PROMISES & PERILS OF PSYCHEDELICS: CATALYZING INDIVIDUATION & DYSREGULATING EGO


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021
1 – 4PM
FACULTY: KILE M. ORTIGO, PhD, EVAN SOLA, PsyD, JEROME BRAUN, LMFT
3 Possible Continuing Education Credits Approved for MD, PhD, PsyD, MFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP & RN
TUITION: $75 INCLUDES CEUs
 
At this time all classes will be online. As guidelines and requirements for meeting in public evolve and we are able to do so safely, we will let registrants know their options. 
 

C. G. Jung’s concept of individuation may be viewed as a framework for the expansiveness stimulated by powerful experiences, such as psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
The process of individuation offers much in both risk and reward. With growing threats of environmental and cultural crisis, the need for fostering consciousness is great. This half-day conference will explore individuation as a framework for the expansiveness required to facilitate humanity’s flourishing in the 21st century. We will explore the promises and perils of stimulating individuation with powerful experiences, such as psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
 
Kile M. Ortigo will relate individuation concepts to psychospiritual models such as Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and the Perennial Philosophy. He will connect psychedelic journeys with a larger
individuation framework with examples from myth, religion, and film to highlight risks and rewards as understood from our modern culture.

Evan Sola will continue the discussion with clinical material from psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy sessions. Alongside healing, the psyche may become permeable to intense affects that threaten ego integrity. 
 
Clinical vignettes will show how clients move through these places, often revealing archetypal themes. A discussion and panel Q&A led by Jungian analyst Jerome Braun will follow the above.
 
 
KILE M. ORTIGO, PhD, is a psychologist at the Center for Existential Exploration and on the advisory board for Psychedelic.Support, an online resource for legal, psychedelic-informed care. He received his PhD from Emory University and completed CIIS’s Psychedelic Research Certificate Program, where he was mentored by Bill Richards. He is currently writing his second book on psychedelic and existential themes of integration.
 
EVAN SOLA, PsyD, is a psychologist in private practice in San Francisco, CA. He is a researcher in clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD at UCSF and at Polaris Insight Center. 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.
 
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 in Zürich, Switzerland, and 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.
 
 

Date: Feb 20, 2021 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Fee

$75.00

CE Hours

3.00

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 3.00 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.

 

Registration Closed  

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

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.

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.

Kile M. Ortigo


Brief Bio : KILE M. ORTIGO, PhD, is a psychologist at the Center for Existential Exploration and on the advisory board for Psychedelic.Support, an online resource for legal, psychedelic-informed care. He received his PhD from Emory University and completed CIIS’s Psychedelic Research Certificate Program, where he was mentored by Bill Richards. He is currently writing his second book on psychedelic and existential themes of integration.
Date: 02/20/21
Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM

CE Hours

3.00