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Fairy tales occupy a special place in our lives as early as childhood. Bedtime stories is a tradition that goes back to an ancient way of life, where people would, after a hard day of work, light up the hearth, and gather around the fire as night was approaching, when everyone had eaten, stories were told.
Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz focused much of her life in studying fairy tales. Von Franz demonstrated the psychological wisdom of fairy tales in that fairy tales represent archetypes in their simplest, barest, and most concise form. In this pure form, the archetypal images afford us the best clues to the understanding of the processes of the collective psyche.
In this series of seminars, we will discover the magical world of fairy tales. We explore how the images and symbols that live in the tales are an invaluable repository of the archetypal foundation of the psyche and how this treasure can be available to each of us.
Saturday 18th April 2026 - 5:00 - 7.00 pm - WEBINAR - Speaker - Henry Abramovitch
Friendship is one of the most important relationships among people yet it is almost totally ignored by depth and Jungian psychologists. In todays contemporary world, more people have “friends” who are only on Facebook. This presentation beginning, with active imaginations, explores the benefits of true friendship, how friendships form and break, and the role of friendship like feelings in the transference and countertransference, with clinical examples. It also discusses the show of friendship: betrayal and the new concept of “frenemy”
Friendship is one of the most important relationships among people yet it is almost totally ignored by depth and Jungian psychologists. In todays contemporary world, more people have “friends” who are only on Facebook. This presentation beginning, with active imaginations, explores the benefits of true friendship, how friendships form and break, and the role of friendship like feelings in the transference and countertransference, with clinical examples. It also discusses the show of friendship: betrayal and the new concept of “frenemy”
In this talk by Julienne McLean, key Jungian themes relating to transformation of our shadow, the structure and function of symbols of transformation and the path of individuation are explored. Five major symbols of transformation from the 16th C Christian mystical text, ‘The Interior Castle’ by St Teresa of Avila – castle, garden, water, fountains and butterfly – are discussed, from psychological and spiritual perspectives, and concludes with reflections from Thomas Merton, the 20thC American theologian and writer, on the mystery of Presence in the centre of our soul.
AJA Member, Julienne, also teaches at Sarum College, Salisbury, where she is a Visiting Scholar in Christian Spirituality.
This paper explores the four-year psychotherapeutic journey of a 13-year-old autistic girl diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa, aiming to understand her internal world and the interplay between her neurodivergence and eating disorder. In clinical practice, autistic girls often develop intense special interests; for some, anorexia becomes such an interest, characterized by a compulsion to excel in restrictive behaviours. The fear of relinquishing the anorexic identity raises concerns about how their emotional needs will be addressed by parents, healthcare professionals, therapists, and educators. More profoundly, there exists a certainty that adults may fail to recognize that academically capable adolescent girls might not be psychologically prepared for the responsibilities of adulthood.
Elizabeth Anscombe is a child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist, who trained at the Tavistock and Portman clinic.
"My works are fundamentally nothing but attempts, ever renewed, to give an answer to the question of the interplay between the ‘here’ and the ‘hereafter.’” — C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Sonu Shamdasani, editor of The Red Book, describes how Jung, in 1945, articulated what he described as a critical reformulation of analysis:
The whole goal of analysis is conceived … as the preparation for the detachment of the soul from the body. Not how is your life going, but how is your death coming along, would be the critical question from this perspective. Thus, analysis became reframed as a modern form of the ars moriendi.
This seminar invites a profound reorientation in how we live our lives. It is an invitation to drop into a deeper, more vital current of being— challenging, requiring sacrifice, but also alive with joy.
Catherine Cox is a Jungian Analyst and Supervisor in private practice (WMIP and BJAA), working between London and Norfolk.
Join us if you are a Jungian analyst, analytical psychologist, or allied practitioner who wants to explore how the resources of analytical psychology can help us respond — personally, clinically, societally, and ethically — to the emergence of artificial intelligence. No prior knowledge of AI is required. This event is open to all who are curious about one of the defining challenges of our time.
Over the course of this online event, you will hear four short presentations followed by open discussion exploring AI through the lens of analytical psychology:
Stephen Garratt, “What is emerging with AI”
Patrycja Jackson, “AI and the Portents of the Age”
Orsolya Lukács, “Myths of the ‘other’”
Richard Jenkins, “Spirit conversations”
The event concludes with a conversation about next steps and the formation of a community of continuing interest.
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