Jungian Psychology In Clinical Practice - September 2025- June 2026

The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles offers a Certificate Program for licensed mental health professionals, which spans a ten-month period from September 2025 to June 2026. It is structured around seminar courses, which will meet monthly, on Saturdays, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Each day will focus on a current topic in Analytical Psychology.

The morning session, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., will begin with a theoretical presentation, followed by case material and a discussion period. Following the lunch break, the afternoon session, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., will be devoted to case consultation in smaller groups. It will provide an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

The class is intended for licensed mental health professionals, including Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists. 

The first class on September 20, 2025 and the last class on June 13, 2026 will be hybrid, (with an in person and Zoom option). In person will meet at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles located 10349 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064. We recommend attending these two classes in person to create group cohesion but understand that some participants will only be able to attend via Zoom.

All other classes will be held online via Zoom with some hybrid.  

One case consultation group will be in-person only in Los Angeles and the other consultation groups will be online via Zoom.

Saturday, September 20, 2025 / 9:00 am - 1:00 pm [Pacific]

Jung in Context

Presented by Marybeth Carter, Ph.D. 

This seminar will present an overview of the origins, as well as key theories such as archetypes and complexes, of Jungian psychology within the history of depth psychology, a psychology that attempts to understand the language and dynamics of the unconscious as it manifests within individuals and the world. During the class, we will address how Jungian psychology, an empirically validated psychodynamic form of psychotherapy, can facilitate healing, including psychosomatic healing, when therapists employ the depth approach with clients. Key factors related to depth healing practices will be discussed based on Jung’s theories about the psyche, the transcendent function, and working with the contents of the unconscious.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the main concepts of depth psychology. 
• Demonstrate a clinical understanding of key differences between cognitive behavioral therapy versus Jungian-informed psychotherapeutic approaches in clinical practice. 
• Describe how a complex is formed, including how to identify the defensive structures inherent in a specific complex.
• Give a clinical example of how to apply key concepts of depth psychology to a clinical context. 

Marybeth Carter, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst in private practice in Palm Springs and West LA. She serves on the Board of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and is also on the Board of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS). She is an adjunct faculty teaching Jungian Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Antioch University. Marybeth has a special interest in the creative arts, gender and sexuality studies, and individuation. She also has had an extensive career in nonprofit leadership and published in the victim and trauma services field as well as in Jungian Studies. Her book, The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis co-edited with Stephen Farah, won the 2024 Gravida Award for Best Edited Book. Correspondence: marybeth.carter@msn.com.  

Saturday, September 20, 2025 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Jung in Context

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain how Jungian analysis is different from other analytic schools of thought;
• Describe what is meant by an analytic or symbolic attitude towards the unconscious

Saturday, October 11, 2025

The Dynamism of Shadow and Complexes

Presented by Paula Smith-Marder, Ph.D.

Shadow and complexes operate as dynamic forces in our lives but are often elusive to grasp. In this seminar, we will examine some of the ways in which shadow material and complexes appear in dreams, daily life, and relationships. Learning to identify and work with these unconscious aspects of self, both personally and in our clinical work, can lead to a greater sense of integration and cohesion.

 Learning Objectives:

• Describe what Jung meant by shadow.
• Describe a complex including its archetypal core.
• Give a clinical example of what it means to be caught in a complex.
• Describe the difference between the positive and the negative shadow. 

Paula Smith-Marder, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Pacific Palisades, and an Analyst member of the CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles where she is on the Faculty and served for eight years as Director of Training. She has taught at Alliant University and was an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Women’s Life Center at UCLA in the Department of Psychiatry for sixteen years. She has an MA in English from California State University and an MA and PhD from California School of Professional Psychology (Alliant University)  Other interests include piano, painting and reading novels.

Saturday, October 11, 2025 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: The Dynamism of Shadow and Complexes

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe what is meant by the personal shadow, and give an example from clinical practice;
• Describe what is meant by a complex and give an example from clinical practice.

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Archetypes

Presented by Steve Garman, Psy.D.

