EXPLORING THE NIGHT SEA JOURNEY THROUGH
THE MINDFUL VIEWING OF FILMS
THE MINDFUL VIEWING OF FILMS
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2024
10AM – 3PM/PT
FACULTY: FRANCIS G. LU, MD
10AM – 3PM/PT
FACULTY: FRANCIS G. LU, MD
4 Possible Continuing Education Credits Approved for MD, PhD, PsyD, MFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP & RN
TUITION: $120 (INCLUDES CEUs)
LIVESTREAM ONLY
Inspiring characters in film show personal development in the face of death, teaching us for our work and in our work with patients.
The 1997 film “Titanic” tells an extraordinary love story that can be viewed as a psychological night-sea journey—a watery initiation of anima development as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and C. G. Jung described —that brings the heroine from Eve to Helen to Mary to Sophia. The contemporary framing story of the elder heroine’s remembered love stimulated by found objects on the ship (comb, mirror, and a drawing) exemplifies the process by which the anima develops to Sophia wisdom.
Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film “Ikiru” presents the viewer with a more private night-sea journey: a sudden awareness of an individual’s mortality that leads to living a more engaged and meaningful life. The film’s hero confronts what psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom has called “the four existential issues”: death, meaninglessness, isolation, and freedom. Simultaneous to his outward late-life “Hero’s Journey”, the hero experiences a far deeper inward arc of transformation of consciousness, which takes him from the individual persona and ego, to a realization of the Self, and finally the transpersonal Unus Mundus.
FRANCIS G. LU, MD, is the Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, at the University of California, Davis. Since 1987, he has led or co-led 37 film seminars at Esalen Institute on positive psychological qualities. He has presented film seminars at C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis, Centre for Applied Jungian Studies, and Door County Summer Institute.
Date: Mar 9, 2024 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Fee
$120.00
CE Hours
4.00
Registration closes on Mar 09, 2024 01:00 AM
Activity Type
- Extended Education
Accreditation(s)
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 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco (57022) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco maintains responsibility for the program and all its content.
Requirements for CE Credit
Course credit will be applied following the completion of both the post-test and evaluation, based on attendance.
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Speaker(s)/Author(s)
Francis Lu, MD Brief Bio : FRANCIS G. LU, MD, is the Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, at University of California, Davis. As an American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Life Fellow, Dr. Lu has contributed to cultural psychiatry, psychiatric education, film and psychiatry, and psychiatry/religion/spirituality. Since 1987, he has led or co-led 36 film seminars at the Esalen Institute; 28 were with Brother David Steindl-Rast. |
Date:
03/09/24
Time:
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
CE Hours
4.00
Location
San Francisco
Registration Closed