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rancesca Ferrentelli is a psychotherapist, mythologist and storyteller. She received her doctorate in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and her MA Francesca Ferrentelli is a psychotherapist, mythologist and storyteller. She received her doctorate in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and her MA in Professional Psychology at Lindenwood College. Dr. Ferrentelli specializes in eating disorders, and lectures widely. She is the Program Manager of the Outpatient Behavioral Health Program at the St. Mary’s Health Center, has a private practice in Clayton, MO, and contracts as a therapist through the St. Alexius Hospital.
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For each of us there are energies, motives, agendas which operate outside our
conscious control and sometimes are contrary to our professed values. These
energies, which Jung collectively identified as the Shadow, might best be
defined not as evil, but as that which makes us uncomfortable with ourselves.
Such energies represent an enormous invitation for greater consciousness, for
living more ethically, and whose integration brings a greater possibility of
wholeness. What is our personal Shadow? How may we come
to know that which is by definition unconscious within us? A series of exercises
and questions will help provide greater self-awareness. Please bring a notebook
and pen with which to journal.
WORKSHOP
Understanding between the sixteen different personality types Myers and Briggs
identified can be difficult, at best, affecting family, marriage, learning and
working relations. By making use of the strengths of each type, however, one can
maximize potential and thus enhance emotional, physical and spiritual
well-being. Also, Jung believed that work on one’s non-dominant functions later
in life developed one’s capacity for wholeness.
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Sandtray / Sandplay
Therapy
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All movies are shown at
the First Congregational Church
Disney's The Kid (2000)
Chocolat (2000) The most tempting of all sweets
becomes the key weapon in a battle of sensual pleasure versus disciplined
self-denial in this comedy. In 1959, a mysterious woman named Vianne (Juliette
Binoche) moves with her young daughter into a small French village, where much
of the community's activities are dominated by the local Catholic church. A few
days after settling into town, Vianne opens up a confectionery shop across the
street from the house of worship -- shortly after the beginning of Lent. While
the townspeople are supposed to be abstaining from worldly pleasures, Vianne
tempts them with unusual and delicious chocolate creations, using her expert
touch to create just the right candy to break down each customer's resistance.
With every passing day, more and more of Vianne's neighbors are succumbing to
her sinfully delicious treats, but the Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), the
town's mayor, is not the least bit amused; he is eager to see Vianne run out of
town before she leads the town into a deeper level of temptation. Vianne,
however, is not to be swayed, and with the help of another new arrival in town,
a handsome Irish Gypsy named Roux (Johnny Depp), she plans a "Grand Festival of
Chocolate," to be held on Easter Sunday. Based on the novel by Joanne Harris,
Chocolat features a distinguished supporting cast, including Judi Dench, Lena
Olin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Peter Stormare, Hugh O'Conor, and Leslie Caron. ~ Mark
Deming, All Movie Guide
Ladies in Lavender (2005)
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Lecture Fri., January 19, 7:00 – 9:30 P.M.
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Lecture
Fri., February 2, 7:00 – 9:30 P.M. “SCINTILLAE OF
LIGHT:
The Ultimate Mystery
Workshop Sat., February 3, 9:00 A.M. - 3:30
P.M. “THE ULTIMATE
MYSTERY:
The Dragon in Myth & Psyche: Lecture Fri., March 30, 7:00 - 9:30 P.M. Click here for a Registration Form Recent research on the image and mythology of the Dragon has confirmed its presence in cultures around the world and has led even non-Jungian researchers to wonder if Jung was not right about his theory of the collective unconscious. In this lecture Dr. Moore will summarize some of the recent research on dragon mythology and suggest that the dragon image is one of the most revealing mythic representations of the power of the archetypal Self in both psychopathology and individuation.