Archetypal images lie at the core of analytical psychology. An ability to identify and experience the energy of the archetype, as well as its power and structure, is an essential element in understanding the connection between the individual's psychological experience and their connection to the collective. In this workshop, we will explore the development of Jung's ideas of archetypes and how unconscious processes (attitudes, complexes) reveal themselves through archetypal images. We will examine some of the ways in which archetypal images manifest across cultures and history, and how archetypal processes can impact our behavior, guide our thoughts, and affect our  countertransference response to our patient's material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe what is meant by the term archetype and why it is a crucial part of the analytic process.
• Describe how an archetypal process or energy can take hold of a person's narrative and guide their behavior and emotions.
• Describe 3 specific archetypes (e.g. Shadow, Anima, Animus) and how they manifest in the context of psychotherapy.
• Give an example of how an archetype or archetypal energy can manifest in the therapist's unconscious and describe how it can influence the countertransference. 

Steve Garman, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst with a private practice in Claremont, California. He continues to be actively involved in the training process of candidates and interns at the CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles.

Saturday, November 8, 2025 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Archetypes

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe what is meant by an archetype, and give an example from clinical practice;
• Describe what is meant by a complex having an archetypal core and give an example from clinical practice.

Saturday, December 13, 2025

The Ego, the Self,   
and the Religious Function of the Psyche 

Presented by Paul Gabrinetti, Ph.D. 

Carl Jung demonstrated that the human psyche has an innate spiritual dimension that is often overlooked in traditional psychotherapy. This course will focus on the interaction between the Ego and the Self, clarifying what the ego and the self are, and how their interaction within each individual lays the groundwork for meaningful life priorities and actions which Jung referred to as the Religious function. The course will also explore the Religious function as differentiated from “religion” in the institutional sense and what value this has in psychotherapy. Clinical examples will be used to clarify and ground these understandings.

Learning Objectives: 

• Describe the conventional use of the terms Ego and Self, their necessary relationship, and why the conventional understandings of these concepts are limiting.
• Describe what is meant by the religious nature of the psyche from a symbolic perspective, and why it is a critical part of Jung’s perspective.
• Describe the use of the relationship between the Ego and the Self in individual development and in the meaning making or Religious function of the psyche.
• Give examples of the emergence of the Self in dreams and how it points to the Religious function in the psyche.
• Describe the difference between the religious function of the psyche and the practice of a “religion”.

Paul A. Gabrinetti, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist on the faculty in the Analyst Training Program at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and a former instructor at USC. He is in private practice in Woodland Hills.

Saturday, December 13, 2025 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: The Ego, the Self,   
and the Religious Function of the Psyche 

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe what is meant by the ego-Self axis and give an example from clinical practice;
• Describe what is meant by the role of symbol formation in analysis, what contributes to and what inhibits this process;

Saturday, January 10, 2026

Myths and Fairy Tales:   
Their Practical Application in the Consulting Room

Presented by Sheila Traviss, M.A., L.M.F.T.

Myths, and fairy tales,  reflect human thoughts and consciousness. Embedded within these stories are archetypes imbued with symbolism and meaning that, upon inspection and reflection, allow the clinician to reach a greater depth in the clinical setting. Drawing from various fairy tales, and myths, we will identify some of Jung’s major theories, such as complex, shadow, persona, and the unconscious, to develop a greater curiosity and understanding of their symbolic representation in literature and in the consultation room. We will use Jung’s tool of amplification to increase our knowledge of how these aspects of the psyche can present in the context of analysis, as well as work to help patients better understand and integrate these aspects of the personality.

Learning objectives:

• Apply story elements of a fairy tale to the structure of the psyche.
• Identify the meaning of a complex by way of a myth.
• Identify the tension of opposites contained within a fairytale and myth.
• Identify how a complex is generative to the psyche.

Sheila Traviss, LMFT, is a Jungian Analyst in private practice in Los Angeles. She leads groups of writers interested in diving into the depths of psyche through psychological prompts. She has taught exploring psyche by way of Film at both the Los Angeles and New York Jung Institutes.  She loves to share her love of stories and explore the psychological meanings contained within the words.

