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Congratulations
Congratulations to Louisiana’s newest Jungian analyst, Lafayette’s Deedy Young, who graduated from the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts in June, 2010. She’ll be joining us in April, 2011, to present the highlights from her thesis on the psychology of anger. Best wishes, Deedy!
Dream Groups
Mandeville Dream Group with analyst Connie Romero: This is an ongoing group that meets monthly on Sunday afternoons from 4 - 6. For more information, contact Connie Romero (985-778-1641 | romeroce4@aol.com) .
New Orleans Dream Group with analyst Marilyn Marshall: This new group for fall will meet from 7 - 9 pm on Friday nights beginning Oct. 8, with additional meetings scheduled for Nov. 19th, Dec. 3rd, and Jan. 7, 2011. Deadline for registration is Oct. 1. To enroll, contact Marilyn Marshall (504-236-0735 | marilynjmarshall@gmail.com).
Jungian Reading Group, New Orleans
Analyst Del McNeely’s monthly Jungian reading group is at the end of Edward Edinger’s Ego and Archetype and will be beginning a new book, to be chosen by the group, in the fall. Del’s group meets monthly, usually on Monday from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm at Parker. The fee is whatever you can afford up to $20. To join the group, contact Del McNeely (757-721-2379 | earthlovr@earthlink.net)
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Red Book Reading Groups
New Orleans and Baton Rouge
Publication of The Red Book has opened up a new world of Jungian imagery to explore. We’re focusing on The Red Book this fall, beginning with a panel discussion on September 14. We’ll have a Red Book drawing for some lucky winner, and several analysts in the area are also beginning study groups to explore The Red Book in greater depth:
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In New Orleans, analysts Karen Gibson and Marilyn Marshall will host a Red Book group as a fundraiser for the Jung Society to help us close our post-Katrina budget gap. The first series of 4 sessions will begin on October 10 from 4-6 pm at 4917 S. Miro St., with subsequent meetings on Nov. 14, Dec. 5, and Jan. 16, 2011. Cost is $100 for the 4 sessions, and there is a minimum of 6 and a max of 12 participants. To register, contact Marilyn Marshall (504-236-0735 | marilynjmarshall@gmail.com) prior to the September 30, 2010, deadline.
In Baton Rouge, analyst Charlotte Mathes is offering a similar 4-session series on The Red Book in Baton Rouge beginning this fall. Cost of the 4-session series is $80, with a minimum of 6 people per group. Contact Charlotte Mathes (225-324-0668 | mathes7@cox.net) to enroll.
Film Study Series, New Orleans
Understanding Jung Series II: Movies through a Jungian Lens
| Jung explains in Dream Analysis that theatre is a kind of “psychotherapeutic institute where complexes are staged” and that movies, which are less restricted than theatre, “produce amazing symbols to show the collective unconscious.” The second series of the Understanding Jung course offered last fall will focus on Jung’s ideas, concepts, and the individuation process as illustrated in movies. Participants are asked to view the film before the monthly Thursday night course and discussion. (It is not necessary to have attended the first series this past year.) The group will meet from 6:30 pm - 8 pm on Oct. 14, Nov. 11, Dec. 9, 2010; and Jan. 13, Feb. 10, Mar. 10, Apr. 7, and May 12, 2011. Enrollment deadline is October 5. Cost for the eight-class course is $200, with a minimum of 6 and maximum of 12 participants. Films to be discussed include American Beauty, Equus, The Piano, The Queen, and Lars and the Real Girl. For information or to register, contact Marilyn Marshall (504-236-0735 | marilynjmarshall@gmail.com). |
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What is Mental “Illness”? Film Series
The DSM-IV (or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition) seeks to define our pathologies, but the boundaries are ever-shifting. What then do we and society itself convey when we talk about mental illness, pathologies, psychiatric clinics, or insane asylums? Analyst Jutta von Buchholtz and Charlotte Mathes will begin their film series exploring both the narrow and larger understanding of mental “illness” at 6:30 pm on November 18 at Parker. Charlotte Mathes (225-324-0668 | mathes7@cox.net) will present their first film, The Soloist, which explores mental illness and the gifted, freedom of choice for those who are different, and difficulties in befriending the mentally ill. On December 16, Jutta von Buchholtz (205-591-6688 | VonBuchholtz@aol.com) will show Awakenings, a factually based and powerfully persuasive film timed to coincide with the possible awakenings of the impending winter solstice. The film questions the value we place on normalcy as well as the profound effect an attentive human heart can have on patients who seem lost to our consciousness. Cost is $10 per film. For more information on each program, contact each speaker.
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