Are you intrigued by Carl Jung’s groundbreaking approach to the human psyche? Curious about the foundations of Analytical Psychology and how they remain relevant in today’s world?
Join us for Building Blocks of Analytical Psychology, an engaging and accessible seminar series designed to introduce you to some essential ideas of Jungian thought.

Course Highlights

Meet Jung: The Man Behind the Theories
Delve into the life and times of Carl Jung. Understand the personal experiences and historical context that shaped his pioneering work in depth psychology and contemporary critique.

 Explore the Jungian Approach to the Psyche
Discover more about Jung’s perspective, including the collective unconscious, dream analysis, the importance of the symbolic function and the journey of individuation.

Engage with Contemporary Perspectives
Learn how Jung’s ideas continue to inspire and evolve within modern psychotherapy, as contemporary Jungians adapt his legacy to meet today’s therapeutic needs.

Course Details:

Format:
A series of 11 seminars led by distinguished lecturers from various Jungian schools, offering diverse insights into the theory and practice of Analytical Psychology.

Contributors:
We are proud to feature a stellar lineup of speakers, including:
Prof. Andrew Samuels, Katerina Sarafidou, Brenda Crowther, George Bright, Sharn Waldron, Dale Mathers, Susanna Wright, Dr. Sarah Hall, Ruth Williams, Begum Maitra, and Dr. Orsolya Lukács.

Who is it for?

• Practicing therapists and counsellors seeking to enrich their theoretical foundations
• Individuals considering training as Jungian analysts
• Anyone drawn to the symbolic, imaginative, and transformative world of Jungian psychology

Please Note:
This is an introductory course offering a broad overview of some key Jungian and post-Jungian concepts. It does not confer a qualification for psychotherapy practice or training.

Fees: 

£330, payable in full upon registration or in three monthly instalments of £110. (For monthly instalments, please contact our Operations Manager, Jacqueline, at office@jungiananalysts.org.uk)

Full details of the programme and speakers are below.

Tuesday 7^th October – Week 1

The Balance Sheet: Positive and Negative Aspects of Jungian Analysis and Analytical Psychology

Speaker: Professor Andrew Samuels

Andrew will present what he sees as the strengths and weaknesses of Jungian analysis and analytical psychology today. His aim is not to turn you off. But nor is it to allow you an uncritical enthusiasm. He will explore (a) clinical work, (b) spirituality, (c) Jung the man, (d) the ‘political turn’ in the Jungian world, (e) Jung’s anti-Semitism/racism/sexism and elitism, (f) cultic and missionary tendencies in the Jungian field, (g) ‘Freud’, and (h) what can seem like theoretical and practical chaos.
Andrew Samuels is a relational Jungian psychoanalyst, professor, author, activist and political consultant (including to the National Health Service). He co-founded Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility and the Jungian political interest grouping Analysis and Activism. He was a Founder Board Member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. His twelve books have been translated into 21 languages and include Jung and the Post-Jungians, The Political Psyche and, most recently, Reflecting Critically on the Political Psyche: Therapy, Testament and Trouble in Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis. He is an Honorary Member of the Association of Jungian Analysts and a Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology. A selection of videos may be found at www.andrewsamuels.com

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Tuesday 14^th October – Week 2

The Facts in the Recesses of Feeling: The emergence of analytical psychology as a distinct discipline of psychotherapy

Speaker: Katerina Sarafidou

This talk aims to introduce the historical and philosophical foundations of psychoanalysis and analytical psychology as a way of providing a fuller contextual understanding of key concepts, texts and clinical practices, and the critical framework through which they emerged. It will trace Jung’s model as it departs from Freudian psychology from 1912 onwards and the wider implications in terms of its different aims and techniques.
Katerina Sarafidou is the Jungian Head of Research and former Jungian Director of the MSc Psychodynamics of Human Development run by Birkbeck College and the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She is an honorary member of the British Jungian Analytic Association and is carrying out academic research at the Warburg Institute on Jungian theory and German aesthetics. She is one of the three founders of The Circle of Analytical Psychology, which offers a 2-year course of study on Jung’s Liber Novus.

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Tuesday 21^st October – Week 3

The Spirit of the Depths and the Spirit of the Times in

Jung’s Red Book

Speaker: Brenda Crowther

The Red Book unfolds Jung’s search for his soul. His experiences revolve, and evolve, around a central axis formed by the Spirit of the Depths and the Spirit of the Times. The ‘Times’ are the fulfilment of his ambitions and research, but in the ‘Depths’ Jung recognises the power of the eternal, the home of his soul.  He struggles, but is forced to choose her, his soul, above all things. So begins his voyage through The Red Book.
Brenda Crowther is a Jungian analyst and depth psychologist whose personal myth is alchemy.  She trained in Zürich at the C G Jung and Von Franz Centre for Depth Psychology and at the Guild of Analytical Psychology in London.  A senior analyst, she is a member of AJA, IAAP, UKCP and a training analyst for the Jung Institute in Zürich. Brenda originally trained in Fine Art and Art History and taught at Brighton University for many years and was a practicing artist.  After an MA in French Philosophy, she began her Jungian training.  She lives in South-West France, where she has a private practice, and gives presentations internationally.  Brenda has written many articles and was editor of Harvest Journal for about 8 years.

