Saturday, June 20, 2026; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY: A CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING PRACTICE
Jung defined individuation as the process of creating a psychologically-minded individual who, as a result of learning to adapt to the collective and then undergoing a differentiation process, is granted freedom. In this paradigm, analysis is seen as a process by which the individual is gradually able to re-integrate formerly split-off parts of the self, resulting in a greater sense of self-agency and cohesion. In this presentation, we will examine some of Jung's ideas regarding the stages of consciousness as a means of mapping the emergence of a psychological process.
MARYBETH CARTER, PhD, is a Jungian analyst with a degree in religious studies with honors from Indiana University and in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she is now an adjunct faculty member. She is past chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) and serves on the board of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Marybeth’s interests are in the creative arts, transcendent states, and the process of individuation. Some of her published work includes “Crystalizing the Universe in Geometrical Figures: Diagrammatic Abstraction in the Creative Works of Hilma af Klint and C. G. Jung” and “Painting an Especially Bright Spirit: A Jungian Lens on the Art of Agnes Pelton,” all published in Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche. Her book The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis, co-edited with Stephen Farah, is published by Routledge and won the 2023 Gravida Award for Best Edited Book. Recently, Marybeth was Guest Editor of a special issue of Psychological Perspectives journal entitled, “Queer Jungian Voices.” Correspondence: Marybeth.Carter@msn.com.
Saturday, June 20, 2026; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY: A CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING PRACTICE
Jung defined individuation as the process of creating a psychologically-minded individual who, as a result of learning to adapt to the collective and then undergoing a differentiation process, is granted freedom. In this paradigm, analysis is seen as a process by which the individual is gradually able to re-integrate formerly split-off parts of the self, resulting in a greater sense of self-agency and cohesion. In this presentation, we will examine some of Jung's ideas regarding the stages of consciousness as a means of mapping the emergence of a psychological process.
MARYBETH CARTER, PhD, is a Jungian analyst with a degree in religious studies with honors from Indiana University and in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she is now an adjunct faculty member. She is past chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) and serves on the board of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Marybeth’s interests are in the creative arts, transcendent states, and the process of individuation. Some of her published work includes “Crystalizing the Universe in Geometrical Figures: Diagrammatic Abstraction in the Creative Works of Hilma af Klint and C. G. Jung” and “Painting an Especially Bright Spirit: A Jungian Lens on the Art of Agnes Pelton,” all published in Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche. Her book The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis, co-edited with Stephen Farah, is published by Routledge and won the 2023 Gravida Award for Best Edited Book. Recently, Marybeth was Guest Editor of a special issue of Psychological Perspectives journal entitled, “Queer Jungian Voices.” Correspondence: Marybeth.Carter@msn.com.
