Upcoming Events
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January 14, 2020
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 20 Instructor: Peter Mudd Enrollment limited to 10 participants. This seminar will meet on the following dates: January 14, February 11, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, September 8, October 13, November 10, 2020. “. . .every psychology—my own included—has the character of a subjective confession.” C. G. Jung, CW 4, (more…)
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November 22, 2019
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
Instructor: Jill Howe CEUS: 2 Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. ~ Brene Brown, from Daring Greatly There are few things that people fear more than revealing their vulnerabilities, yet vulnerability is the gateway to deeper connection and wholehearted living. Storytelling is most successful when storytellers can share the full truth of the (more…)
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November 9, 2019
1:00 pm CST - 4:00 pm CST
Instructor: Kim LeClair CEUS: 3 *Workshop not eligible for volunteer benefits. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® was created by Katherine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. They based their work on Carl Jung’s Theory of Typology, presented in his 1921 book Psychological Types. Through the years the MBTI® has developed a mixed reputation but the reality (more…)
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November 2, 2019
9:00 am CDT - 3:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Meg Rondenet and Sally Albright Green CEUS: 5 “Who looks outside dreams; Who looks inside awakes” ~ Carl Jung The demands placed on educators today has created conditions that make “self-care” a hot topic in educational circles. There is a clearly a need for educators and administrators to prioritize self-care practices to address the (more…)
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October 12, 2019
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Sheri Reda CEUS: 3 Those of us in helping professions are sensitive and caring–but we don’t always sound that way. In this age of identity, the words we use to describe others can wind up being unintentionally hurtful. Communicating clearly and kindly requires an understanding of current concepts regarding ethnicity, culture, race, and gender. (more…)
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October 4, 2019
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Paul Kachoris CEUS: 2 In this lecture, four archetypes will be discussed: The Lover, The Shadow, The Divine Child and The Senex. The focus will be how the energy of each archetype informs and organizes weekend retreats for men, offered by the group, VictoriesForMen. These retreats bring the archetypes out of the dyadic consultation (more…)
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October 3, 2019
7:30 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Lori Engler, LPC CEUS: 6 This group will meet on the following Thursdays: October 3 & 17, November 7 & 21, from 7:30-9 pm. Please note that CEUs are only given for the full series, not for individual sessions. *For women aged 50+. Enrollment limited to 10 participants. As a woman progresses through life, (more…)
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September 28, 2019
9:00 am CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
*This workshop has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Presenter: Keren Vishny CEUS: 6 *Held at Zero Balancing Wellness Center of Wilmette In collaboration with Mary Hamilton and Ann Skinner, Marion Woodman developed BodySoul Rhythms® Intensives to provide an immersive experience in depth psychology incorporating Dream, Myth, Body and Expressive Arts. Join us for a day (more…)
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September 27, 2019
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Keren Vishny CEUS: 2 Through her writing, teaching and mentoring, Jungian Analyst Marion Woodman inspired a generation of women as well as many men. She authored 10 pioneering books which update and extend Jungian understanding of addiction, the psychology of the feminine, and the interconnection of body and psyche. Passionate and courageous, Marion was deeply loved (more…)
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September 18, 2019
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Karol Weigelt, LCPC & Barbara Fox, LPC CEUS: 20 This group will meet on the following Wednesdays: September 18, October 16, November 13, December 11, January 8, February 5, March 4, April 1 & 29, May 27 from 7-9 pm. Please note that CEUs are only given for the full series, not for individual (more…)
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September 13, 2019
10:00 am CDT - 12:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Karol Weigelt, LCPC & Pat Coughlin, LCPC CEUS: 20 This group will meet on the following Fridays: September 13, October 11, November 8, December 6, January 10 & 31, February 28, March 27, April 24, May 15 from 10-12 pm. Please note that CEUs are only given for the full series, not for individual (more…)
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September 10, 2019
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Karol Weigelt, LCPC CEUS: 20 This group will meet on the following Tuesdays: September 10, October 1 & 29, November 26, January 7, February 4, March 3 & 31, April 28, May 26 from 7-9 pm. Please note that CEUs are only given for the full series, not for individual sessions. Dream work is (more…)
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May 18, 2019
1:00 pm CDT - 3:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Laura McGrew, LCPC & Kenneth James, PhD CEUs: 2 Enrollment limited to 20 participants. Jungian analysts, Laura McGrew and Ken James, will share their views on how dreams contribute to the development of the individual and are key in the process of self-discovery. Laura and Ken will encourage a dialogue in which participants can (more…)
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October 14, 2018
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Jo Ann Koltyk, PhD CEUS: 3 The Intensive Journal® Method is a nationally recognized technique for self-discovery and self-reflection that uses writing exercises. Created by Ira Progoff, PhD in the mid-1960’s, this technique is now taught by certified instructors. As the first American to complete his doctoral dissertation on the work of Dr. Jung, Dr. (more…)
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October 6, 2018
1:00 pm CDT - 3:00 pm CDT
THIS SERIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. Instructor: Mary Theis, LCPC CEUs: 6 *This group meets on the following dates: October 6, November 3, and December 8 from 1-3 pm. *Intended for those who have attended an introductory Proprioceptive Writing workshop. If you are new to proprioceptive writing, the Jung Center would be (more…)
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September 25, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Karol Weigelt, LCPC & Paul Giblin, PhD CEUs: 20 Enrollment limited to 10 participants. This group will meet on the following Tuesdays: September 25, October 23, November 13, December 4, January 22, February 26, March 12, April 23, May 14, June 18. Dream work is important to our inner growth. Throughout its history to the present day, (more…)
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September 12, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 6 Instructor: Sally Green & Elizabeth Londo This group will meet on the following Wednesdays: September 12, October 3, November 7. Enrollment limited to 10 participants. It’s not easy these days to make time to follow the promptings of our inner voice and do our own creative work. We get so caught up in the demands of (more…)
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September 11, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Peter Mudd, LCSW CEUs: 20 Enrollment limited to 12 participants. This seminar will meet on the following dates: September 11, October 30, December 11, January 15, February 12, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 4, July 9, 2019. Analytical psychology is a complex and challenging field of study. It has been commended and criticized (more…)
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September 8, 2018
1:00 pm CDT - 3:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Laura McGrew, LCPC & Kenneth James, PhD CEUs: 2 Enrollment limited to 20 participants. This is the first of three opportunities throughout the year to meet with Jungian analysts Laura McGrew and Ken James. They will answer questions about Jung, Jungians, and Analytical Psychology. Participants are welcome to bring any and all questions for (more…)
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September 7, 2018
10:00 am CDT - 12:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Karol Weigelt, LCPC & Pat Coughlin, LCPC CEUS: 20 This group will meet on the following Fridays: September 7 & 28, October 26, November 30, January 11, February 8, March 8 , April 5, May 3 & 17 from 10-12 pm. Limited space remaining! Dream work is important to our inner growth. It can be (more…)
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September 6, 2018
