ENCOUNTERING THE NUMINOUS: EXPANDED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS, DEPTH PSYCHOTHERAPY, ANALYSIS AND PSYCHEDELICS


SATURDAY & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 & 17, 2019
9:30 AM – 5 PM 
LOCATION: SOMArts, 934 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94103

FACULTY: SUSAN WILLIAMS, MFT, ORGANIZER AND PRESENTER;  KAREN PEOPLES, PHD, CO-ORGANIZER AND PRESENTER;  
WILLIAM A RICHARDS, PHD; DAVID PRESTI, PHD; FELICIA MATTO-SHEPARD, MFT; JIM MATTO-SHEPPARD, PHD;  CHRIS STAUFFER, MD; GENESEE HERZBERG, PsyD; EVAN SOLA, PsyD;  CHRISTINA INGENITO, LCSW; JEROME BRAUN, LMFT, IAAP;  CHARLES DITHRICH, PHD; FRANCOISE BOURZAT, MA; KILE M. ORTIGO, PHD

13 Possible Continuing Education Credits Approved for MD, PHD, PsyD, MFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP & RN

TUITION: $500* INCLUDES CEUs
* ALL ACCESS PASS NOT ACCEPTED FOR THIS EVENT
 "I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep space, to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to  the merest puff.” 
— Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
 
 "The main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis, but rather with the approach to the numinous. But the fact is that the approach to the numinous is the real therapy, and inasmuch as you attain to the numinous experiences you are released from the curse of pathology." 
- C.G. Jung
 
Ground-breaking research into the use of psychedelics has shown great therapeutic potential for the treatment of difficult conditions such as PTSD, end-of-life anxiety and other conditions. This  “psychedelic renaissance” has also opened up new vistas of possibility for healthy individuals engaging with the ordinary challenges of daily life yet longing for greater spiritual depth and meaning.  What has emerged is the recognition that the healing potential comes not from the drug alone, but from the powerful numinous experiences that often emerge from these expanded states of consciousness — occurring within the context of a secure relationship with a therapist/guide in a contained setting. We will be exploring how a depth psychological perspective has been incorporated into current FDA-approved clinical trials targeting those struggling with hard-to-treat conditions. Leading with a strong clinical focus,  we will explore the possibilities inherent in this work as well as the potential hazards and difficulties that may emerge. Issues related to transcendence, the nature of consciousness, unconscious transference and counter-transference, shadow material, and the relationship between the ego, Self and numinous experiences will be discussed.
 
DAVID PRESTI, PHD, has taught neurobiology and psychology at The University of California, Berkeley for nearly 30 years. For more than a decade he worked in the clinical treatment of addiction and PTSD at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. And for the past 15 years, he has been teaching neuroscience and conversing about science with Buddhist monastics in India, Bhutan, and Nepal. 

WILLIAM A. RICHARDS, PHD, author of Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, from Johns Hopkins, has been conducting research with psilocybin for the past 20 years.  At the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, 1967-1977, he studied psychedelics in the treatment of alcoholism, depression, narcotic addiction, the psychological distress of cancer patients, and also their educational potential for religious and mental health professionals.
 
SUSAN WILLIAMS, MFT, is a London trained Jungian personal/ supervising analyst and faculty at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. She has a practice in Berkeley, CA where she sees adults, adolescents, and children. She has published and taught on topics including the numinous, truth, expanded states of consciousness, aliveness and deadness and autistic states of mind. She is completing the MAPS MDMA Therapy Training Program.

KAREN PEOPLES, PHD, is a personal/supervising analyst and faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and Faculty at the  San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. She practices in San Francisco and Corte Madera, CA. She has published and presented on numerous analytic topics, including incest and social trauma, uncanny unconscious communication, transcendent and traumatic forms of emptiness, and unconscious bodily communication.

FELICIA MATTO-SHEPARD, MFT, is an analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco in private practice in Petaluma, CA. Felicia developed a creative process called Alchemical Art, a form of active imagination exploring the images and language of the soul. She trains psychotherapists throughout the Bay Area and facilitates public workshops in embodiment, creativity, and sexual desire.

