THE #METOO MOVEMENT: EMBODIED SHAME AND SCAPEGOATING SEXUALITY IN MODERN DAY AMERICA

Polarization and blame are on the rise in the social narrative. The perpetrator/victim complex is being enacted politically and culturally. By bringing this more fully into consciousness in the individual, the clinician can help the collective consciousness hold the tension with the hope that the transcendent function will reveal. Through contemporary and historical stories, mythology and personal examples, we will examine how the victim-perpetrator polarity can be caustic as one pole collapses into the other in a cycle of shame and power. A portion of this seminar will be experiential, designed to explore personal and collective material. By holding the tension of the polarization in our consciousness, we hope to support its transformation. We will employ the presence and interrelatedness of the feminine and the discernment of the masculine to support the journey. 

 

 

KAI ARDEN, MD, is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst in San Francisco, CA. In addition to private practice, she has worked with homeless individuals, cared for people at the end of life as a hospice physician,  taught women’s health in Nepal and aided those in psychiatric crisis. Her latest interest is in the intersection of yoga and psychotherapy.

 

CAROLYN BATES, PHD, is a psychologist and diplomate Jungian analyst in Austin, Texas. She has offered multiple workshops and lectures on ethics and boundary violations, technology’s influence within the collective, the symbolism of pilgrimage, the feminine archetype in dreams and fairy tales, and the phenomenon of synchronicity and trauma in the collective.

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.