7:30 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Lori Engler, LPC CEUs: 12 This group will meet on the following Thursdays: September 6, October 4, November 1, January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, & May 2. Enrollment limited to 10 participants. As a woman progresses through life, what she experiences may draw her away from developing and/or honoring her authentic self. Cultural mores, (more…)
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September 5, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Karol Weigelt, LCPC & Joyce Hennelly, LCSW CEUS: 20 This group will meet on the following Wednesdays: September 5 & 26, October 24, November 28, January 9, February 6, March 6 , April 3, May 1 & 29 from 7-9 pm. Limited space remaining! Dream work is important to our inner growth. It can be (more…)
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June 27, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 8 Instructor: Sally Green & Elizabeth Londo This group will meet on the following Wednesdays: June 27, July 11, 25, August 1. Enrollment limited to 10 participants. It’s not easy these days to make time to follow the promptings of our inner voice and do our own creative work. We get so caught up in the demands (more…)
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June 12, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 8 Instructor: Karol Weigelt & Paul Giblin Enrollment limited to 10 participants. This group will meet on the following Tuesdays: June 12, 19, July 10, 17. Dream work is important to our inner growth. Throughout its history to the present day, dream work can be viewed as healing, sacred, and holistic. This will be a working dream (more…)
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April 8, 2018
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Jo Ann Koltyk, PhD CEUS: 3 The Intensive Journal® Method is a nationally recognized technique for self-discovery and self-reflection that uses writing exercises. Created by Ira Progoff, PhD in the mid-1960’s, this technique is now taught by certified instructors. As the first American to complete his doctoral dissertation on the work of Dr. Jung, Dr. (more…)
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March 30, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin This discussion will be an introduction to the two women, Sabina and Edith, who were analyzed by Jung and later became analysts themselves. They were both instrumental in helping Jung get his theories out into the world. In addition, we will explore the early and little known history of (more…)
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March 23, 2018
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Judy Shaw This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by five seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The March topic is Wonder Woman: the archetype presented by Judy Shaw. The 2017 movie Wonder Woman (more…)
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March 3, 2018
1:00 pm CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 3 Instructor: David H. Johnson Mindfulness is a valuable, stand-alone, skill for anyone seeking to create more calm and peacefulness in their lives. It can also be used as a tool in psychotherapy. This presenter uses meditation in a personal practice and as a professional tool. Initially, it is taught as a stand-alone skill (more…)
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March 2, 2018
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructor: Irv Siegel This 2017 movie, based on the popular book by the same name, is the story of a loving, unconventional family that revolves around the father’s active imagination. The story is narrated by the adult daughter but told through her younger self’s eyes. As a result, many of the almost tragic events are (more…)
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March 1, 2018
7:30 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 6 Instructor: Lori Engler Enrollment limited to 10 participants. This group will meet on the following Thursdays: March 1, April 5, May 3, and June 7. As a woman progresses through life, what she experiences may draw her away from developing and/or honoring her authentic self. Cultural mores, familial expectations, professional aspirations, relationships with friends and lovers, (more…)
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February 24, 2018
1:00 pm CST - 3:30 pm CST
CEUs: 2.5 Instructor: Mary Theis In this workshop, participants will utilize writing to explore who they are. The Proprioceptive Writing (PW) method will be used for this exploration. (PW is a method developed by Linda Metcalf and Tobin Simon). Proprioceptive Writing is a way to clarify one’s thinking. The three seemingly simple rules: Write what you (more…)
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February 23, 2018
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin Both Freud and Jung recognized the importance of mythology in the study of psychology. We are our stories and we often find our stories replicated in an ancient myth or fairytale – they are part of our psychic DNA. While learning about myths from ancient times, participants will be (more…)
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February 16, 2018
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
*RESCHEDULED DATE! CEUs: 2 Instructor: Sensei Mui, DBS, PhD “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.” C.G. Jung Neuroscience agrees with C.G. Jung and the Buddha, who aptly defined the human condition as dukkha: mental suffering caused by “attachment.” We often call attachment “addiction,” which (more…)
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February 10, 2018
10:00 am CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 5 Instructor: Anne Redlich *This class will break for an hour lunch, which will be on your own. This workshop seeks to understand astrology as a system of the collective unconscious. Building on the philosophical ideas of Carl Jung, we will explore the natal horoscope as a roadmap to individual consciousness. Participants are asked (more…)
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February 2, 2018
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructor: Dan Ross In the aftermath of the Las Vegas shootings, a critically acclaimed yet under-appreciated film came to mind: The Gambler with James Caan. The more recent remake with Mark Wahlberg doesn’t compare and lost all of what made the original an important and lasting film. The original story was written by James Toback, (more…)
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January 26, 2018
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
SOLD OUT! We will not be able to accept any walk-in’s. We apologize for any inconvenience. CEUs: 2 Instructor: Laura McGrew This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by five seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and (more…)
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January 13, 2018
1:00 pm CST - 3:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Mary Theis Proprioceptive writing is a way to clarify one’s thinking. The three seemingly simple rules: Write what you hear; Listen to what you write, and Be ready to ask the Proprioceptive Question, are powerful tools to help us discover what we truly believe and know. From a Jungian perspective, the writing can (more…)
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January 12, 2018
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructor: Kaitlyn Whitebread mother!, directed by the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan), has been deemed one of the most “divisive” films of the year- leaving audiences mesmerized, perplexed, and provoked. This psychological thriller revolves around a married couple, portrayed by Javier Bardem (a poet struggling with writer’s block) and Jennifer Lawrence (more…)
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December 1, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
SOLD-OUT! CEUs: 2 Instructor: Rodger Kamenetz The images in dreams are emotionally powerful–sometimes disturbing, sometimes beautiful. In Natural Dreamwork we also see these images as a concentrated medicine. Their healing properties can be liberated when we move away from interpreting images as symbols, and instead bring them to life. If images are the medicine, their presence in (more…)
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November 19, 2017
1:00 pm CST - 3:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Hélène Tragos Stelian In midlife, many of us will face an overload of demands coming from our work, children, and aging parents, not to mention our own struggles with relationships, health, and identity. As a result, we will feel a need to examine who we are, where we’ve been, and what we (more…)
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November 17, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Robert Moretti This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by five seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The November topic is Self: The energy that drives individuation presented by Robert Moretti. The concept of (more…)
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November 11, 2017