JIM MATTO-SHEPARD, PHD, is a licensed psychologist specializing in somatic and relational therapies, a certified Soul Motion conscious dance teacher and a graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies program in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Jim has a lifetime passion for using consciousness changing technologies in groups and is currently part of a team developing a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Petaluma, CA.

CHRIS STAUFFER, MD, is dual board-certified in Psychiatry/Addiction Medicine and Assistant Professor at UCSF/SFVA. Clinically, he specializes in the treatment of substance use disorders and PTSD. His research combines social psychopharmacology (e.g., oxytocin, MDMA) with psychotherapy to treat PTSD and addiction, including his role as sub-investigator and lead therapist for Phase 3 MAPS-sponsored trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD at UCSF.

GENESEE HERZBERG, PsyD, is a psychologist, co-founder and clinical director at Sage Integrative Health, a holistic health and psychedelic therapy clinic in Berkeley, CA. She is also a therapist for the MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD research trials in San Francisco, CA. 
 
EVAN SOLA, PsyD, is a psychological assistant in private practice in  San Francisco, CA. He is a researcher in clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD at UCSF and in the Castro. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and wrote his dissertation on themes of transformation emerging in combat veterans in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy sessions. 

CHRISTINA INGENITO, LCSW, is a transpersonal and somatic psychotherapist with a private practice in Petaluma, CA. She works at the intersection of mystery, social justice, and empowerment. She is a certified psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist, co-founder of the Northern California Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, the first psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Petaluma, CA, and was a subject in an MDMA clinical trial.

JEROME BRAUN, LMFT, IAAP, is a bilingual Spanish/English-speaking Jungian psychoanalyst practicing in San Francisco, CA. He trained at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich and he completed his training in Psychedelic Research & Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Jerome is intricately involved in the Shipibo ancestral lineage of healing through medicinal, psychedelic and sacred plants in the Peruvian Amazon.

CHARLES DITHRICH, PHD, is a core faculty member and a  supervising analyst for the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California.  He has taught extensively on Wilfred Bion, D.W. Winnicott, dreaming,  and the uncanny. His interests include the intersections of mysticism and psychoanalysis. He works with adults, couples, and children in Oakland, CA.

FRANCOISE BOURZAT, MA is trained in Somatic Psychology,  has been mentored in the Mexican Mazatec tradition of the sacred mushrooms and has been sharing her approach internationally for 30 years. 
 
KILE M. ORTIGO, PHD, is a clinical psychologist at the Center for Existential Exploration, which he founded to serve clients struggling with profound questions related to identity, meaning, life transitions, and psychospiritual development. He is the Lead Editor and Advisory Board Member of Psychedelic Support, an online resource and directory for people seeking psychedelic-informed care in legal, above-ground settings. Dr. Ortigo is currently writing his next book which focuses on psychedelic and existential themes of self-exploration, expansion, and integration.
    
 
 
 
 

Date: Nov 16, 2019 09:30 AM - Nov 17, 2019 05:00 PM

Fee

$500.00

CE Hours

13.00

Registration closes on Nov 14, 2019 01:00 AM

Activity Type

Extended Education

Accreditation(s)

CMA - California Medical Association
The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Clinical psychologists are also eligible to receive CME credit, which is accepted by the APA and the California Board of Psychology. 
 
The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate  with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 

Requirements for CE Credit

Participants will receive credit following the completion of each post-test and evaluation, based on their actual attendance.

Support

This program receives no commercial support.

 

Registration closes on Nov 14, 2019 at 01:00 AM

Registration Closed  

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Charles Dithrich, PHD


Brief Bio : CHARLES DITHRICH, PhD, is a core faculty member and a supervising analyst for the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. He has taught extensively on Wilfred Bion, D.W. Winnicott, dreaming, and the uncanny. His interests include the intersections of mysticism and psychoanalysis. He works with adults, couples, and children in Oakland, CA.

Chris Stauffer, MD


Brief Bio : CHRIS STAUFFER, MD, is dual board-certified in Psychiatry/Addiction Medicine and Assistant Professor at UCSF/SFVA. Clinically, he specializes in the treatment of substance use disorders and PTSD. His research combines social psychopharmacology (e.g., oxytocin, MDMA) with psychotherapy to treat PTSD and addiction, including his role as sub-investigator and lead therapist for Phase 3 MAPS-sponsored trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD at UCSF.

