Section 11: Anima and Animus, Recovering the Depths
Class Dates: April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2025
Instructors: Christopher Cunningham, PhD and Lauren Cunningham, LCSW
Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, is a child and adult analyst member of the C.G. Jung institute of SF. She is a teaching member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy and teaches sandplay, infant observation and Jungian analysis internationally. She published a chapter “Play, Creation and the Numinous” in Jungian Child Analysis, 2018, by Fisher King Press. She practices in San Francisco.
Christopher Cunningham, PhD, is an analyst in private practice at West Portal Counseling Associates in San Francisco. He specializes in men’s issues especially around the midlife crisis. After attending several workshops with Robert Bly and Michael Mead he launched a private bimonthly men’s group that has been meeting for thirty years. A men’s community grew out of that group that produced an initiation ceremony for adolescents, a yearly backpacking group and a winemaking cooperative. He believes that men need a thriving community forum with other men to promote their growth toward wholeness.
Description:
We will examine the use of the terms anima and animus before Jung, Jung’s conceptions of anima and animus development, post-Jungian expansions and refinements of the concepts.
Date: Apr 7, 2025 07:00 PM - Apr 28, 2025 09:15 PM
Fee
CE Hours
Registration closes on Oct 01, 2024 12:00 AM
Activity Type
- Extended Education
Accreditation(s)


Requirements for CE Credit
Registration closes on Oct 01, 2024
at 12:00 AM
Registration Closed
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
Christopher Cunningham, PhD Brief Bio : practices in San Francisco, CA. He specializes in men’s issues, and midlife crisis. After attending workshops with Robert Bly and Michael Mead he launched a private bimonthly men’s group that has been meeting for thirty years, which has grown a community that produces an initiation ceremony for adolescents, a yearly backpacking group and a wine making cooperative. |
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Lauren Cunningham, MSW Brief Bio : Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, is a member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy and a Child & Adult analyst at theC.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco. She is founding editor of the Journal of Sandplay Therapy and an Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. She consults with Parent Participation Nursery Schools in San Francisco and with international training programs. Her analytic practice is in San Francisco. |
Activity Number
JOP24-25CE Hours
Registration closes on Oct 01, 2024
at 12:00 AM
Registration Closed
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
Christopher Cunningham, PhD Brief Bio : practices in San Francisco, CA. He specializes in men’s issues, and midlife crisis. After attending workshops with Robert Bly and Michael Mead he launched a private bimonthly men’s group that has been meeting for thirty years, which has grown a community that produces an initiation ceremony for adolescents, a yearly backpacking group and a wine making cooperative. |
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Lauren Cunningham, MSW Brief Bio : Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, is a member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy and a Child & Adult analyst at theC.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco. She is founding editor of the Journal of Sandplay Therapy and an Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. She consults with Parent Participation Nursery Schools in San Francisco and with international training programs. Her analytic practice is in San Francisco. |
Activity Number
JOP24-25CE Hours
Registration closes on Oct 01, 2024
at 12:00 AM
Registration Closed
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
Christopher Cunningham, PhD Brief Bio : practices in San Francisco, CA. He specializes in men’s issues, and midlife crisis. After attending workshops with Robert Bly and Michael Mead he launched a private bimonthly men’s group that has been meeting for thirty years, which has grown a community that produces an initiation ceremony for adolescents, a yearly backpacking group and a wine making cooperative. |
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Lauren Cunningham, MSW Brief Bio : Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, is a member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy and a Child & Adult analyst at theC.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco. She is founding editor of the Journal of Sandplay Therapy and an Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. She consults with Parent Participation Nursery Schools in San Francisco and with international training programs. Her analytic practice is in San Francisco. |
Activity Number
JOP24-25CE Hours
Registration closes on Oct 01, 2024
at 12:00 AM
Registration Closed
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
Christopher Cunningham, PhD Brief Bio : practices in San Francisco, CA. He specializes in men’s issues, and midlife crisis. After attending workshops with Robert Bly and Michael Mead he launched a private bimonthly men’s group that has been meeting for thirty years, which has grown a community that produces an initiation ceremony for adolescents, a yearly backpacking group and a wine making cooperative. |
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Lauren Cunningham, MSW Brief Bio : Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, is a member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy and a Child & Adult analyst at theC.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco. She is founding editor of the Journal of Sandplay Therapy and an Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. She consults with Parent Participation Nursery Schools in San Francisco and with international training programs. Her analytic practice is in San Francisco. |