2:00 pm CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Marsha Smith Felt Meaning and Transforming Fear Reactions to fear often happen before one has time to experience the actual felt sense of a situation. Body centered therapy offers a mindful way to let a bodily felt sense form, before ‘reacting’ to fear with the limited set of usual options such as (more…)
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November 10, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructor: Tom Lavin and Mary Ellen O’Hare Lavin Set in the beautiful area of New Zealand, balanced by the Pacific Ocean on both sides, we meet and learn the story of two people who fall in love after the trauma of WWI. If marriage is an individuation process, as Jung tells us it is, this (more…)
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November 4, 2017
10:00 am CDT - 12:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Ellen Blum Barish In his memoir, “Memories, Dreams and Reflections,” Jung writes that in midlife, the public persona cracks and cannot be sustained. There is the impulse to cover those cracks and prop up the false persona. To regain health, one needs to dismantle that persona and bury the corpse of our false (more…)
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November 3, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Sensei Mui, DBS, PhD Whether we remember dreaming or not, we all dream. We dream as infants and continue dreaming until we die. We enter unknown worlds where we may be our ordinary selves or someone different. We meet people, friends or strangers, living or dead. We fly, encounter non-human beings, and (more…)
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October 28, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Mary Theis Proprioceptive writing is a way to clarify one’s thinking. The three seemingly simple rules: Write what you hear; Listen to what you write, and Be ready to ask the Proprioceptive Question, are powerful tools to help us discover what we truly believe and know. From a Jungian perspective, the writing can (more…)
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October 27, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Judy Shaw This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by five seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The October topic is The Hero Archetype presented by Judy Shaw. The opioid epidemic has been called (more…)
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October 27, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2/session for 12 total *6 Fridays: October 27, November 17, 2017, January 26, March 23, April 27, & May 18, 2018 Instructors: Laura McGrew, Judy Shaw, Robert J Moretti, Lorna Crowl, & Ken James This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by five seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and (more…)
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October 21, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 5:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 4 Instructor: Sensei Mui, DBS, PhD & Charlotta Koppanyi, MSc Carl Jung was among the first psychologists to study and work with masks as an expression of psychological processes, including spiritual practice. In Buddhism, masks are used to fend off demons; primarily internal demons which are projected externally. These masks represent the highest qualities (more…)
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October 14, 2017
10:00 am CDT - 1:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Louise Dimiceli-Mitran “…Music should be an essential part of every analysis.” C.G. Jung Please join us in an experiential exploration of creativity using music and mandalas. Employing Music Imagery (MI), adapted from The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery & Music (GIM), we will tap into the transformational power of music to explore the (more…)
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October 13, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Heloisa Garman and Irv Siegel An aging former star of Hollywood westerns spends his time reliving the glories of the past, which are decades behind him. He smokes too much weed with his friend who was also a former co-star. Disengaged from his family, he lives in an aimless state of withdrawal and isolation, (more…)
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September 29, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:30 pm CDT
CEUs: 2.5 Instructor: Robert J. Moretti, PhD If you are new to Jung, or are looking for a refresher of his fundamental ideas, this lecture is for you. Many people who try to read Jung on their own are discouraged by the complexity of his thought and writing. This presentation aims to address this issue (more…)
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September 29, 2017
10:00 am CDT - 12:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Karol Weigelt, LCPC & Pat Coughlin, LCPC CEUS: 20 10 Fridays: September 29, October 27, December 1, January 5, February 2, March 2 & 30 , April 27, May 18, June 8 from 10-12 pm Limited space remaining! Dream work is important to our inner growth. It can be healing, sacred and holistic, as viewed (more…)
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September 24, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Jo Ann Koltyk, PhD CEUS: 3 The Intensive Journal® Method is a nationally recognized technique for self-discovery and self-reflection that uses writing exercises. Created by Ira Progoff, PhD in the mid-1960’s, this technique is now taught by certified instructors. As the first American to complete his doctoral dissertation on the work of Dr. Jung, Dr. (more…)
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September 23, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Nancy VanKanegan Our minds can seem like uncharted territory, a constantly changing topography of memories, dreams, plans, emotions, and ideas. Visual diagramming of the various aspects of the mind can be useful in understanding the connections between conscious and unconscious activities. Like Freud’s iceberg, Jung’s diagram of the conscious/unconscious helps us to picture (more…)
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September 8, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Elizabeth Londo & Sheri Reda Dr. Strange joins a long line of Marvel movies based on the original Marvel comic series, with an added twist: it is one of the first Marvel movies to take the viewer to a more mystical source of super-hero power. The movie tells the story of Dr. Stephen Strange (more…)
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September 7, 2017
7:30 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 6 Instructor: Lori Engler Enrollment limited to 10 participants. This group will meet on the following dates: September 7, October 5, November 2, and December 7. As a woman progresses through life, what she experiences may draw her away from developing and/or honoring her authentic self. Cultural mores, familial expectations, professional aspirations, relationships with friends and lovers, (more…)
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September 6, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Karol Weigelt, LCPC & TBA CEUS: 20 10 Wednesdays: September 6 & 27, October 25, November 29, January 3 & 31 , March 7 , April 4, May 2 & 30, from 7-9pm Limited space remaining! Dream work is important to our inner growth. It can be healing, sacred and holistic, as viewed through its (more…)
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August 26, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Laura McGrew Fairy tales invite us into the archetypal realm, insisting that we allow our individual stories to become universal. This workshop will focus on gaining an understanding of the archetypal underpinnings present in this tale. In their ‘once upon a time’ reality, fairy tales show us how the personal and the impersonal (more…)
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August 11, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Irv Siegel Youth is a critically acclaimed movie, originally released in December 2015. Fred (Michael Caine) and Mick (Harvey Keitel) portray close friends who unite in the Swiss Alps for a vacation. Also accompanying them is Fred’s daughter played by Rachel Weisz. Both men are artists, Fred is a famous composer and conductor, Mick (more…)
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July 30, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
*THIS WORKSHOP HAS SOLD-OUT! CEUs: 3 Instructor: Jessica Lynn Shell “Through involvement in the creative process we bring forth life, fashioning it, and ourselves, anew” (Art as Medicine, 120) No art-making experience necessary. Program includes art supplies. The circular form of the Mandala has held religious, creative and cultural significance for many centuries. Mandalas have been used (more…)
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July 16, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Candice Wu In Jungian Psychology, our shadow includes the parts of ourselves we disavow, disown, or cast away in others or in objects and symbols. While disavowing certain parts of ourselves can serve us temporarily, it ultimately diminishes our life energy, our vital force, and strips us of our full power. In addition, (more…)
