Psychology Revisited: An Overview

5 consecutive Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Beginning October 7, 2019

Instructor Gary Brown, LCSW-R, LP

We will review Jung’s model of the psyche, especially as used in dreams, the sub-personalities of the psyche, and complexes. This overview of basic concepts will lay the building blocks of Jung’s complex Analytical Psychology.

Fall II: Beginning November 7th, 2019

Oedipus Redux

5 Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Beginning November 7, 2019 (excluding November 28)

Instructor William Baker, PsyD

Beginning with a reading of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, this course will provide a detailed exploration of the mythology and psychology of Oedipus. From Jung and Freud to Lacan and Hillman, we will compare and contrast analytic theories while creating a composite portrait of modernity’s most central mythological and psychological figure.

That Which Crosses Me: The Psychological Function of Astrological Saturn

SOLD OUT

3 consecutive Saturdays, 1:30-4:15pm
Dates: November 9, 16, 23

Instructor Cynthia Poorbaugh, MFA, LP

The class will take an archetypal, psychological approach to astrology, and is intended to broaden our understanding of Jung’s archetypal theory, increase our capacity for symbolic thinking, and to offer new perspectives on the relationship between ego and archetype or the objective psyche.

Satisfaction in Work and Careers: Applying Jung’s Ideas

5 consecutive Mondays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Beginning Beginning November 11, 2019

Instructor David Rottman, MA

How do the ideas of C.G. Jung apply to finding and experiencing meaningful work? What are Jung’s ideas about doing “the work of a lifetime”?  How do inner conflicts hold us back in our profession? In this class we will explore Jung’s writings, and those of his pupil Marie-Louise Von Franz, to address these questions and other common work issues.

A Jungian Aesthetic: Art, Active Imagination, and the Creative Process

Tuesday, December 3, 2019
12:30 – 1:30 pm

A First Tuesday Lunch Forum presented by Maria Taveras, LCSW.

In 20th century modern art, there was a famous Freudian aesthetic based on free association – surrealism.  Now in the 21st century, especially after the publication of Jung’s Red Book, and The Art of C.G. Jung, we have an opportunity, for the first time, to develop a Jungian aesthetic based on active imagination.  What exactly is the relation between art, active imagination, and the creative process?   

Befriending the Shadow and Finding Soul

SOLD OUT

Saturday, December 7, 2019
9:30 am – 4:30 pm

A day-long workshop led by Christina Becker, MBA, RP

Contact hours: 6 CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for this program.

In this interactive workshop, we will dive into the shadow and befriending the parts of ourselves that we have lost.  In the honest and courageous task of working with ourselves, we find life energy and our destiny. We will engage in practical exercises that will deepen students' awareness of themselves and the individuation journey.  Students will be able to incorporate the material into their daily lives and practices afterwards to live more authentic and compassionate lives.

New Issue of Quadrant Published

Vol XLVIII:2 Fall/Winter 2018

Articles include:

• American Soul: Anima Mundi, Complexity, and Trump
  — Ronald Schenk
• Why Does Jordan Peterson Appeal to Many People?
  — Glen Slater, Peter Dunlap, Deldon McNeely, William Schoenl
• Healing Nightmares: An Encounter with Hope
  — Drew Smith
• The Architecture of Buildings and Minds
  — Eric Greene
• Book Reviews
  — David Tacey, Craig Stephenson, Deborah Howell
• In Memoriam: Marion Woodman (1928—2018)
  — Eva Rider
• In Memoriam: Fr. John Patrick Dourley (1936—2018)
  — Rosemary Murray-Lachapelle