Riding the Dragon: Workshop Sat.,
March 31, 9:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Click here for a Registration Form Please note information regarding the waiting list for this event
Central to the great traditions of both psychoanalysis and spirituality are
critical insights into the ebb and flow of the powerful--both wonderful and
dangerous--energies of life and transformation. Experiences of scarcity or
abundance, flatness or flooding, point to the key role of both access to and
optimal regulation of the golden energies of the soul. Dr. Robert Moore is an internationally recognized Jungian psychoanalyst and consultant in private practice in Chicago. Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Spirituality in the Graduate Center of the Chicago Theological Seminary, he is also a Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago and Director of Research for the Institute for the Science of Psychoanalysis. Author and editor of numerous books in psychology and spirituality, he lectures internationally on his formulation of a Neo-Jungian paradigm for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Books by Robert Moore: The Archetype of Initiation: Sacred Space, Ritual Process, and Personal Transformation, The Magician and the Analyst: The Archetype of the Magus in Occult Spirituality and Jungian Analysis, and King, Warrior, Magician, Lover, (with Douglas Gillette). His most recent book is Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity. He is currently working on his Structural Psychoanalysis and Integrative Psychotherapy: A Neo-Jungian Paradigm. Waiting List for Dr. Moore's Workshop
A large crowd is expected for the lecture, and the workshop space is limited.
Because of the latter we will be creating a waiting list for the workshop.
To insure that you have spot, please pre-register by mail with your payment for
the lecture and/or the workshop.
The Self Through Film
Lecture: Friday, April 27, 7:00 – 9:30 P.M.
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Jungian Reading of The
Odyssey
At the time Homer wrote this epic poem, some 2,700 years ago, human
consciousness was more closely allied with its unconscious substratum. A
modern-day reading of this ancient text can yield important clues about the
relationship between ego consciousness and the unconscious as that relationship
existed before the separation of the two was so well defined. In our reading,
study, and discussion, we will focus on possible value and meaning The Odyssey
holds for us today. Some basic understanding of Jungian Psychology,
particularly archetypal theory, will be of help in this course but is not
required.
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The Rooms in Your House:
In this 6-part art making workshop we will explore connections between our
created art images and the “house of our soul”, our bodies. Each evening is
designed to focus visually on a different aspect of how we take in, process,
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Seminars,
Lectures and Workshops
Analyst Panel
Discussion:
"What's Rippling Your Waters?"
Sheldon Culver, Shirley Fontenot,
Rose Holt and Ellen Sheire
Join us as our St. Louis Jungian analysts
share their current interests and insights.
Analyst Panel Discussion: Friday,
September 15, 7:00 – 9:30 P.M.
First Congregational Church UCC -
Picture of the Church
6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 -
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Fee:
Friends & Registrants by Sept.
8 - $15
Others - $20
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LECTURE & WORKSHOP
“Politics of Consciousness”
& “Splendor Solis”
Presented by ALDEN JOSEY, Ph.D., NCPsyA
Lecture:
The Quest for a
Politics of Consciousness
Lecture: Friday, October
20, 7:00 – 9:30 P.M.
First Congregational Church UCC -
Picture of the Church
6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 -
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Fee:
Friends & Registrants by Oct.
13 - $15
Others - $20
Click
here for a Registration Form
The psychological work of individuation, seen as a central obligatory task of
every person to incarnate his or her own uniqueness in some measure, ultimately
reaches into the realm of relationship and becomes a political act. I will
examine the politics of individuation and the creation of consciousness, with
every intended reference to the Greek root word, politeia, which connotes ideas
of "citizenship, life of a citizen, fellow-citizen, government, democracy,
commonwealth". I want to emphasize the dynamism that links the fate of
individuals with that of the collective for good or for ill.
The
inter-psychic component is the zone of our encounter with the collective in all
its forms, from the most intimate connections of our lives to the larger
collectives of family, tribe, nation and species. Within this zone are all the
struggles that individuals make in a group context to lift their discourse out
of the dark, undifferentiated strata of unconscious, mob-like interactions into
the light of conscious self and other-awareness.
