Working with Dreams

Saturday, October 24, 2026
10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
a Zoom seminar led by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW

Contact hours: 4 CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for this program.

Jung wrote, “So difficult is it to understand a dream that for a long time I have made it a rule, when someone tells me a dream and asks for my opinion, to say first of all to myself: ‘I have no idea what this dream means.’ After that, I can begin to examine the dream.” Dreams are indeed difficult to understand. Jung’s method of working with dreams invites us to deepen into their mystery but sometimes it can be difficult to know how to get started. Especially when working with long or difficult dreams, how can we find a toehold?
In this workshop, we will explore working with dreams using a series of prompts that can challenge the ego’s stuck thinking to open up the meaning of dreams. We’ll focus on areas of dreamwork that can be especially challenging, including complex dreams and anima/animus dreams. We’ll focus on the dream’s structure as well as the role of emotions in dreams.

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Absent Fathers, Yearning Sons;
A Jungian Analysis of the Father-Son Dynamic

Saturday, November 14, 2026
11:00 am – 4:00 pm EST
a Zoom seminar led by Susan E. Schwartz, PhD

Contact hours: 4 CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for this program.

This workshop turns attention to the father/son dynamic from the Jungian perspective, the fields of psychoanalysis, and the concepts of absence in the search for the Self. “In this context, absence does not mean loss, but potential presence” (Andre Green, 1986, p. 293).

We examine the profound psychological and cultural consequences of father absence, a topic often overlooked in Jungian explorations of the psyche. Through vivid vignettes, we delve into the generational trauma and neglected complexities of the father/son relationship. The absence of a father figure shapes individual and collective experiences, offering insights into the psychological impact and its broader cultural implications. This exploration sheds light on the unspoken grief and unresolved tensions that ripple through families and society, providing a fresh perspective on Jungian concepts regarding this critical yet underexplored subject.

This is an essential resource for analytical and depth psychologists, therapists, academics, and students with Jungian and post-Jungian interests. It also serves as a valuable guide for anyone seeking to understand and heal the intricate dynamics between fathers and sons.

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The Quest of the Snow Queen

Saturday, December 5, 2026
10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
a Zoom seminar led by
a Zoom seminar led by Julie Bondanza, PhD

Contact hours:  4 CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for this program.

“Wholeness is never comprised within the compass of the conscious mind; it includes the indefinite and indefinable extent of the unconscious as well.”
C.G. Jung, CW Vol 9i, para. 299

“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.”    C.G. Jung, CW Vol. 9i, para. 179

The Snow Queen is a classic quest narrative: to connect the masculine and feminine; to undergo the necessary trials of life, and to move toward wholeness. In the tale, a boy named Kai falls under the spell of the beautiful Snow Queen. His friend Gerda embarks on an arduous journey to find him. This tale can show the way we connect to what was there naturally in childhood, but how that gets lost as we grow older. It is also a tale that can direct adults as they confront the trials that life brings to use these tasks in the service of individuation.

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FACULTY

Lisa Marchiano, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and certified Jungian analyst in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her MSW from New York University and completed analytic training at the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She is on the faculty of the Philadelphia Jung Institute and is currently a doctoral candidate at the Boston Graduate School for Psychoanalysis. She is the author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself, The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire, and the forthcoming The Dreamwork Deck: 63 Jungian Key to Unlock the Meaning of Your Dreams. She is the coauthor of Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams and the co-creator of Dream School, an online program that teaches people how to work with their dreams. She is also a host of the widely acclaimed depth-psychology podcast This Jungian Life, which has reached a broad international audience and become an important public forum for Jungian thought. She has lectured widely both in the US and abroad, and hosts popular women’s retreats.

Susan E. Schwartz, PhD, was trained in Zurich, Switzerland, as a Jungian analyst and is a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Her Jungian analytical practice is in Paradise Valley, Arizona. She is also an author and her books include The Absent Father Effect on Daughters: Father Desire, Father Wounds and The Imposter Syndrome and The ‘As-If’ Personality in Analytical Psychology: The Fragility of Self. This workshop is based on her newest book, An Analytic Exploration of Love and Narcissism: The Tragedy of Isolation and Intimacy. This workshop was first presented in July as part of the Summer Study Intensive program.

Julie Bondanza, PhD, is a Jungian analyst and licensed psychologist in private practice in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. She trained at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, where she was on the teaching faculty for many years. She has been the director of training for both the New York Institute and the Philadelphia branch of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She is the program director for the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York, where she had served for many years on its board of trustees, and she teaches in many Jungian venues across the country, both to the public and to analysts-in-training

 

These are online courses, given through the program Zoom. Please download the Zoom program in advance of the first class session at Zoom.us

SATURDAY WINTER 2026 WORKSHOPS REGISTRATION

The full fee must be paid at the time of registration. Please register through the payment buttons on this website.

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TUITION
All courses are $100 for the general public and $90 for members.

IMPORTANT NOTES

When you pay you must also email your current email address and telephone number to the Foundation at cgjungny@aol.com. The Foundation will send you an email message and you must reply to confirm receipt. If you are taking this course for 7.5 CE contact hours for licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists, please specify which license you hold and give your NYS license number.

Class size is limited. Early registration is strongly recommended. Refunds for continuing education courses, less $15 for administrative services, will be made up to seven days before the first session. There will be no refunds issued after classes have begun. No exceptions will be made. Programs are subject to change without notice.

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