Format: Zoom and In person — C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, Lecture Room.
Continuing Education: 2 CE credits can be earned.
While increasing numbers of patients are bringing political material to therapy, most therapists have received limited guidance as to how to engage with it productively, beyond managing patients’ affective states and interpreting. This presentation examines some of the ways in which politically and socially engaged art can inform the clinician’s capacity to hold, amplify, and work therapeutically with politically charged material. Drawing from visual and performative examples, participants will explore the practices, attitudes, and creative strategies of politically engaged artists and consider their relevance to clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
This course is designed to help you:
- Apply at least one approach derived from politically engaged art practice to the treatment of political material within the analytic or psychotherapeutic frame.
- Give an example of how to work with a patient who brings political material to therapy, drawing on principles from socially engaged art.
Andrew Samuels is a frequent visitor to Los Angeles. He is a relational Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice, professor, activist and political consultant (including to Britain's National Health Service). He founded or co-founded many progressive organizations within the 'psy' field, including Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, Psychotherapy and Counselling Union, Analysis and Activism, International Association for Jungian Studies, and the Confederation for Analytical Psychology.
Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology, London. Former Honorary Secretary of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Founder Board Member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Elected Chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy 2009-2012. He has worked as Consultant for Routledge's Jung List since 1984.
His many books have been translated into up to 21 languages. These include Jung and the Post-Jungians (1985), The Father (1986/2025), Psychopathology (1989), The Plural Psyche (1989), The Political Psyche 1993), Politics on the Couch (2001), Persons, Passions, Psychotherapy, Politics (2015), and A New Therapy for Politics? (2018). His most recent book (2025) is published by Routledge: Reflecting Critically on the Political Psyche: Therapy, Testament and Trouble in Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis. A selection of video lectures and 'rants' is available on www.andrewsamuels.com
Continuing Education:
Psychologists, LCSWs, MFTs, LPCCs: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nurses: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is an accredited provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Registered Nurses may claim only the actual number of hours spent in the educational activity for credit.
Refund:
Requests must be emailed to publicprograms@junginla.org at least 24 hours before the program begins. No refund will be issued otherwise.
Format: Zoom and In person — C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, Lecture Room.
Continuing Education: 2 CE credits can be earned.
While increasing numbers of patients are bringing political material to therapy, most therapists have received limited guidance as to how to engage with it productively, beyond managing patients’ affective states and interpreting. This presentation examines some of the ways in which politically and socially engaged art can inform the clinician’s capacity to hold, amplify, and work therapeutically with politically charged material. Drawing from visual and performative examples, participants will explore the practices, attitudes, and creative strategies of politically engaged artists and consider their relevance to clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
This course is designed to help you:
- Apply at least one approach derived from politically engaged art practice to the treatment of political material within the analytic or psychotherapeutic frame.
- Give an example of how to work with a patient who brings political material to therapy, drawing on principles from socially engaged art.
Andrew Samuels is a frequent visitor to Los Angeles. He is a relational Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice, professor, activist and political consultant (including to Britain's National Health Service). He founded or co-founded many progressive organizations within the 'psy' field, including Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, Psychotherapy and Counselling Union, Analysis and Activism, International Association for Jungian Studies, and the Confederation for Analytical Psychology.
Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology, London. Former Honorary Secretary of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Founder Board Member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Elected Chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy 2009-2012. He has worked as Consultant for Routledge's Jung List since 1984.
His many books have been translated into up to 21 languages. These include Jung and the Post-Jungians (1985), The Father (1986/2025), Psychopathology (1989), The Plural Psyche (1989), The Political Psyche 1993), Politics on the Couch (2001), Persons, Passions, Psychotherapy, Politics (2015), and A New Therapy for Politics? (2018). His most recent book (2025) is published by Routledge: Reflecting Critically on the Political Psyche: Therapy, Testament and Trouble in Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis. A selection of video lectures and 'rants' is available on www.andrewsamuels.com
Continuing Education:
Psychologists, LCSWs, MFTs, LPCCs: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nurses: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is an accredited provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Registered Nurses may claim only the actual number of hours spent in the educational activity for credit.
Refund:
Requests must be emailed to publicprograms@junginla.org at least 24 hours before the program begins. No refund will be issued otherwise.