The process
in the inter-psychic field of relationship I call communitation. The archetype
of communitation emphasizes not only the necessity and the value of the
coalescence of individuals into communities of every size but also the processes
through which the collective conscious becomes stronger, more coherent and more
humane. We will use these ideas to think about the present pain of the world and
the medicine that Psyche holds for its transformation.
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Workshop:
Alchemy & Jung: The Opus, Stone & Gold and
Images from Splendor Solis: 16th Century Alchemical Text
Workshop:
Sat., October 21, 9 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.
First Congregational Church UCC -
Picture of the Church
6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 -
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Fee:
Friends
& Registrants by Oct. 13
- $70
Others - $80 (Includes lunch)
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Alchemy is a system of symbolic imagery for the transformation of psychic
energy. For eighteen centuries, alchemists struggled to transmute the lower
forms of matter into gold, the ultimate of material value. Some of the best and
most philosophic minds grasped that theirs was a work of the soul, not a
test-tube tour de force, that alchemy was a proto-psychology, not a
proto-chemistry. In the late Renaissance there appeared one of the most
extraordinary of all alchemical texts, the Splendor Solis with a group of
fantastic paintings that describe the inner journey of individuation in powerful
and evocative imagery. We will look at these paintings with our modern
sensibility and discover how they still have power to stir the soul with hints
of the difficulties and the rewards of a personal work of transformation.
Alden Josey,
Ph.D., NCPsyA is a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in Wilmington,
DE. He obtained a doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of
Illinois, and then enjoyed a long career in fundamental and applied organic
chemistry
research. He subsequently received a diploma in Analytical Psychology from the
C. G, Jung Institute, Zurich. Dr. Josey was Director of Studies and Director of
Admissions for the C. G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia, and currently teaches
as a Senior Training Analyst. He has taught and lectured internationally. His
publications include “Molecules and Mandalas”, Psychological Perspectives, Issue
#28, 1993, “The New Ethic”, The Round Table Review, 1996, and “What is Jung
About? What Does It Mean to Me?”, The Round Table Review, Jan/Feb 1999, V. 6,
No. 3.
Workshop:
Archetypal Astrology;
Healing Language for the 21st Century
Presented by Laurence Hillman, Astrologer and Author
Saturday, November 18, 2006;
9:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.
First Congregational Church UCC -
Picture of the Church
6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 -
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Fee:
Friends/Early Registrants, by Nov. 3 - $70
Others - $80
Click here for a Registration Form
Limited to 20 participants. For professional
astrologers and beginners alike.
You must have your ACCURATE natal astrological chart to participate.
If you do not have a chart contact Laurence at
laurence@lhillman.com.
We
live in a time where moderate religion is fading and yet answers to life’s big
questions remain. Archetypal astrology can address core issues about human
nature. It blends philosophy, spirituality, and psychology into a penetrating
worldview. In this lecture we will get an introduction to this way of thinking.
Drawing on traditional concepts from astrology and Jungian psychology we will
adapt both to modern times. We will find answers to very practical and personal
questions and explore a rewarding personal path. Using language from the theatre
will increase our insights and give us a set of tools to express archetypal
patterns we live out every day. In this worldview the planets become actors on
our inner stage. While Jung postulated a certain set of archetypes present in
all, this lecture will expand on this notion. Going back to Plato’s cave
metaphor, the astrological planets become core “ideas” that exist in all but are
expressed personally according to our ancestry, culture, biological inheritance
and general environment. The platonic “ideas” become archetypal patterns that
can be read in a person by understanding their birth chart. This provides us
with a tremendous tool for human understanding and for grasping the complexities
of our inner life in relationship to the outer circumstances we find ourselves
in daily.
The workshop will help
participants investigate specific details in their birth chart and apply the
ideas presented to the group. While there will be some limited one-on-one work,
participants will learn something else than they would get from an
individualized astrological reading. The two should not be confused. Mostly a
relaxed yet intellectually challenging and enjoyable day will give each
participant a much-deepened sense of self-understanding.
