workshops

March 15-16, 2025, Second Child & Adolescent Conference, Taipei, Taiwan

The Child: Wonderous and Challenging from a Jungian Perspective

The Jungian analyst holds deep appreciation for the archetypal and spiritual realms especially in working with children. Because we hold both the light and dark forces which surface from the child’s unconscious, this guides the child to integrate both poles more fully and achieve a greater sense of wholeness through increased ego strength. With firm grounding in developmental and temperamental  factors in this work with children our inner child is activated with the spontaneity that is needed for the relationship. The use of analytical therapy with mood disorders and trauma will be discussed with case examples highlighting the creativity that emerges.

August 18-22, 2025, 27th ISST International Congress, Changing Horizons: Encountering the Other in Sandplay Therapy, Egmond ann Zee, The Netherlands

Encountering the Other in the United States of America: Implications for Working with Children and Families

This lecture will address the collective shadow of the United States of America with illustrations of the development of the shadow of this country. The Declaration of Independence signed July 4, 1776, stating “…that all men are created equal…”, having the “right” to pursue happiness, and Emma Lazarus’ poem on the Statue of Liberty, essentially welcomed immigrants to this country. Despite the implication of acceptance, many immigrants, and indigenous peoples throughout American history, were seen as ‘the Other’. A brief history of the American family, childcare, and clinical work with an immigrant family will be presented and lead to discussion from the participants.

August 24-29, 2025, XXIII International Congress of Analytical Psychology, Zurich, Switzerland 

Jungian Child Analysis: Entering the Unknown/Non-Understandable

The case of an immigrant family from a South Asian background who were trying to assimilate into the American culture and yet hold on to their valued traditions, placed much pressure on their eldest child to succeed. Like on the one side of the stone at Bollingen, he felt orphaned, alone to face the disappointments he experienced from his parents. This 8-year analysis followed his journey from orphan to warrior. To enter relationship and to know oneself is key to all healing. “…the process of coming to terms with the Other in us…[helps us] to know aspects of our nature”, (Jung, CW 14, par. 706) and this is particularly true in our work with the child as we enter the relationship going from non-understandable to understandable, a courageous journey.