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July 14, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Kaitlyn Whitebread When mysterious ships arrive at various locations around the globe, linguist Louise Banks, joins a team of specialists to investigate the phenomena. Her task: to translate the messages these visitors, referred to as Heptapods, are trying to convey. The failure to translate and effectively communicate may possibly risk the fate of the (more…)
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July 8, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Laura McGrew Fairy tales invite us into the archetypal realm, insisting that we allow our individual stories to become universal. This workshop will focus on gaining an understanding of the archetypal underpinnings present in these tales. In their ‘once upon a time’ reality, fairy tales show us how the personal and the impersonal (more…)
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June 23, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
**This program has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.** CEUs: 2 Instructor: Tracey Cleantis Too often we settle for the notion that self-care means giving ourselves treats and rewards for good behavior or something we only do when we are burned out and gasping for air. The (more…)
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June 17, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 3:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: David Thoele Illness and the health care system create significant stress for patients, families, and health care providers (HCPs). Writing about traumatic experiences has been shown to provide significant health benefits. However, most HCPs and patients do not use writing as a healing tool, and time and resources are limited. We developed a (more…)
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June 10, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Marsha Smith Reactions to stress often happen without pausing to let a “bodily felt” sense of the situation form. The discovery of this bodily awareness, named a “felt sense” by Psychologist Eugene Gendlin, is at the foundation of a whole body-mind therapy revolution. The Focusing process offers a mindful way to experience (more…)
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June 9, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Irv Siegel The movie “A Monster Calls” is a visually stunning depiction of the relationship between a young boy and a very tall monster. The monster, resembling a tree, comes along at just the right time after events in the boy’s family result in his feeling lost and alone. The connection that occurs between (more…)
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June 4, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Hélène Tragos Stelian One of the key factors in increasing happiness is living a life of purpose. But how do you identify your purpose? In this interactive workshop, you will learn a step-by-step process, based on the best purpose research, to identify how you are meant to spend your time and energy. (more…)
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May 26, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Ken James This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The May topic is Flying Saucers, Fortune Telling, Mediums & Magic: Why Jung writes about esoterica presented by (more…)
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May 13, 2017
10:00 am CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 5 Instructor: Karol Weigelt Dreams and dreamwork are valuable to the understanding of our lives. Dreams have played a part in most sacred and spiritual traditions. Those traditions, ancient through contemporary, have taught that dreams provide inspiration, healing, guidance and connection to our unconscious. Tapping into that wise world of personal symbol, myth, and metaphor (more…)
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May 12, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Cheryl Kinsman, Sheri Reda, and Irv Siegel This Oscar-nominated film follows the journey of a young boy who is accidentally separated from his family in India and carried away to a land far from home where he is adopted by a new family. We watch as this young boy grows and learns new customs while (more…)
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May 6, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 5:00 pm CDT
RESCHEDULED DATE! CEUs: 4 Instructor: Charlotta Koppanyi In this workshop we will explore the process of working together on a theme set forth by the facilitator. By working together to create an artwork and an accompanying story, we will discover our collective story and our role within that storyboard. While engaging in the process of (more…)
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May 5, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Rodger Kamenetz Everyone who has ever awakened from a nightmare– or enjoyed a dream vision of delight– knows that the images in dreams are emotionally powerful. In our dreams we are all great poets, conjuring up images of great emotional depth. Naturally, our great poets have also contemplated the power of images in (more…)
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April 23, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Jo Ann Koltyk, PhD CEUS: 3 The Intensive Journal® Method is a nationally recognized technique for self-discovery and self-reflection that uses writing exercises. Created by Ira Progoff, PhD in the mid-1960’s, this technique is now taught by certified instructors. As the first American to complete his doctoral dissertation on the work of Dr. Jung, Dr. (more…)
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April 21, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2Instructor: Jane KamerlingThis year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The April topic is The Psychology of Terrorism presented by Jane Kamerling.Friday April 21, 2017: The Psychology of TerrorismThis seminar will consider the (more…)
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April 7, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Weyler Greene and Kaitlyn Whitebread Moonlight, recently awarded Best Picture, Best Writing-Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali at the 2017 Academy Awards, is the complex and timely developmental narrative of Chiron, an African-American man living in Miami. Beginning with his childhood, we join Chiron as he traverses through to adulthood, experiencing (more…)
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April 1, 2017
1:00 pm CDT - 5:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 4 Instructor: Anne Redlich In this workshop we will explore the art of astrology as a means of expanding and enlightening the creative mind. Astrology is a meditation on nature. The vast subjects embodied by astrology include, but are not limited to, nature and the four sacred seasons, mythology, sacred geometry and psychology. We (more…)
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March 24, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Kenneth W. James *Schedule Change. Newly added presentation. This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The March topic is Narcissism and The Mana Personality: A Jungian Interpretation (more…)
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March 21, 2017
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 20 Instructor: Peter Mudd Enrollment limited to 10 participants. This seminar will meet on the following dates: March 21, April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, September 19, October 17, November 21, December 19, January 16, 2018. “. . .every psychology—my own included—has the character of a subjective confession.” C. G. Jung, CW 4, (more…)
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March 11, 2017
1:00 pm CST - 5:00 pm CST
CEUs: 4 Instructor: Sensei Mui Reality is unique to the experiencer. We cannot expect the individual to conform to an arbitrary standard reality but instead try to meet them at their dynamic experience of reality. This is the classical Buddhist view. CG Jung understood that the patient’s hallucinations were their reality and their truth. By (more…)
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March 3, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructors: Barbara Burns Carl Jung encouraged the use of fairy tales to explicate the trauma, dissociation and blockage one experiences in childhood along the uneven path towards individuation. Steven Spielberg sought Mark Rylance (Academy Award winning Bridge of Spies, Best Supporting Actor) to transform and embody the well-loved Big Friendly Giant. The film is a (more…)
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February 24, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Robert Moretti This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The February topic is Further Explorations of Consciousness presented by Robert Moretti. Friday February 24, 2017: Further Explorations of Consciousness (more…)
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February 18, 2017