Saturday, January 10, 2026 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Myths and Fairy Tales

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe when it would be appropriate to utilize imagery from a myth or fairy tale as a means of amplifying the patient's psychological experience;
• Give an example from clinical practice of how the study of myths and fairy tales can help the therapist learn to identify Axis 2 personality disorders and defensive structures in one's patients.

Saturday, February 14, 2025

Dreams

Presented by Robert Moradi, M.D.

Dreams can serve as metaphors for unconscious conflicts, highlight shadow or disavowed parts of the personality, reveal aspects of our interpersonal relationships, reflect issues in the transference, make us more aware of the role of our somatic experience, alert us to psychological issues that are in the process of becoming conscious, and connect us to our innermost authentic core sense of self.  In this class, we will focus on how to identify different types of dreams, ways of helping the dreamer to amplify their dream material, how to distinguish between the personal and archetypal aspects of a dream, and the role of specific kinds of dreams in the context of the analytic process.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe two different types of dreams (e.g. transference dreams, initial dreams, nightmares, compensatory dreams).
• Give an example of the personal aspect of a dream vs an archetypal aspect of a dream.
• Give an example of how a dream can serve as a metaphor for an unconscious conflict in the patient.
• Describe Jung's concept of amplification and how this can be of use in helping patients understand the underlying meanings in a particular dream.

Robert Moradi, M.D., is a Jungian analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice in Santa Monica. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine. He teaches and writes on Jungian approaches to clinical practice.

Saturday, February 14, 2026 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Dreams

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the difference between a reductive vs an amplification approach to working with dreams;
• Give an example of how the transference can manifest in a patient’s dream.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Development of the Personality

Presented by Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.F.T.

In this seminar we will examine theories of attachment style, cognitive schema, and the intersubjective field from a Jungian perspective.  Developmental wounding leaves not only unmetabolized fear and anger in a patient’s psyche, but can also serve to inhibit symbolization and distorted cognition, as early adaptations to a frightening and often unpredictable environment. Drawing from case studies as well as theoretical material, we will address ways of working with individuals who exhibit developmental wounding, utilizing the tools of containment, mentalization, self-agency, symbolization, and the healing of dissociative states.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the factors that contribute to, or impede, a child's capacity for symbolization and ways of addressing this in the context of psychotherapy.
• Describe some of the ways in which unconscious complexes are inadvertently transferred to the next generation. 
• Give an example of therapeutic interventions which support a child in developing their capacity for symbolization.
• Describe when to reflect affective resonance with a patient versus when it is appropriate to offer an interpretation.

Stephen Kenneally, M.A., M.B.A., M.F.T. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Santa Monica, CA. He is active in training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and has taught for over ten years at Antioch University. Stephen has also worked at an experiential retreat center and previously worked in finance in New York City.

Saturday, March 14, 2026 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Development of the Personality

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Compare and contrast an archetypal vs a developmental approach to the development of the personality;
• Give an example from clinical practice on identifying a patient's attachment style and how that could affect the countertransference relationship.

Saturday,  April 11, 2026

Jungian Child Analysis And/With Sandplay 

Presented by Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford, M.A., L.M.F.T.

In sandplay, the individual places miniatures in the sand, constructing a scene which offers an opportunity to represent aspects of the unconscious on both a personal and collective level.  The miniatures used and themes that emerge over a course of months or years serve as a window to the child's inner world, including an opportunity to express inner conflicts, anxieties, and states of mind which have not yet been mentalized. In this seminar we will examine some of these expressions of the unconscious using case vignettes to illustrate developing aspects of the child's psyche, and their implications for further growth and development.

Learning objectives:

• Discuss the symbolic underpinnings of working with children.
• Discuss foundations of sandplay and its use in working with children from a Jungian perspective.
• Identify themes in sandplay that are woven through a child’s process.
• Discuss working with transference and countertransference through the lens of sandplay.

Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford, M.A., L.M.F.T., C.S.T.-T. is a Child and Adult Jungian Analyst member of the CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles (CGJILA/IAAP) and Certified Sandplay Therapist and Teacher (STA/ISST). Director of the Hilde Kirsch Children’s Center at the LA Institute and Co-Director of the ARAS Teen LA Summer Program, she teaches at the LA Institute in the analytic training program, the 2-year Sandplay program and the certificate program for clinicians. Her articles “Dying to Be an Analyst”, “Searching for Mother: The Case of Pearl", and “Orson and the Keys to the Kingdom: Sandplay Therapy and Child Analysis”, have been published in Psychological Perspectives, The Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche and The Journal of Sandplay Therapy, respectively. Elizabeth has a private practice in Santa Monica where she sees children and adults. 

Saturday, April 11, 2026 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Jungian Child Analysis And/With Sandplay

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how to set up a sandplay collection for children, including the types of figurines needed;
• Give an example from clinical practice of how a child worked through an internal conflict utilizing sandplay therapy.

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Transference and countertransference

Presented by Susan Frankel, Ph.D.

In his writings, Jung made contradictory statements about transference and countertransference, leading to discussion and debate about his point of view.  His clearest views on the subject are described in detail in his essay Psychology of the Transference, which we discuss at length. We will identify the central differences between Freud’s and Jung’s positions on transference. We will also look at transference through the lens of post-Jungians. Most importantly, we will discuss the use of transference/countertransference in psychotherapeutic practice.

Learning objectives: 

• Give an example of Jung’s contradictory remarks regarding transference and countertransference.
• Describe central differences between Jung’s and Freud’s position on the role of transference in treatment.
• Describe the evolution of the concept of transference as described by the post-Jungians.
• Give an example of similarities and differences between a Freudian and Jungian focus on transference in contemporary clinical practice.

Susan Frankel, J.D., Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Century City. She practiced law for seven years before returning to graduate school in psychology. Her interests include working with trauma, infant observation, and intersubjective transference/countertransference. She has lectured both locally and nationally on the use of infant observation with adult patients.

Saturday, May 9, 2026 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Transference and countertransference

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the role of transference and countertransference in the analytic process;
• Describe the personal and archetypal aspects of the transference.

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Active Imagination

 Presented by Marion Anderson, Ph.D.

Jung's personal experience with active imagination lead him to develop his practice as a means of helping patients contact and work with their unconscious material through mediums such as writing, drawing, painting, as well as movement.  Patients were encouraged to develop an active communication between their ego and the unconscious through symbolic expression. In this seminar we will examine the history and roots of this practice, as well as illustrate how this technique can be utilized in clinical practice.  Jung emphasized that clients were only able to go as far as their therapists have reached in their own personal experience with this method. If time allows, participants will be able to experience working with one form of the technique directly.

Learning objectives:

• Describe sandplay as a form of  psychotherapy with children, including how to set up a sandplay environment.
• Give an example of when it would be appropriate to introduce sandplay when working with a child.
• Give an example of how to identify emerging themes in the sandplay process when working with an individual child.
• Describe some of the ways in which transference and counertransference issues emerge in the context of sandplay therapy.

Marion Anderson, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, certified Jungian analyst (CGJLA/IAAP), and certified sandplay therapist and teacher (STA/ISST) in private practice in Santa Monica. She teaches sandplay and Jungian theory at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, where she regularly offers workshops on painting inner images. A native German, she is a founding member of the sandplay society in Brazil, where she lived and practiced as a clinical psychologist for 13 years before her move to the USA. She teaches and lectures both nationally and internationally, and has published numerous articles, including in The Journal of Sandplay Therapy.

Saturday, June 13, 2026 / 2:00 am - 4:00 pm [Pacific]

Case Consultation: Active Imagination

The case consultation, in smaller groups, provides an opportunity to discuss and integrate theoretical and clinical material.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe active imagination and how to work with it in clinical practice;
• Give an example from clinical practice about when it is appropriate to introduce active imagination within the context of psychotherapy and when it would be contraindicated.