Jungian and Post-Jungian Clinical Concepts Presents:
The Therapy Relationship
Course Overview
Welcome to The Therapy Relationship, presented by Jungian and Post-Jungian Clinical Concepts ! We are pleased to have you join us in this 4 module exploration of key Jungian concepts and their clinical application surrounding the Therapy Relationships.
Carli Castellani is your program coordinator and your guide through the course – contact her with course inquiries here: carli@appliedjung.com.
For any administrative/finance issues, contact jess@appliedjung.com.
Each module contains the following materials:
1. Reading Pack — approximately 2-5 articles each module, selected by the module’s presenter;
2. Module Applications — reflection prompts to aid in integrating the material explored;
3. Live 60 minute lecture followed by a 30 minute Q&A discussion session on Zoom with the presenter. (dates below)
4. Recording of the live recording, posted shortly after it has taken place; and
5. A 15 question quiz, to gauge your understanding of the concepts presented (required for those completing the course for CPD credits).
Each module runs over a two week period. We email a notice at that time, including the event details and joining link for the live Q&A session. The materials on this page are also updated on this page at that time.
Complete the readings, prior to the live presentation and Q&A with the presenter.
Bring your thoughts and questions to the live Q&A discussion.
Work through the module applications, to deepen your personal experience with the module content, and explore how it may relate to your clinical practice and professional development.
Complete the short quiz by the end of the module — note this must be done directly on the CAJS website.
Click on the red button below to see your questionnaire results to date.
Module 1 - Live Lecture July 6, 2024
The Therapy Relationship and the Goals of the Work
We will talk about some very different approaches to the therapy relationship. These will range from understanding it as an ordinary human relationship, to considering various relational approaches, to discussion of transference-countertransference. Jung’s views on these matters will be discussed and his pioneering status in terms of today’s interest in ‘relationality’ will be highlighted. In addition, the question of what psychotherapy is for, and what its aims and goals might be, will receive attention. We will assume that there is no one single way to enter these matters.
presented by Professor Andrew Samuels
Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex and a Jungian analyst in practice in London. He has been referred to as ‘the most celebrated of today’s Jungian analysts’ (in American Imago). He is a former Chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy. His many books have been translated into 21 languages and include the ground-breaking Jung and the Post-Jungians (1985), A Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis (1986), The Father: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives (1986), Psychopathology: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives (1989), and Persons, Passions, Politics, Psychotherapy: Selected Works of Andrew Samuels (2015). For more information visit https://www.andrewsamuels.com/.
Lecture 1 took place on Saturday, July 6, 2024. The recording can be accessed below.
Module 1 Reading & Materials Are Available Below
Reading Material
Click on the links below to download your articles for this module.
Note — relevant reading is from Paragraph 114 through 145 (page 1-11 of this pdf).
Jung, C. G. (1966). Problems of modern psychotherapy (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung: Vol. 16. Practice of psychotherapy: Essays on the psychology of the transference and other subjects (2nd ed., pp. 53-75). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1929)
Transference & Countertransference
Samuels, A. (2006). Transference/countertransference. In R.K. Papadopoulos (Ed.), The handbook of Jungian psychology: Theory, practice and applications (pp. 177-195). Routledge.
Everything You Wanted to Know about Psychotherapy But Were Afraid to Ask...
Andrew Samuels (2014) Everything you always wanted to know about
therapy (but were afraid to ask): Social, political, economic and clinical fragments of a critical psychotherapy, European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, 16:4, 315-330, DOI:10.1080/13642537.2014.957227 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
The Therapy Relationship and the Goals of the Work – Personal Application
In this module, one’s motivations for pursuing a therapeutic vocation are discussed, along with our relationship to our clients. For personal reflection on these concepts, consider the following questions:
a) What factors in your personal life history contributed to you becoming a therapist (or to practice a therapeutic vocation)? Have you examined those factors or motivations in therapy yourself, as a client, or in a training analysis?
b) In relation to your current clinical practice, how do you view your relationship to your clients or analysands? How does that relationship reflect your own motivations and goals in the work?