1:00 pm CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Mary Theis & Rita Feild This experiential workshop will focus on new beginnings. Do you have the feeling that you want a new direction for your life? Do you have an inkling of what it might be but are just not sure how to begin? In this workshop, we will consider ways to (more…)
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February 17, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Thomas Lavin *Held at The Lakeview Center at Gillson Park 800 Gillson Park Drive, Wilmette, IL 60091 (directions/map below) Towers have been seen as symbols of power since time began: The Tower of Babble The Tower of Gilgamesh The Leaning Tower of Pisa The Eiffel Tower in Paris The London Tower in England The (more…)
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February 10, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructors: Biljana Cvejin This film is an informative, rib-tickling, surprising and subversive comedy in which Michael Moore treks far and wide in an attempt to build America up in some amazingly novel and thought-provoking ways. As he investigates one idea after another during his travels, Moore discovers that many of the ideas originated in the (more…)
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February 5, 2017
1:00 pm CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Candice Wu How do we heal the nation’s perpetual violence, hate, blaming, and pain? How can we deeply understand the dynamics of the current political field and how we contribute? How do we embody the change we want? In the aftermath of an intense political run and election, there has been extreme (more…)
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January 31, 2017
9:30 am CST - 12:00 pm CST
CEUs: 17.5 Instructor: Keren Vishny *7 Tuesdays beginning January 31 This seminar will meet on: January 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 28. Held at Zero Balancing Wellness Center, 809 Ridge Rd., Suite 200, Wilmette, IL 60091 This series is for women wishing to take time out from the busyness of modern life (more…)
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January 27, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Anne Redlich Research shows that dreaming is something that every human does. However, most people pay little attention to the rich experience of dreaming. Both Freud and Jung were committed to using dreams as the centerpiece of their psychoanalytic practice because they understood that dreams are the most effective way to receive important (more…)
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January 20, 2017
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructors: Weyler Greene Join us on Inauguration Day! V for Vendetta is an action feature adapted from the novel by Alan Moore. It is a futuristic story of a revolution, which arises against a British authoritarian government. V, (Hugo Weaving) a man who lives in the shadows, has the will and motivation to lead the (more…)
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December 3, 2016
1:00 pm CST - 3:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Don Troyer *Held at Apple Farm, 12291 Hoffman Road, Three Rivers, MI 49093 from 2-4 pm EDT (1-3 CDT) Don Troyer, Jungian Analyst and member of the Apple Farm Community, will present ‘Apple Farm: An Unintentional Community’ at Apple Farm’s Round House. Stories from the origins of the Farm and abiding themes over (more…)
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December 2, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructors: Sheri Reda Starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando A passionate young man who identifies as Don Juan has fallen into a deep depression after being unable to win the woman of his dreams. He comes under the care of an accomplished psychiatrist who is near retirement and is taking stock of his own, rather (more…)
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November 18, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructors: Cheryl Kinsman & Elizabeth Londo Touched with Fire is a film starring Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby as two poets with bipolar disorder who meet in a treatment facility. The film illustrates the elements of their illness, how it manifests in their relationship and what their families experience when trying to intercede. While both (more…)
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November 11, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Judy Shaw This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The November topic is The Gift of Uncertainty, presented by Judy Shaw. Friday November 11: The Gift of (more…)
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November 5, 2016
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Laura McGrew Fairy tales expose the archetypal realm, insisting that we allow our individual stories to become universal. In their ‘once upon a time’ reality, fairytales show us how the personal and the impersonal worlds weave in and out of each other uniting the past, present, and future. Marie Louis Von Franz (more…)
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November 4, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructors: Tom Lavin, PhD & Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin, PhD Jung once wrote Modern Man in Search of His Soul. Are we still searching in the twenty-first century or do we need to go deeper? Perhaps we are not as religious as we once were. If Jung were writing that book today, could it (more…)
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October 29, 2016
10:00 am CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
The 2016 June Singer Memorial Lecture CEUs: 5 Instructors: Barbara Friedman & Doris Klinkhamer Carl Jung engaged in a process of deep change that restructured his consciousness. This change in consciousness was informed by moving away from strictly scientific and rational constructs toward a focus on non-ordinary perception. Join us as we come together for a day (more…)
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October 14, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2/session for 12 total *6 Fridays: October 14, November 11, 2016, February 24, March 24, April 21, & May 26, 2017 Instructors: Laura McGrew, Judy Shaw, Robert J Moretti, Lorna Crowl, Jane Kamerling, & Ken James This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and (more…)
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October 14, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Laura McGrew This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. The October topic is On the Nature of Suffering, presented by Laura McGrew. Friday October 14: On the Nature (more…)
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October 2, 2016
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Jo Ann Koltyk, PhD CEUS: 3 The Intensive Journal® Method is a nationally recognized technique for self-discovery and self-reflection that uses writing exercises. Created by Ira Progoff, PhD in the mid-1960’s, this technique is now taught by certified instructors. As the first American to complete his doctoral dissertation on the work of Dr. Jung, Dr. (more…)
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September 23, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Weyler Greene & Kaitlyn Whitebread Carol is the story of a “brief encounter” between two people who happen to be women. Set in New York, in the proper and repressive 1950’s, it explores the nuance and changing potential of even a short, though intense, human relationship. This film, which won huge critical acclaim, stars (more…)
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September 7, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
Presenters: Joyce Hennelly, MSW, LCSW & Karol Weigelt, MS, LPC CEUS: 20 10 Wednesdays: September 7 & 28, October 26, November 30, January 11 , February 8, March 8 , April 12, May 10, June 7 from 7-9pm Limited space remaining! Dream work is important to our inner growth. It can be healing, sacred and holistic, as viewed (more…)
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August 19, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Weyler Greene Ordinary People is a story of the disintegration of an upper middle-class family living in Lake Forrest, Illinois following the death of one of their two sons in a boating accident. The film focuses primarily on the surviving son, his guilt, and the relationship to his parents. It also portrays an extraordinary (more…)
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July 31, 2016
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Presenter: Terry Sak, PhD CEUS: 3 The ProgoffTM method is back at the Jung Center! The Intensive Journal method is a nationally recognized technique for self-discovery and self-reflection that uses writing exercises. Created by Ira Progoff, PhD in the mid-1960’s, this technique is now taught by certified instructors. This program provides an introduction to the Intensive Journal method, an integrated system of (more…)
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July 23, 2016
10:00 am CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 5 Instructor: Barbara Burns, Joan Kram, Dan Ross Alzheimer’s is an increasingly prevalent disease. This workshop will explore both the daily reality of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, as well as the more archetypal perspective of loss and grieving, from a Jungian perspective. The morning session will be conducted by Joan Kram and Barbara Burns. (more…)
