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Date – November 1, 2025
Time- 12 pm – 2:30 pm EST
Cost- $75
On Zoom
Thirteenth century mosaic from the Alhambra, Nasrid Empire, Granada, Spain.
“Hybrids, Fluidity and Expanding a Conceptualization of the Psyche”
Hybrids blend elements together in surprising, unpredictable ways. They are magical, which adds to their fascination. This lecture begins by describing a myth about hybrids, the Chimera. I will discuss where Jung refers to the Chimera. His main reference is within a 1942 essay about Paracelsus that Jung gave as a talk to commemorate 400 years since Paracelsus’s death. I’ll review why Paracelsus was such an intriguing figure for Jung. Following this, I provide examples of hybridity that are contemporary. The three that I concentrate on are:
1) Adolescents playing with gender fluidity;
2) The collective merger with screens of all kinds that have become like auxiliary brains or selves; and
3) The analytic field.
A part of my talk explores the concept of gender expansiveness. This term refers to a person’s self-identifying as gender fluid, genderqueer, transgender, nonbinary, gender diverse, or gender nonconforming. Young people, including older children and adolescents, increasingly are experimenting with crossing gender lines. This trend can be understood as a sociocultural process for humanizing more terrifying archetypal forms of gender diversity.
Using Henderson’s concept of the cultural unconscious, I’ll look at social developments among youth that bring gender expansiveness more into collective consciousness. This issue has occasioned a strong counterreaction with panicked appeals to upholding traditional gender norms and asserting a necessity to restrict gender-affirming care. Examples from myth, literature and clinical practice help to contextualize the intense emotions aroused by gender diversity. A case example shows how gender fantasies are worked through within an empathic analytic relationship. Older psychological theories struggle with gender fluidity because of reliance on binary polarities and discrete opposites. A potential new approach to incorporate gender expansiveness is through a model of the psyche as a mosaic that combines many things at once.
Robert Tyminski, D.M.H. is an adult and child analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and a past president (2014-16). He is the author of Male Alienation at the Crossroads of Identity, Culture and Cyberspace (Routledge, 2018), Crooked Lines (2016), and The Psychology of Theft and Loss: Stolen and Fleeced (Routledge, 2014). He is a 2025 and 2016 winner of the Michael Fordham Prize from the Journal of Analytical Psychology. His latest book is The Psychological Effects of Immigrating: A Depth Psychology Perspective on Relocating to a New Place. He is currently working on a new book about analysis and psychotherapy with boys and young men.
DATE AND TIME
Saturday, November 1, 2025
12 pm – 2:30 pm EST on Zoom
Cost:
$75
2.5 MHC and SW CEUs will be available ($15 CEU fee)
Public Registration
Institute Analyst Member Registration
Date – September 6, 2025
Time – 10 am to noon
Cost – $40
On Zoom
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1484-1486
Considered by many as his “piece de resistance”, the contents of C. G. Jung’s book on symbols and their importance in our conscious as well as our unconscious lives will be the topic of our first seminar.
Dr. Jung drew material from art, dreams, ethnology, literature, mythology, psychology and religion, among other fields in his work, and because of his consideration of many literary works (Classical, Oriental, Western) Symbols of Transformation has always had a special interest for lovers of literature.
This is a perfect opportunity to learn about Jung and symbols, regardless of whether you are new to or well-versed in his works. We will go over some of the priceless 130 illustrations in the book and discuss Jung’s comments as well as share our own personal understanding of them, to the extent we feel comfortable.
Participants are NOT required to obtain the text as all relevant material will be provided. Should anyone wish to obtain it, the text to be used will be “Jung, Carl Gustav, Symbols of Transformation, Princeton University Press, Princetown, New Jersey, ISBN: 978-0-691-01815-7
The seminar is limited to 20 participants so please sign up early!
Olga E. Turcotte, M.I.M, Olga Turcotte is a consultant and lecturer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has lived and studied in seven countries and has worked in the fields of corporate finance, non-profit management, consulting and education. Her interest in analytical psychology started in the mid 80’s while she was still living in C. G. Jung’s Switzerland and has become her vocation over the years. Her areas of focus are dreams, history, literature, religion and symbolism.
Date and Time:
Saturday, September 6, 2025
10 am to 12 pm, (EST) via Zoom
Cost: $40
*If you are in a unique situation and do not have the financial resources to afford our fee, please email us at cgjungne@gmail.com
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Date – September 10th – October 15th, 2025
Time – Wednesdays: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cost – $150 Adults / $75 Students and Seniors
On Zoom
You are invited to join a small interactive dream group for writers, artists, storytellers and clinicians interested in exploring their own and the dreams of others. This is not a therapy group, but individuals will learn a method of working with dreams and the creative imagination that will enhance their understanding of how dreams can influence their creative projects. Clinicians will also learn to use this method in their work with clients.
During the dream group, participants are guided to re-enter the landscape of each participant’s dreams. A slow and careful exploration of the dream images, from a variety of perspectives, elicits sensations and affective states that are experienced in the body. This work is known to lead to an increased depth of the creative imagination and a profound sense of one’s own humanity.
Dates and Time:
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
on Zoom
Wednesdays:
Sept. 10, 17, 24, 2025; Oct. 1, 8, 15, 2025
Cost: $150
Students and Seniors: $75
*If you are in a unique situation and do not have the financial resources to afford our fee, please email us at
cgjungne@gmail.com
This group will be led by Jill Fischer, PsyA, APRN, BC, IAAP, a Jungian Analyst and a board-certified advanced nurse practitioner with worldwide experience working with the dreams of individuals and groups both in-person and on the Internet. She is a training and consulting analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of New England and past president of the New England Society of Jungian Analysts (NESJA). She is presently Co-Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the IAAP. Jill co-wrote the section on Embodied Imagination in Barrett, Diedre and McNamara, Patrick, editors. Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams [2 volumes]: The Evolution, Function, Nature, and Mysteries of Slumber, Greenwood, 2012.
Registration:
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REGISTRATION FOR STUDENTS AND SENIORS
“6 Week Online Daytime Dream Group – Students and Seniors”
Cost: $75