Christina Ingenito, LCSW


Brief Bio : CHRISTINA INGENITO, LCSW, is a transpersonal and somatic psychotherapist with a private practice in Petaluma, CA. She works at the intersection of mystery, social justice, and empowerment. She is a certified psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist, co-founder of the Northern California Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, the first psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Petaluma, CA, and was a subject in an MDMA clinical trial.

David Presti, PHD


Brief Bio : DAVID PRESTI, PhD, has taught neurobiology and psychology at The University of California, Berkeley for nearly 30 years. For more than a decade he worked in the clinical treatment of addiction and PTSD at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. And for the past 15 years, he has been teaching neuroscience and conversing about science with Buddhist monastics in India, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Evan Sola, PsyD


Brief Bio : EVAN SOLA, PsyD, is a psychological assistant in private practice in San Francisco, CA. He is a researcher in clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD at UCSF and in the Castro. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and wrote his dissertation on themes of transformation emerging in combat veterans in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy sessions.
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Felicia Matto-Shepard


Brief Bio : Felicia Matto-Shepard, MFT, is an analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco with a private practice in Petaluma, CA. She facilitates experiential workshops in creativity, embodiment and archetype. She teaches in the Depth Psychology Program at Sonoma State University.

Francoise Bourzat


Brief Bio : FRANCOISE BOURZAT is trained in Somatic Psychology, has been mentored in the Mexican Mazatec tradition of the sacred mushrooms and has been sharing her approach internationally for 30 years.

Genesee Herzberg , PsyD


Brief Bio : GENESEE HERZBERG, PsyD, is a psychologist, co-founder and clinical director at Sage Integrative Health, a holistic health and psychedelic therapy clinic in Berkeley, CA. She is also a therapist for the MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD research trials in San Francisco, CA.

Jerome Braun, LMFT


Brief Bio : JEROME BRAUN, LMFT, IAAP, is a bilingual Spanish/English-speaking Jungian psychoanalyst practicing in San Francisco, CA. He trained at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich and he completed his training in Psychedelic Research & Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Jerome is intricately involved in the Shipibo ancestral lineage of healing through medicinal, psychedelic and sacred plants in the Peruvian Amazon.

Jim Matto-Shepard, PHD


Brief Bio : JIM MATTO-SHEPARD, PhD, is a licensed psychologist specializing in somatic and relational therapies, a certified Soul Motion conscious dance teacher and a graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies program in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Jim has a lifetime passion for using consciousness changing technologies in groups and is currently part of a team developing a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Petaluma, CA.

Karen Peoples, PHD


Brief Bio : KAREN PEOPLES, PhD, is a personal/supervising analyst and faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and Faculty at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. She practices in San Francisco and Corte Madera, CA. She has published and presented on numerous analytic topics, including incest and social trauma, uncanny unconscious communication, transcendent and traumatic forms of emptiness, and unconscious bodily communication.
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Susan Williams


Brief Bio : Susan Williams, MFT is an adult, adolescent, and child Jungian analyst in private practice in Berkeley, California. She trained and practiced in London before relocating to the San Francisco Bay area, where she became a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco in 2003. She is on the teaching faculty of both the adult and child analytic training programs. She has lectured and taught on infant mental health, aliveness and deadness, and autism and autistic states of mind.

William Richards, PHD


Brief Bio : WILLIAM A. RICHARDS, PhD, author of Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, from Johns Hopkins, has been conducting research with psilocybin for the past 20 years. At the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, 1967-1977, he studied psychedelics in the treatment of alcoholism, depression, narcotic addiction, the psychological distress of cancer patients, and also their educational potential for religious and mental health professionals.
Date: 11/16/19
Time: 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM

CE Hours

6.50
Registration Closed  

Registration closes on Nov 14, 2019 at 01:00 AM

Registration Closed  

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Charles Dithrich, PHD


Brief Bio : CHARLES DITHRICH, PhD, is a core faculty member and a supervising analyst for the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. He has taught extensively on Wilfred Bion, D.W. Winnicott, dreaming, and the uncanny. His interests include the intersections of mysticism and psychoanalysis. He works with adults, couples, and children in Oakland, CA.