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July 8, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Barbara Burns Steve Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies was a box office success worldwide and yielded 6 Academy Award nominations and won Best Supporting Actor for Mark Rylance. The story follows James Donovan, an insurance lawyer who negotiated during the Nuremburg Trials, who is recruited by the CIA to defend Russian Spy Colonel Rudolph Abel (more…)
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June 17, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Daniel Ross The Revenant is a film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, following his previous Academy Award winning film, Birdman, from the previous year. In each film, there is a man being stripped down to his bare essentials by the forces of nature. In Birdman, those forces are psychological and in the context of the (more…)
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May 27, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Ken James This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. The May topic is Struggling with The Self and the (more…)
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May 21, 2016
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Sensei Mui & Charlotta Koppanyi C.G. Jung was among the first psychiatrists who worked with art as a gateway to reach, communicate and understand his patients’, and his own, psyche. Jung concluded that spontaneous and intuitively expressed art carried symbols and archetypes and therefore connected us to a deeper level of our (more…)
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May 14, 2016
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Laura McGrew Fairy tales expose the archetypal realm, insisting that we allow our individual stories to become universal. In their ‘once upon a time’ reality, fairytales show us how the personal and the impersonal worlds weave in and out of each other uniting the past, present, and future. Marie Louis Von Franz (more…)
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May 6, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin & Tom Lavin Based on the best selling novel written by Colm Toibin, Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan stars as Eilis Lacey, an Irish immigrant navigating through 1950s Brooklyn, New York. Following a rough start, including homesickness and feelings of isolation, Ellis begins to develop friends, stable work, and a romance. Her (more…)
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April 30, 2016
10:00 am CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 5 Instructor: Karol Weigelt Dreams and dream work are valuable to the understanding of our lives. Dreams have been part of the most sacred and spiritual traditions. Those traditions, ancient through contemporary, have taught that dreams provide inspiration, healing, guidance and connection to our unconscious. Tapping into that wise world of personal symbol, myth, and (more…)
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April 29, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Judy Shaw This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. The April topic is Transformation and will presented by (more…)
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April 22, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructors: Tom Lavin * Please call to be added to the wait list. Once upon a time there was a very sad and depressed country. The people were very angry and frustrated because they knew they had been lied to. They realized that some people in their military had been sent to countries to (more…)
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April 16, 2016
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Ellen Diamond The mind and body are not separate but one inextricably, complexly connected entity. Join us to learn the key principles of mind-body psychology. In this workshop we will explore the fascinating intertwining connection of mind and body. We will discover where Jung, the psychological, and yoga, the physical, meet. Carl Jung (more…)
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April 1, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructors: Tom Lavin SOLD OUT! Once upon a time there was a very sad and depressed country. The people were very angry and frustrated because they knew they had been lied to. They realized that some people in their military had been sent to countries to which they did not belong and some had (more…)
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March 19, 2016
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructors: Rita Feild & Mary Theis Join us this Spring for an experiential workshop which will focus on endings and new beginnings. We will explore things in our lives that seem to be completed, and how we may be holding on to them when it’s time to let go. The blocks that prevent us (more…)
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March 18, 2016
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Weyler Greene & Kaitlyn Whitebread Room a movie about a mother and her five year old son trapped inside a sparsely furnished 10-by-10 foot space by a man who had abducted the mother seven years before. Surprisingly, the focus of this film is not a crime story! It is about a profound relation between (more…)
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March 11, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructors: Mui Baltrunas & Charlotta Koppanyi This program will focus on the concept of the Shadow as found in Buddhist teachings and their parallels with Jungian theories. C. G. Jung and the historical Buddha approached the problem of shadow self; even though 2500 years separate the two thinkers, as well as their starting points, (more…)
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February 12, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin Research tells us that we can expect to live longer than our ancestors. To stay current with modern life expectancy, we need new archetypal stories to help us better understand our relationships as we age. The stories we have of youthful love such as Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and (more…)
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February 6, 2016
10:00 am CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 5 Instructor: Warren Sibilla *This class will break for lunch. As the Dharma moves West it faces an inevitable confrontation with the Western psyche steeped in the hero myth and its championed notion of the “self”. However, the Eastern path of enlightenment prompts one to “Study the self so as to forget the self.” This (more…)
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January 30, 2016
9:30 am CST - 3:30 pm CST
CEUs: 5 Instructor: Keren Vishny * Held at Zero Balancing Wellness Center, 809 Ridge Rd., Suite 200, Wilmette, IL 60091 Enter the ‘Heart of your Dreams’. Learn how dreams ‘speak’ to each of us, showing us outgrown patterns of conditioning and neglected aspects of ourselves, and illuminate pathways to healing and spiritual connection. Through discussion, movement, (more…)
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January 29, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Jane Kamerling This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. Friday January 29: Jungian Dreamwork This session will (more…)
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January 15, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Keren Vishny Dreams offer us the possibility of a sacred encounter: an opportunity to know ourselves more deeply and to connect with a Divine Source. There are many biblical and literary examples of sacred dream encounters. But what does it look like when a modern person embraces the dream as a path to (more…)
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January 14, 2016
7:15 pm CST - 9:15 pm CST
CEUs: 16 Instructor: Keren Vishny *8 Thursdays: January 14 through March 3 Held at Zero Balancing Wellness Center, 809 Ridge Rd., Suite 200, Wilmette, IL 60091 Mind-Body Skills Groups offer a combination of research based healing therapies to help participants navigate life changes, decrease stress, and increase well-being. Within the safety of a supportive small (more…)
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January 8, 2016
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructor: Weyler Greene & Kaitlyn Whitebread Riley is an 11-year-old girl whose life changes dramatically when her family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco. Luckily, she has her emotions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, and Disgust to help her through this journey. This acclaimed Pixar and Walt Disney film, directed by Pete Docter and featuring the work (more…)
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December 5, 2015
1:30 pm CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Laura McGrew Fairy tales expose the archetypal realm, insisting that we allow our individual stories to become universal. In their ‘once upon a time’ reality, fairytales show us how the personal and the impersonal worlds weave in and out of each other uniting the past and present. Marie Louis Von Franz said (more…)