Born and
raised in Zurich, Switzerland, Laurence Hillman is a full-time
astrologer, teacher and lecturer. He has been a professional astrologer for
nearly 30 years. Laurence has lectured internationally, conducted workshops in
the Globe Theatre in London, and has taught at Jean Houston’s Mystery School. He
is the author of numerous articles and the co-author of Alignments – How to Live
in Harmony with the Universe. His forthcoming book is Archetypal Astrology – How
to Re-imagine Your Life. Laurence lives in St. Louis, has an MBA, a Master’s in
Engineering Management, and a degree in Architecture. He is the son of James
Hillman, world-renowned psychological scholar.
Study Groups
Soul
at the Center: the Role of Soul in Jungian Analysis
Presented by Sheldon Culver
4
consecutive Tuesdays (Oct. 17,24,31/Nov. 7)
7:30 – 9:30 P.M.
Classes will be held in a home in the Central West End.
Friends, $45; All others, $55
Limited to 8 registrants
Readings: To be provided by presenter at no extra cost
If the goal
of Jungian work is wholeness (individuation) the center and source of this goal
is soul and soul’s hunger to incarnate. This seminar will focus on Jung’s
understanding of Psyche as dynamic, and imbued with a religious inclination that
shapes the work. We will look at what Jung called the “transcendent function”
and the process of symbol formation, how soul both informs and guides the
analystic experience, and the call “to become” in this life.
Sheldon Culver is both a Jungian analyst with a private practice in St.
Louis and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She trained as an
analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. You may
contact Sheldon at (636) 795-0750.
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The Power and Practice of Story
Presented by Shirley Fontenot
6 Thursdays (Sep. 14,28/Oct. 19/Nov. 2,16/Dec. 7)
7:30 – 9:30 P.M.
Classes will be held in a home in University City.
Friends, $65; All others, $75
Limited to 8 registrants
Suggested Text: Storycatcher by Christina Baldwin
Story shapes
who we are, gives us a sense of self, connects us with the world, and outlines
our relationship with reality. Christina Baldwin states that, “Story opens up a
space between people. In the act of telling story, we create a world we invite
others into. And in the act of listening to story, we accept an invitation into
experiences that are not our own, although they seem to be.”
The importance of telling one’s story is clearly evident in Memories, Dreams and
Reflections by C. G. Jung, recorded and edited by Aniela Jaffe. After much
hesitation Jung consented to tell his story, eventually writing parts of it
himself. This process was extremely important to Jung, and a wonderful gift to
any of us who read it.
Our stories
and the process of telling them are equally as important to us and to those who
receive them. Participants in this study group will have the opportunity to tell
some of their stories, and to listen to the stories of others. The listening and
the telling will offer an experience of having stories received and held with
respect.
Shirley M. Fontenot, D.Min., a diplomate of the C.G. Jung Institute of
Chicago, is a Jungian analyst practicing in St. Louis and Chicago. You may
contact Shirley Fontenot at (314) 740-0105.
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Introduction to Jungian Psychology
Presented by Rose F. Holt
8 Thursdays (Sep. 7,21/Oct. 12,26/Nov.
9,30/Dec.14,21)
7:30 – 9:30 P.M.
The group will meet at a residence in University City
Friends, $85; All others, $95
Limited to 10 registrants
Readings: To be provided by presenter at no extra cost
To augment the eight class meetings, participants will have access to a
shared weblog for additional discussion and dialogue.
Continuing education credits
Beginning
with ego and shadow, this course will cover the basic concepts of analytical
psychology, including anima and animus, archetypes, complexes, the Self, the
individuation process and the role of dreams in personality development. Texts
for course readings, moderate in scope and drawn from the works of C.G. Jung and
other analysts, will be provided at no additional cost.
Rose Holt,
a Jungian analyst who divides her private practice between St. Louis and
Chicago, is a diplomate of the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago. If you
wish to have further information about the course or have questions, please
contact Rose Holt at (314) 726-2032 or e-mail her at
roseholt@aol.com.