Questionnaire
Module 2 - Recorded Lecture Now Available - See Note**
The Infant Relationship to Objects and the Inner Landscape
Dr. Austin will discuss two of her papers which were published in the Journal of Analytical Psychology in 2016 entitled “Working with chronic and relentless self- hatred, self-harm and existential shame: a clinical study and reflections” parts I and II. The first of these papers was jointly awarded the JAP’s Fordham Prize for 2016 (see https://thejap.org/the-michael-fordham-prize). These papers explore some of the theoretical and experiential reference points that have emerged in her work with people whose relationship to their body and/or sense of self is dominated by self- hatred and (what Hultberg describes as) existential shame. The first paper focuses on self-hatred and the second paper focuses on shame. The second paper continues the discussion of the clinical material introduced in the first paper in the light of Jung’s and Laplanche’s emphasis on experiences of unresolvable, non-pathological ‘foreignness’ or ‘otherness’ at the heart of the psyche. Images, metaphors, elements of clinical experience, and working hypotheses from a number of analytic traditions are used to flesh out this exploration.
presented by Dr. Sue Austin
Sue Austin, Ph.D. and member ANZSJA, works in private practice in Sydney and is a training analyst with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Jungian Analysts. She specializes in working with adults who have eating disorders and/or disorders of the self (i.e., people whose experience of subjectivity is abject) and her practice comprises general analytic work with adults and supervision of clinicians in Australia and internationally. Sue has run numerous clinical workshops and seminars in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe and the USA, and has published several clinical papers and a book. http://www.sueaustin.net.au/
Lecture and Q&A Details:
**NOTE: Due to the presenter’s time-zone, Lecture 2 in this series is pre-recorded, and is now available to access below, along with the readings & other materials.
Additionally – see readings below for the Orlinsky Chart Sue references in her talk.
For the Q&A: after completing the readings and listening to the recording, students may submit questions to carli@appliedjung.com by August 3, 2024.
By August 17, 2024, we will post Dr. Austin’s responses to those questions.
Module 2 Reading Are Now Available Early - for your convenience.
Reading Material
Click on the links below to download your articles for this module.
1. https://appliedjung.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/JAP-2009-54-5-Ec-static-self.pdf
Jung’s dissociable psyche and the ec-static self, by Sue Austin
(Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2009, 54, 581–599)
2. https://appliedjung.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/JAP-2009-54-1-Anorexia-Nervosa.pdf
A perspective on the patterns of loss, lack, disappointment and shame encountered in the treatment of six women with severe and chronic anorexia nervosa, by Sue Austin
(Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2009, 54, 61–80)
3. https://appliedjung.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JAP-2013-58-3-Spatial-Metaphors-Obesity.pdf
Spatial metaphors and somatic communication: the embodiment of multigenerational experiences of helplessness and futility in an obese patient, by Sue Austin
(Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2013, 58, 327–346)
4. Orlinsky Chart (For Reference – to be discussed in recorded lecture)
Orlinsky, D., Grawe, K. and Parks, P. (1994), “Process and Outcome in Psychotherapy -Noch Einmal” in Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, 4th Edition, Eds., Bergin, A. and Garfield, S., John Wiley & Sons, New York, p.267
The Infant Relationship to Objects and the Inner Landscape – Personal Application:
In this module, Dr. Sue Austin’s case study explored somatic/bodily experiences of the ego and somatic “pockets of inner otherness”, and how bodily tension and inhibition can be points of contact between the ego and those complexes. She wrote, “Combing this with Jung’s way of engaging with the inner othernessess around which the psyche is shaped invites the analyst to work with the patient to try to slow down their experience around these contact zones and see, what, if anything, emerges”.
For reflection on this module:
a) Notice when a specific tension, difficulty or discomfort in your breathing or body appears in your day-to-day life. Set aside some time for yourself to describe that physical experience, and then free-associate around what it feels like or brings up, and reflect upon how it relates to your inner landscape (psyche) and life.
b) For your practice, choose a case or client you have worked with in the past, for personal review, to contemplate whether somatic/bodily symptoms were expressed in the therapy setting at that time and, if present, what they may have suggested about that individual’s inner psyche/complexes. Would Dr. Austin’s approach have been a helpful lens for working with that indiviual?
Questionnaire
UPCOMING IN THE THERAPY RELATIONSHIP
Module 3 - Live Lecture July 27, 2024
Interpretation in Jungian Analysis – Art and Technique
The issue of interpretation is fundamental to the process of analysis or any psychology of depth. It is the medium by which our art form is transmitted. If the analytic vessel is thought of as our canvas, then our interpretations are the paints with which the depth psychologist participates with the patient in the creation of the painting. What one chooses to say in analysis, why one chooses that particular thing to say, how one says it, when one says it – these are some of the building blocks of the interpretive process. It is an important tool to develop proficiency with, but it can’t be used effectively if we don’t develop fluency with it.
