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Jungian Psychoanalysis
  • Home
  • About John
  • Lectures & Workshops
    • Upcoming
    • Past
  • Jungian Psychoanalysis
    • What is Jungian Psychoanalysis ?
    • What Happens in a Session?
    • Book an Appointment with John
  • Resources
    • Jungian Articles & Links
    • Jung Podcasts
      • Jung Podcasts Donation
    • Videos
    • Jung Quotes
    • Dream Interpretation
    • Other
  • Surveys
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Past Lectures and Workshops

  • Jungian Approach to the Interpretation of Fairy Tales
  • The Shadow
  • Stress and Hypertension
  • Anxiety and Depression
  • Where is God?
  • Fundamental Course in Analytical Psychology
  • Fathers, sons and daughters
  • The Quest for the Grail
  • Film Interpretation
  • The Interpretation of Image
  • Mis-Reading of Jung
  • Jungian Understanding of Suicide
  • Complexes
  • Archetypes in opera
Jungian Psychoanalysis > Lectures & Workshops > Past Lectures and Workshops
  • From loving to loathing:  making sense of difficult clients in the professional relationship 
    For information: http://transference-seminar.eventbrite.ca “We could say, without too much exaggeration, that a good half of every treatment that probes at all deeply consists in the…

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  • A Jungian Approach to the Interpretation of Fairy Tales
    Fairy Tale as a mirror for the basic patterns of the psyche. Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes. They…

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  • Fairy Tale Interpretation Workshop
    The purpose of the workshop is to work through a Grimm’s Fairy Tale and complete a Jungian Interpretation of the material. The basis for the…

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  • The Quest for the Grail : Jungian Perspectives on Arthurian Legend
    As we head into the long dark nights of winter, like our people in the past, we draw ourselves closer to the fire and tell stories in the flickering light. The stories for this lecture…

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  • Jungian Dream Interpretation: An Approach to Working With The Symbolic Nature of Dreams
    Presented to: Camosun Psychology Club Young Building Rm: 216 Time: 19:00-20:45 Lecture material available at : www.youtube.com/user/Jungianpsychoanalyst Tuesday, 27th September, 2011
  • The Shadow
    “ . . . the thing a person has no wish to be”(C.G. Jung., CW 16, para. 470) We can never get rid of our…

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  • Jungian Film Interpretation : Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth”
    “….the experience of film offers a special place where the psyche can come alive, be experienced and be commented upon.” (Hauke, 2002, p. 2) Pan’s…

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  • Jungian Dream Interpretation
    An approach to working with the symbolic nature of dreams Presented to: Camosun Psychology Club Tuesday, 18th January, 2011
  • Jungian Dream Interpretation Part 2
    What do animals mean in my dreams? What are my dreams telling me? Why do I get chased in dreams? What does it mean to…

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  • The Quest for the Grail : Jungian Perspectives on Arthurian Legend
    As we head into the long, dark nights of Winter, we, like our people in the past, draw ourselves closer to the fire and tell…

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  • Stress and Hypertension
    In this lecture I cover the links between stress and hypertension. The literature demonstrates that acute stress is not a primary aetiological factor in the…

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  • A Jungian Approach to the Interpretation of Dreams
    In this single lecture I review the core issues involved in dream interpretation and link it to the semester lecture material on the ongoing course…

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  • Jungian Interpretation of Image : The Photography of Ansel Adams, Robert Frank & Loretta Lux
    In this lecture I review a Jungian approach to the interpretation of images as well as a brief overview of the photograph as art. Understanding…

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  • Jungian Film Interpretation : Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth”
    In this lecture we’ll watch the movie “Pan’s Labyrinth” first. Then I will give an overview of core concepts involved in a Jungian approach to…

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  • Anxiety & Depression : Jungian Understanding of These Disorders in Elderly Populations
    In this lecture I will review the central diagnostic structures involved in Affective Disorders. The prevalent forms of Affective Disorders will be examined and current…

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  • The Mis-Reading of Jung—the New Age Hijack of Analytical psychology
    I am interested in exploring how the New Age movement has embraced Jung with such intensity, yet has missed the central understanding of the individuation process. This is…

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  • Where is God: A Panel Discussion between scholars of the Islamic, Jewish, Catholic and Anglican traditions
    The Jung Society is extremely grateful to have five distinguished speakers address the question “Where is God?” in this panel discussion. On the panel is…

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  • Towards a Jungian Understanding of Suicide
    The Jungian community has not addressed the issue of suicide with the same rigour as it has the common clinical precursors of suicide, severe affective disorders. Jung…

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  • Fundamental Course in Analytical Psychology
    The purpose of this nine session course is to introduce Jungian psychology to interested people. Jung’s work covers a vast area of the social sciences,…

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  • Fundamentals Course in Analytical Psychology
    A 12 session course that runs over six weeks (i.e. two evenings per week), from 7pm-9pm, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from Tuesday 4th October to…

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  • Archetypes in opera
    Co-presentation with Dr. Deborah Miller on central archetypal motifs in opera and song, specifically Rusalka, Tannhauser, the Kaddish, and Mignon Presentation for the Victoria Jung…

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  • Intensive Fundamentals Course in Analytical Psychology
    The purpose of this course is to introduce Analytical or Jungian psychology to interested people. By the end of our time together you will have…

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  • Fathers, Sons and Daughters
    In this lecture I examine the role of the father in our lives. I start with a few core ideas, such as: Fatherhood is a…

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  • Intensive Fundamentals Course in Analytical Psychology
    The purpose of this course is to introduce Analytical or Jungian psychology to interested people. By the end of our time together you will have…

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  • Advance Jungian Course
    The focus of this course is an examination of advanced concepts in Jung’s Analytical Psychology. MODULE 1 : THE PROCESS OF INDIVIDUATION “Adaptation : Living…

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  • Jungian Dream Interpretation Group
    The aim of this 7 session course is for a small group (max. 6) to learn how to interpret their dreams using Jung’s Analytical Psychology….

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  • Jungian Dream Art Interpretation Group
    The aim of this seven session group is for advanced students of Jungian dream interpretation techniques to begin to use art in the interpretation of…

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  • Jungian Dream Interpretation: An Approach to Working With The Symbolic Nature of Dream Material
    Details Presented to the C.G. Jung Society Victoria Date: 5th September, 2007 Also presented to the Great Victoria Citizen’s Counselling Centre Volunteer Conference October, 2005
  • Grimm’s ‘The Nixie of the Mill-Pond’ A Jungian Approach to the Interpretation of Fairy Tales
    Presented to the Victoria Jung Society, 2001 Presented to the Vancouver Jung Society Fairy Tale as a mirror for the basic patterns of the psyche….

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  • Jungian Fairy Tale Enactment Workshop
    WHAT HAPPENS IN A FAIRY TALE ENACTMENT? Small groups of four people choose a Grimm’s fairy tale, then enact it in a closed setting before…

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John was awarded his Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2006. This Diploma permits John to practice as a Jungian Analyst worldwide. John graduated as a psychologist from the University of Cape Town in 1989 and has lived and worked in Victoria since that time, with the exception of his training in Switzerland. He began his Jungian Analysis practice in 2004, and, while still in the training programme, conducted Jungian Analysis with clients while under supervision. In the past 15 years, prior to beginning his training as a Jungian Analyst, John managed a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

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