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Dreams
Presented by Ellen Sheire
12 Mondays (Sep. 11,18,25/Oct. 2,9,30/Nov.
6,13,20,27/Dec. 4,11)
7:30 – 9:30 P.M.
Classes will be held in a home in Kirkwood
Friends, $125; All others, $135
Limited to 14 registrants
Text: C. G. Jung, Dreams, Princeton University Press, Bollingen Series XX,
Translated by R.F.C. Hull, Paperback edition, 9th printing, 1990.
Continuing education credits
The text for
this reading group is a paperback edition of Bollingen Series XX, which
comprises C. G. Jung’s writings chosen from his Collected Works, and deals
specifically with dreams. For the layman and the professional alike this volume
simply and clearly presents Jung’s work.
The way in
which Jung approached and treated the study of the dream evolved, transformed,
and enlarges as he continually probed the human psyche throughout his life.
Starting in 1900 using the dream as a tool for research in psychoanalysis, Jung
takes this tool of dream analysis and presents in his writings the material
yielded in probing the depth and breadth of the personal unconscious,
discovering and mapping out dominants in the collective unconscious, which he
called the “archetypes”. To the student of art, literature, history and
religion, this concise study of the dream provides rich material.
Ellen Sheire’s academic and professional background was in clinical
psychology prior to receiving her analyst’s diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute
in Zurich in 1972. She has a private practice in St. Louis. You may
contact Ellen Sheire at (314) 965-2549.
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Pregnancy, Birth & the
Inner Mother
Facilitated by Deborah Stutsman
4 Wednesdays (Nov. 15,29/Dec. 6,13)
7:00 – 9:00 P.M.
Classes will be held in a home in the Central West End
Friends, $60; All others, $65
(includes $15 materials fee)
Limited to 8 registrants
In the
darkening season of late autumn as we approach the longest night of the year and
the yuletide season of anticipating the Light of the Divine Child, we will use
this 4-part series as a means by which to give visual expression to the cycle of
creation and creativity: The Longing and Waiting Time, the Pregnancy, the
Birthing, and the Nurturing. Working primarily with 3-dimensional medium (clay,
natural and found objects, paper construction) we will seek with our personal
imagery to honor our bodies, matter (mater) and the Feminine, and to strengthen
the connection with our Inner Mother. These four evening’s images will create
your own gift to youself of a sort of mandala or Whole. Please be advised that
kiln facilities are not available. This is an experiential not a study class. No
previous art experience is necessary, only a willingness to let your hands speak
for you!
Deborah Stutsman, ATR-BC, LPC, is a board certified art therapist and
Licensed Professional Counselor, who has a private practice in St. Louis and
contracts independently with the St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute in
their Psychology and Religion Program. For more information about art therapy,
check the website www.arttherapy.org.
You may contact Deborah Stutsman at 314-361-1120 or 314-412-2168.
OPEN HOUSE
RECEPTION
At the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago
ANALYST
TRAINING PROGRAM
and
CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM
Friday Evening, November 3rd at 6:30
for information and reservations call
312-701-0400
The Analyst Training
Program
prepares licensed and experienced clinicians to be certified as Jungian
Psychoanalysts. The program provides participants with an opportunity
to gain an in-depth knowledge of Analytical Psychology. It emphasizes
both personal and clinical development through on-going analysis and
supervision within the context of a professional community.
The Clinical Training Program provides a two-year program for licensed mental health professional in Analytical Psychotherapy – a therapeutic approach that utilizes a symbolic perspective within the context of a highly personal interactional field.
The C.G Jung
Institute of Chicago is approved by the APA to sponsor continuing
education
for psychologists and by the Illinois Department of Professional
Regulation for social workers and LCPCs
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Thursdays (Sep. 20/Oct. 4, 18/Nov. 1,15, 29/Dec. 13)
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