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December 4, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructor: Barbara Burns Babette’s Feast, is a rare film for all times, with screenplay and direction by Gabriel Axel and composed by Isak Dinesen (a.k.a. Karen Blixen) of Out of Africa fame. The journey begins on the rugged coast of Denmark, where Martina and Phillippa are the young, beautiful daughters of a Lutheran pastor who (more…)
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November 20, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Lorna Crowl This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. Friday November 20: The Transpersonal Dimension to Human (more…)
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November 7, 2015
10:00 am CST - 1:00 pm CST
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Judith Shaw Many people complain that psychotherapy is too focused on the cause of one’s problems rather than on solutions. The authors of The Tools, Phil Stutz and Barry Michaels, informed by Jungian thought, have created “tools” which clients can use to overcome their problems and transform their lives This workshop will examine (more…)
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October 30, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Laura McGrew This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, clinicians and non-clinicians. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. Friday October 30: Inflation: A Critical Element in (more…)
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October 30, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2/session for 12 total *6 Fridays: Oct 30, Nov 20, 2015, Jan 29, Feb 26, April 29, May 27, 2016 Instructors: Laura McGrew, Lorna Crowl, Jane Kamerling, Bob Moretti, Judy Shaw, & Ken James $150 for full series This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by six seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, (more…)
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October 10, 2015
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Charlotta Koppanyi C.G. Jung was among the first psychiatrists who worked with art as a gateway to reach, communicate and understand his patients’, and his own, psyche. C.G. Jung concluded that spontaneous and intuitively expressed art carried religious symbols and spiritual archetypes and therefore connected us to a deeper level of our psyche, (more…)
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October 3, 2015
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Warren Sibilla In 1958 Jung held a momentous dialogue with Japanese Zen Master and Professor of Philosophy Shin’ichi Hisamatsu at his home in Kusnacht Switzerland. The topics they discussed included the notion of a “Self” from both the Eastern and Western perspectives, how to be in relationship to the Self, including the root (more…)
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October 2, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Weyler Greene & Kaitlyn Whitebread “If it’s in a word, or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook.” Let’s begin this season of chills as we view and discuss the acclaimed independent psychological thriller, The Babadook, directed by Jennifer Kent. A young mother, who lost her husband in a tragic (more…)
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September 18, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:15 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Robert Moretti If you are new to Jung, or are looking for a refresher of his fundamental ideas, this lecture is for you. Many people who try to read Jung on their own are discouraged by the complexity of his thought and writing. This presentation aims to address this issue by providing an (more…)
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September 12, 2015
10:00 am CDT - 1:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Louise Dimiceli-Mitran * This class is limited to 12 participants. “All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy.” C. G. Jung Please join us in this experiential exploration of inner creativity though music and mandalas. Employing Music Imagery (MI), adapted from The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery & Music (GIM), we (more…)
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September 11, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Weyler Greene Maleficent is a fascinating retelling of the age-old story of Sleeping Beauty, told not from the standpoint of the sleeping princess, but from that of the vengeful fairy who had put the curse on her. This movie, filled with archetypal symbolism and exploration of personal and collective shadow, invites differing interpretations, but (more…)
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August 14, 2015
6:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 4 Instructor: Biljana Cvejin The emotion of shame is a powerful barrier to our ability to live an authentic life. This program will begin with a discussion on the research of Dr. Brene Brown, who has been researching shame for more than twelve years. She has been investigating its corrosive impact on our development, and (more…)
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July 10, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructors: Weyler Greene & Kaitlyn Whitebread Join us as we embark on a midsummer journey “Into the Woods” and into our deepest desires and fears. Rob Marshall directs Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, and Johnny Depp, in this Academy Award nominated adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical sensation. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and (more…)
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June 19, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructors: Judy Shaw Assaults, shootings, domestic abuse are fixtures on television and in our culture. Violence seems to be the only avenue to equality. This discussion will explore the cost of violence. What is it like to hurt someone? To be hurt? Drawing on her experience with veterans of several wars, as well as (more…)
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June 6, 2015
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructors: Charlotta Koppanyi & Marianne Lagercrantz During this hands-on workshop, participants will be invited to connect to both their own unconscious and to the collective unconscious through art. C. G. Jung argued that art could be used, both personally and a professionally, to reach a level in the human psyche inaccessible to verbal communication. (more…)
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June 5, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Barbara Burns We’ve missed you at the hotel- The Grand Budapest Hotel, of course! Come and start your weekend with the great cast/staff of the famous Budapest. Led by Ralph Fiennes as the illustrious concierge of a legendary Grand Budapest Hotel, this story revolves around the heist and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting (more…)
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May 29, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! CEUs: 2 Instructor: Mary Dougherty Jung’s concept of the shadow has been described in two ways: as the entirety of the unconscious, that is everything we fail to recognize about ourselves and as the specific personification of what a person “has no wish to be” – “the sum of all those (more…)
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May 28, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 10 Instructor: Michael Londo * Thursdays: May 28, June 11, 25, July 9, 23, 7-9 pm Beginning Meditation II is open to both new and returning participants. This course will combine discussion and experiential exercises to provide context and techniques to guide participants in beginning or continuing a practice. Beginning Meditation II will focus on the (more…)
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May 16, 2015
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 3 Instructor: Elizabeth Leibovitz “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” -Carl Jung We experience grace when we communicate with others with our hearts and minds open. However, in the busyness of life, and especially when things aren’t going our way, we may lose our center and not be (more…)
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May 15, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:30 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Ken James This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by eight seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, as topics vary from year to year. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. Friday (more…)
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May 9, 2015
10:00 am CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 5 Instructor: Karol Weigelt Dreams and dream work are valuable to the understanding of our lives. Dreams have been part of the most sacred and spiritual traditions. Those traditions, ancient through contemporary, have taught that dreams provide inspiration, healing, guidance and connection to our unconscious. Tapping into that wise world of personal symbol, myth, and (more…)