Learning Objectives
1. Differentiate between an interpretation and other non-interpretive interventions in therapy/analysis.
2. Explore of the origins of the interpretive process within the psychoanalytic world.
3. Differentiate between various levels of interpretation.
4. Examine style of language in interpretation
5. Understand interpretation from a Jungian perspective.
presented by Dr. Mark Winborn
Mark Winborn, PhD is a Jungian psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist. He is a training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and the C.G. Jung Institute Küsnacht. His primary areas of interest are analytic technique and the integration of psychoanalytic theories. He has published or edited five books: Deep Blues: Human Soundscapes for the Archetypal Journey, Shared Realities: Participation Mystique and Beyond, Interpretation in Jungian Analysis: Art and Technique, Beyond Persona: On Individuation and Beginnings with Jungian Analysts (with Lavinia Țânculescu), and Jungian Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction (part of the Routledge series – Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis), as well as numerous articles and book chapters. He received the Gradiva prize from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis for the best article published in 2022 and was a finalist in 2014 for the best edited book in psychoanalysis. He lectures widely both in the USA and internationally.
Lecture and Discussion Details:
Date: Saturday, July 27, 2024
Time: 4:00 pm Johannesburg; 3:00 pm London; 10:00 am New York*
Duration: 90 minutes (Lecture & Discussion)
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Note: The live lecture is recorded for those that may not be able to attend live. The recording is usually posted within 24 hours after the session took place.
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Module 3 Reading & Other Materials Are Available Below
Reading Material
Click on the links below for selected chapters from:
Mark Winborn (2018) Interpretation in Jungian Analysis: Art and Technique, London: Routledge
Interpretation in Jungian Analysis: Art and Technique – Personal Application
Reverie – a state of being lost in one’s thoughts, watching the clouds, daydreaming, making spontaneous associations – was explored as an inner state to cultivate, that can be part of the interpretive process. For contemplation and journaling, reflect on the following questions:
a) In your own life, has a feeling of being lost in reverie ever led to a new insight or a transformational experience?
b) For your practice, what does cultivating an inner state of reverie look like? Would you call it by a different name? Is it applicable for your therapeutic work?
Questionnaire
Please complete the Questionnaire after having read the materials and watching the webinar (either live or by recording).
Module 4 - Live Lecture August 10, 2024
Ego, Shadow and the Four Stages of Transformation
The confrontation with the shadow: personally, collectively and archetypally is the first stage and keystone of the journey to consciousness, wholeness and in Jung’s terms, individuation. This module will focus on identifying, unmasking and engaging with the subject’s shadow material, both in its personal and subjective aspect and in its collective constellation in the therapeutic setting. This module will consider the definitions and roles of both the ego and the shadow and their dialectical relationship in Jungian analysis. We will look at questions of when and where the ego is functional and where it is inhibiting the subject’s individuation process.
We will consider how engagement with the shadow can break an ego deadlock and potentially fertilise the subject’s identity and individuation process, and where such engagement may be overwhelming for the ego. Once identified, Jung provides a four-step process for engaging and redeeming or transmuting shadow material: confession, elucidation, education and transformation. These steps mirroring the four alchemical stages of transmutation: Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinitas and Rubedo. We will consider each of these stages in detail and their practical application in therapy.
presented by Stephen Farah
Stephen Farah, MA, is the co-founder and head of learning and research at The Centre for Applied Jungian Studies South Africa. He is an executive member of the International Association of Jungian Studies. Stephen holds an honours degree in analytical philosophy from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Master’s degree in Jungian and Post Jungian Studies from the University of Essex. Stephen’s areas of interest include psychoanalysis, film, the philosophy of language, consciousness, individuation and the simulation hypothesis. His paper ‘True detective and Jung’s four steps of transformation’ was published in The Routledge International Handbook of Jungian Film Studies. He is currently compiling and editing (with co-editor Marybeth Carter) an anthology of papers for ‘The Specter of the Other: crises and opportunity‘.
Lecture and Discussion Details:
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024
Time: 4:00 pm Johannesburg; 3:00 pm London; 10:00 am New York
Duration: 90 minutes (Lecture & Discussion)
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Note: The live lecture is recorded for those that may not be able to attend live. The recording is usually posted within 24 hours after the session took place.
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Module 4 Reading and Other Materials Become Available Here by August 3, 2024
Student Closing Forum - Peer Discussion
August 24, 2024
In this closing forum, we welcome students to share thoughts and questions with other members of the international student body participating in this course. This is an opportunity to discuss concepts explored over the last 2 months, and how they may apply to your own practice as well as personal journey.
Closing Student Forum Details:
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024
Time: 4:00 pm Johannesburg; 3:00 pm London; 10:00 am New York*
Duration: 60 minutes
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