Introduction to Jungian Child Analysis

Introduction to Jungian Child Analysis

 

Sat, Jan 17, 2015

Registration closes on Apr 18, 2015 at 11:00 PM

Introduction to Jungian Child Analysis I: A Clinical and Theoretical Overview with Case Examples

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: THE INSTITUTE
FACULTY: MARGO LEAHY, M.D.

5.5 Continuing Education Credits Approved for MD, PhD, LCSW, MFT & RN 

 

While the work of Carl Jung was primarily focused on adults, his theoretical ideas paved the way for the later development of Jungian child analysis. His earliest writing on the self and archetypes, as expanded through the post-Jungian work of Neumann, Fordham, and others, provides a richly integrated theoretical perspective on infants and children. Through clinical vignettes, chosen to illustrate the central themes in Jungian child analysis, this course will attempt to provide a comprehensive overview for discussion by the participants. This will include an examination of the ways current attachment theory complements and reaffirms earlier Jungian child work, as well as a review of the role of the sandplay movement in contemporary child analysis.

 

A major goal of the seminar is to acquaint psychotherapists with the field of Jungian child analysis both to offer aspects of this treatment modality for general therapeutic work with children, and to stimulate interest in the uniquely Jungian approach. An individual completing this seminar should be able to utilize specific concepts of child development and Jungian theory to enrich and deepen their clinical work with children and adolescents.

MARGO LEAHY, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Jungian analyst who did her analytic training at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and the Society for Analytical Psychology in London. She also spent time at the adolescent division of the Tavistock Centre. She is the past Director of the Child Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University, where she did her adult and child psychiatric training. Dr. Leahy has been in private practice as well as teaching and lecturing for many years. She is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF and an analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. She is also a certified Jungian child and adolescent analyst on the iCAT faculty. She is a past member of the IAAP Working Party on Child and Adolescence.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Margo Leahy, MD Brief Bio : Margo Leahy, M.D., is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and certified Jungian child and adult analyst who studied at Stanford University, the Society of Analytical Psychology in London and the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. She is a past Director of the Child Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford and currently an associate professor at UCSF. She teaches widely, supervises trainees and is on the Board of Governors at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. Her private practice is in San Francisco.

Date: 01/17/15

Time: 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM

CE Hours

5.50

Fee

$160.00

Location

C. G. Jung Institute of SF Seminar Room

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Sat, Feb 07, 2015

Registration closes on Apr 18, 2015 at 11:00 PM

Introduction to Jungian Child Analysis II: The Transformative Power of Play

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: THE INSTITUTE
FACULTY: LIZA J. RAVITZ, PHD, CST-T; PATRICIA SPEIER, MD

5.5 Continuing Education Credits Approved for MD, PhD, LCSW, MFT & RN

 

Archetypal, Developmental and Transference Aspects in a Sandplay Case of a 5-Year Old Boy with Separation Anxiety. The morning segment of this course will focus on archetypal, developmental and transference aspects of a Sandplay therapy with a 5 year old boy. This boy suffered from an uncontrollable outbreak of affect and severe separation anxiety as the birth of second sibling approached. He had been traumatized at age two with the birth of his first sibling, resulting in a too early separation from his mother. His present symptoms were derived from this earlier trauma being reactivated by the coming of another baby. As this case progresses we weill see how archetypal development from the realm of the Matriarch to the realm of the Patriarch progressed, how the ability to hold the opposites of good and bad in one object developed and how both the positive and negative transference helped this boy move forward in his development. Sandplay, being a right brain method, was an especially appropriate medium for working with this boy with early relational trauma because of the connection Sandplay has with the archetypal mother with the early mother-infant bond with the unconscious and with the symbolic, imaginal aspect of the psyche. 

 

In the second half of the course, the play therapy case of a young girl with sever social phobia will be presented. Other case vignettes will be explored and participants will be invited to discuss their own case work. We will discuss ways to understand the unfolding themes of the play from both attachment and Kleinian perspectives. Exploring how to enlarge the themes of the play and interpret the metaphor of the play will be demonstrated through case discussion. By "playing" in this seminar in the sea of our patients’ stories, participants can gain a deeper sense of the transformative potential of their own work through a deeper understanding of the uses of play.   