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May 1, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Biljana Cvejin The Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund’s brilliant and disconcerting Force Majeure follows in the footsteps of Bergman’s ’70s classic Scenes from a Marriage, and the revolutionary playwright Henrik Ibsen before him. “Force majeure” is a legal term, signifying the kind of extraordinary and unavoidable event, such as a war or a natural disaster, which (more…)
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April 24, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:30 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Cate Rondenet This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by eight seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, as topics vary from year to year. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. Friday April (more…)
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April 18, 2015
1:00 pm CDT - 5:00 pm CDT
The 2015 June Singer Memorial Lecture CEUs: 3 Instructor: Dr. Carl Greer * Held at Heartwood Center, 1818 Dempster Street, Evanston 60202 Schedule: 1:00–4:00 pm: Lecture 4:00–5:00 pm: Book Signing & Refreshments Many of us are stuck in our life stories. In this workshop, we will ascertain what our current life story is and what we would (more…)
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April 12, 2015
1:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm Presenter: Terry Sak, PhD CEUS: 3 The ProgoffTM method is back at the Jung Center! The Intensive Journal method is a nationally recognized technique for self-discovery and self-reflection that uses writing exercises. Created by Ira Progoff, PhD in the mid-1960’s, this technique is now taught by certified instructors. This program provides an introduction to the Intensive Journal method, an integrated (more…)
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April 3, 2015
6:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
Instructor: Michele Gaspar Writer and director Richard Linklater’s Oscar nominated film Boyhood is unique in that he filmed the same cast over 12 years. This sensitive portrayal of a boy growing up in contemporary America, contains themes of fathers and sons, mothers and sons, the impact of adult choices on children, disruption and reparation and the (more…)
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March 27, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:30 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Jane Kamerling This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by eight seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, as topics vary from year to year. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. Friday March (more…)
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March 20, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 9:00 pm CDT
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Mui Baltrunas In this program we will review the Five Wisdom Buddhas, (Vairocana, Akshobhya, Amitabha, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi), their consorts (feminine counterparts), and each of their Heavenly Abodes (called Pure Lands). Found in all Mahayana Buddhist traditions, the Five Wisdom Buddhas arise out of the mysticism of Central Asia and are often considered (more…)
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March 17, 2015
2:00 pm CDT - 4:30 pm CDT
Time: 7:00- 9:30 pm CEUs: 2 Instructor: Laura McGrew, MA, LCPC This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by eight seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, as topics vary from year to year. Questions and discussion will be welcome (more…)
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March 17, 2015
2:00 pm CDT - 4:30 pm CDT
Time: 7:00- 9:30 pm CEUs: 2/session Instructors: Peter Mudd, Judy Shaw, Laura McGrew, Lorna Crowl, Bob Moretti, Jane Kamerling, Cate Rondenet, Ken James 8 Fridays: September 5, October 17, November 14, January 23, February 20, March 27, April 24, May 15 $230 for all or $30/session This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by eight seasoned (more…)
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March 17, 2015
8:00 am CDT - 11:00 am CDT
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm Presenter: Laura McGrew, LCPC CEUS: 3 Fairy tales expose the archetypal realm, insisting that we allow our individual stories to become universal. In their ‘once upon a time’ reality, fairytales show us how the personal and the impersonal worlds weave in and out of each other uniting the past and present. Marie Louis (more…)
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March 13, 2015
7:00 pm CDT - 10:00 pm CDT
SECOND SCREENING! Instructors: Weyler Greene and Kaitlyn Whitebread Due to popular demand of this movie , a second screening of Birdman was added. Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance depicts a former film star as he desperately attempts to revive his fallen acting career and ultimately, seek his true identity and purpose. Starring Michael Keaton as Riggan, (more…)
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March 6, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
SOLD OUT! A second screening has been added for Friday, March 13. Please register online or call to register. Instructors: Weyler Greene and Kaitlyn Whitebread Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance depicts a former film star as he desperately attempts to revive his fallen acting career and ultimately, seek his true identity and purpose. Starring Michael Keaton (more…)
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March 5, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 12 Instructor: Michael Londo * Thursdays: March 5, 19, April 2, 16, 30, and May 14 The commonality among all sentient beings is the striving for joy and avoidance of suffering. How do you define suffering? Do you constantly feel stressed and pressured? Have you experienced loss? Do you worry about what might or could happen? (more…)
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February 20, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 9:30 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Bob Moretti, PhD This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by eight seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, as topics vary from year to year. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. (more…)
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February 14, 2015
1:00 pm CST - 4:00 pm CST
CEUs: 3 Instructor(s): Rita Feild, LCSW & Mary Theis, LCPC This workshop will offer ways to open to Divine Guidance in daily life. Designed especially for Valentine’s Day, the focus will be on ways that our everyday relationships can lead us to an inner connection to the Divine. Activities will include guided imagery meditation, outer (more…)
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February 6, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Instructor: Irv Siegel The Railway Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, and starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, and Stellan Skarsgård, chronicles the story of a former British Army officer, who was tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, and discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment (more…)
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January 30, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Judy Shaw, LCSW Mark Salzman’s novel, Lying Awake, explores the experience of God in a Carmelite nun, Sister John. Whether or not you have read the book, you are invited to join in this discussion of the power and price of faith and community. Judy will draw in examples from Lying Awake, (more…)
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January 26, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 9:00 pm CST
Meets Weekly Time: 7:00- 9:00 pm Instructor: Weyler Greene, Ph.D. $20/session By popular demand, the Jung Center has now added this weekly dream group, which will meet on Monday evenings. This dream group is open to all and will focus on supporting participants wishing to better remember and understand their dreams. The process evolves group members responding (more…)
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January 23, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 9:30 pm CST
CEUs: 2 Instructor: Lorna Crowl, LCSW This year’s Jungian Concepts Seminar is being presented by eight seasoned Jungian analysts. This seminar is open to anyone interested in exploring Jung’s concepts, and is suitable for both new and returning participants, as topics vary from year to year. Questions and discussion will be welcome at each session. Friday (more…)
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January 16, 2015
7:00 pm CST - 10:00 pm CST
Barbara Burns, LCSW Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a documentary film about the exploration of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, which contains the oldest human painted images yet discovered. Some of the paintings were crafted as long as 32,000 years ago. We join Werner Herzog and Company on their pilgrimage to record the images (more…)