Chris Stauffer, MD


Brief Bio : CHRIS STAUFFER, MD, is dual board-certified in Psychiatry/Addiction Medicine and Assistant Professor at UCSF/SFVA. Clinically, he specializes in the treatment of substance use disorders and PTSD. His research combines social psychopharmacology (e.g., oxytocin, MDMA) with psychotherapy to treat PTSD and addiction, including his role as sub-investigator and lead therapist for Phase 3 MAPS-sponsored trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD at UCSF.

Christina Ingenito, LCSW


Brief Bio : CHRISTINA INGENITO, LCSW, is a transpersonal and somatic psychotherapist with a private practice in Petaluma, CA. She works at the intersection of mystery, social justice, and empowerment. She is a certified psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist, co-founder of the Northern California Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, the first psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Petaluma, CA, and was a subject in an MDMA clinical trial.

David Presti, PHD


Brief Bio : DAVID PRESTI, PhD, has taught neurobiology and psychology at The University of California, Berkeley for nearly 30 years. For more than a decade he worked in the clinical treatment of addiction and PTSD at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. And for the past 15 years, he has been teaching neuroscience and conversing about science with Buddhist monastics in India, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Evan Sola, PsyD


Brief Bio : EVAN SOLA, PsyD, is a psychological assistant in private practice in San Francisco, CA. He is a researcher in clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD at UCSF and in the Castro. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and wrote his dissertation on themes of transformation emerging in combat veterans in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy sessions.
Felicia Matto-Shepard picture

Felicia Matto-Shepard


Brief Bio : Felicia Matto-Shepard, MFT, is an analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco with a private practice in Petaluma, CA. She facilitates experiential workshops in creativity, embodiment and archetype. She teaches in the Depth Psychology Program at Sonoma State University.

Francoise Bourzat


Brief Bio : FRANCOISE BOURZAT is trained in Somatic Psychology, has been mentored in the Mexican Mazatec tradition of the sacred mushrooms and has been sharing her approach internationally for 30 years.

Genesee Herzberg , PsyD


Brief Bio : GENESEE HERZBERG, PsyD, is a psychologist, co-founder and clinical director at Sage Integrative Health, a holistic health and psychedelic therapy clinic in Berkeley, CA. She is also a therapist for the MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD research trials in San Francisco, CA.

Jerome Braun, LMFT


Brief Bio : JEROME BRAUN, LMFT, IAAP, is a bilingual Spanish/English-speaking Jungian psychoanalyst practicing in San Francisco, CA. He trained at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich and he completed his training in Psychedelic Research & Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Jerome is intricately involved in the Shipibo ancestral lineage of healing through medicinal, psychedelic and sacred plants in the Peruvian Amazon.

Jim Matto-Shepard, PHD


Brief Bio : JIM MATTO-SHEPARD, PhD, is a licensed psychologist specializing in somatic and relational therapies, a certified Soul Motion conscious dance teacher and a graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies program in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Jim has a lifetime passion for using consciousness changing technologies in groups and is currently part of a team developing a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Petaluma, CA.

Karen Peoples, PHD


Brief Bio : KAREN PEOPLES, PhD, is a personal/supervising analyst and faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and Faculty at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. She practices in San Francisco and Corte Madera, CA. She has published and presented on numerous analytic topics, including incest and social trauma, uncanny unconscious communication, transcendent and traumatic forms of emptiness, and unconscious bodily communication.
Susan Williams picture

Susan Williams


Brief Bio : Susan Williams, MFT is an adult, adolescent, and child Jungian analyst in private practice in Berkeley, California. She trained and practiced in London before relocating to the San Francisco Bay area, where she became a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco in 2003. She is on the teaching faculty of both the adult and child analytic training programs. She has lectured and taught on infant mental health, aliveness and deadness, and autism and autistic states of mind.

William Richards, PHD


Brief Bio : WILLIAM A. RICHARDS, PhD, author of Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, from Johns Hopkins, has been conducting research with psilocybin for the past 20 years. At the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, 1967-1977, he studied psychedelics in the treatment of alcoholism, depression, narcotic addiction, the psychological distress of cancer patients, and also their educational potential for religious and mental health professionals.
Date: 11/17/19
Time: 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM

CE Hours

6.50
Registration Closed