 

 

Liza J. Ravitz, PhD, is a Jungian Child and Adult Psychoanalyst, a Clinical Psychologist and a teaching member of the International Society of Sandplay Therapists (ISST). Dr. Ravitz teaches in the training program of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, has clinical practices in San Francisco and Petaluma and is an Associate Professor at Sonoma State University. For the past two years, Dr. Ravitz has been living in Taipei, Taiwan, practicing Jungian analysis with Chinese patients and teaching Jungian Theory as a Visiting Scholar at Shih Chien University. Dr. Ravitz has presented her work both internationally and nationally.
 

Patricia L. Speier, MD, is a child, adolescent and adult analyst and member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.  Her academic appointment is as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry.  Dr. Speier teaches both locally and nationally on play therapy, and the treatment of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents.  She also gives workshops on creativity in adults, among other topics.  She has a private practice in both Berkeley and San Francisco, California.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Liza Ravitz, PhD Brief Bio : Liza J. Ravitz, PhD is a Jungian Child and Adult Psychoanalyst and Clinical Psychologist. She is a member of the C.G. Jung Institute in San Francisco where she teaches in the analyst training and the continuing education programs. Liza has clinical practices in San Francisco and Petaluma where she works with both children and adults, is an Associate Professor at SSU and a teaching member of ISST. Liza teaches and trains therapists internationally and has published on various topics.

Patricia L. Speier, MD Brief Bio : Patricia L. Speier, MD is a Child, Adolescent and Adult analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and a Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Speier teaches both locally and nationally on play therapy and the treatment of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. Other expertise includes creativity and play in adults. She has a private practice in Berkeley and San Francisco.

Date: 02/07/15

Time: 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM

CE Hours

5.50

Fee

$160.00

Location

C. G. Jung Institute of SF Seminar Room

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Sat, Mar 14, 2015

Registration closes on Apr 18, 2015 at 11:00 PM

Introduction to Jungian Child Analysis III: Trauma and the Capacity to Symbolize

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SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: THE INSTITUTE 
FACULTY: Lauren Cunningham, MSW
5.5 Continuing Education Credits Approved for MD, PhD, LCSW, MFT & RN

 

Trauma and the Capacity to Symbolize: Using Guillermo del Toro’s film El Laberinto del Fauno to illustrate the symbol making of a 10-year-old girl  

 

Participants will view clips from El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) directed by Guillermo del Toro to illustrate how a child’s symbolic world can help mediate personal, cultural and collective trauma, and wounds to the “personal spirit.”

In Pan's Labyrinth Ofelia is a ten year old girl in 1944 during Franco's post-civil-war reign in Spain. The family is sent to a remote forest where her stepfather is a harsh figure who brutally hunts down republican rebels. Her mother dies in the birth of her son by Ofelia's stepfather. Ofelia's connection to symbolic life helps her mature and give birth to herself in a time of suffering and loss. We’ll discuss how symbolization can be shut-down and regressed as well as leading to an activation of the transcendent function that may assist one in times of trauma. Ms. Cunningham will also present clinical case material of children in her practice to illustrate the symbolic function of the psyche in Jungian analytic work with children.

 

Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, is a child and adult analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, and teaching member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy. Her analytic practice is in San Francisco and she consults for the Parent Participation Nursery Schools of San Francisco. She is an associate professor at California Institute of Integral Studies, founding editor of Journal of Sandplay Therapy and teaches and presents on sandplay and Jungian analysis internationally.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

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.

Date: 03/14/15

Time: 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM

CE Hours

5.50

Fee

$160.00

Location

C. G. Jung Institute of SF Seminar Room

Registration Closed  

Sat, Apr 18, 2015

Registration closes on Apr 18, 2015 at 11:00 PM