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 Tuesday 28^th October – Week 4

N.B. This seminar will start at 7.40pm

Jung and the reconciling symbol

Speaker: George Bright

As a result of the experiences which he recorded and elaborated in his Red Book, Liber Novus, Jung re-defined his use of the term “symbol”, clearly differentiating it from its Freudian semiotic sense. In this seminar, George will compare Jung’s lyrical writing on the symbol in Chapter 20 of Liber Secundus with the definition in the language of scientific psychology he published seven years later in Psychological Types. The aim will be to suggest how the symbol, in Jung’s new sense, may inform and guide the practice of psychotherapy
George Bright is an analytical psychologist who has worked in private practice in West London for thirty years. He is Supervising and Training Analyst of The Society of Analytical Psychology. In 2016 he co-founded, with two colleagues, The Circle of Analytical Psychology to develop ways of studying C.G. Jung’s The Red Book/ Liber Novus in small, committed groups over a six-term period. He is also a guest lecturer in AJA’s Jungian Analytic Training for Qualified Psychotherapists (JATQP) training.

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Tuesday 4^th November – Week 5

The Role of the Religious Dynamic in the Psyche

Speaker: Sharn Waldron

This paper uses the lens of Analytical Psychology to explore the human drive for meaning and purpose, often expressed through a connection to something greater than oneself. Jung identifies this impulse—the “God image”—as the central archetype of the collective unconscious. Rather than viewing God as a literal being, he frames the God-seeking function as a psychological reality: a symbol of the transcendent dimensions of human experience. Much of the psyche, both personal and collective, remains unknowable. Our drive to access this hidden realm manifests as a search for something higher or deeper—a vague awareness of the unfathomable that profoundly influences psychological life. As such, the God image provides a revealing window into the psyche, illuminating both individual and collective shadows.
Sharn Waldron is a Jungian analyst, psychotherapist, and counsellor trained in individual, couple, and family therapy. She has provided therapy in various settings, including Military Intelligence, public service and industry, cardiac rehabilitation, community health and rape crisis centres. In the UK, she worked in private practice and with emergency services in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Currently, Sharn operates a private practice in Geelong, Australia, where she also continues to work with emergency services.
She has published papers in a variety of journals and has authored two books: “A Madman Runs to the East,” and a shared publication: “Aradale: The Making of a Haunted Asylum,” published by Australian Scholarly Publishing PTY LTD in Melbourne in 2020.

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Tuesday 11^th November – Week 6

Dreams

Speaker: Dale Mathers

Freud said dreams are the Royal Road to the Unconscious, Jung said they are the Key to the Inner World: they agreed on the value of exploring dreams as a way to understand ourselves. This evening, we’ll look at the similarities and differences in their approaches, at new ideas from neuroscience which connect dreams to empathy, and how we might work with our own dreams and the dreams of our clients.
Dr Dale Mathers is a retired Member of AJA, a former psychiatrist and ran the student counselling service at the LSE. He has led dream workshops and social dreaming events around the world. His next book ‘Dreams: the basics,’ will be published by Routledge in the summer of 2024.

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Tuesday 18^th November – Week 7

Working with the Unconscious

Speaker: Susanna Wright

Brainpower…. In 2008, John Bargh of Yale University estimated that 90% of our brainpower is unconscious.

We can discover the unconscious in bias and attitude; in efficient memory systems and procedural learning; in social and cultural aspects of our identity; in dream life and creative reverie; in subliminal perception and in early emotional influence.

The talk will introduce the unconscious as it has been investigated through experimental psychology and neuroscience in recent years, then we will turn to Jung’s formulation: complex, shadow, collective unconscious and archetype.

Aiming to link new research with Jung’s theoretical ‘take’, the talk might make you want to take that 90% of your brainpower more seriously.

Susanna Wright is a former co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Analytical Psychology (JAP). She works in full time private practice as an analyst and supervisor both online and in person and is a Supervising and Training Analyst for the SAP and BJAA. She teaches, lectures and supervises in the UK and internationally, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the IAAP (International Association of Analytical Psychology). She has an MA in the psychodynamics of organisations, has worked in organisational consultancy and was for some years an analyst of routers for IAAP in St Petersburg. She published several articles in the JAP, and in 2020 won the Michael Fordham prize for a clinical paper.

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Tuesday 25^th November – Week 8

Symbols, Images and Imagination

Speaker: Dr. Sarah Hall

In Jung’s psychological theory, symbols and images are crucial for understanding the unconscious, and the process of individuation. Jung viewed symbols as rich expressions of the unconscious, often manifesting in dreams, myths, and art, offering insights into the archetypes and deeper aspects of the psyche. Jung also highlighted the distinction between signs and symbols, an essential differentiation for understanding the unconscious, with symbols represent something unknown or unconscious, carrying a deeper, often mysterious meaning that transcends ordinary understanding. By projecting symbols onto the world around us, we gain insights into our unconscious mind and its workings, helping us navigate the complexities of our psyche. Treating symbols as gateways to deeper psychological truths allows us to harness their transformative power and this will be an experiential seminar, where you will work live with symbols that you create and bring to the seminar.
Dr Sarah Hall is a Jungian Analyst and an Art Psychotherapist (accredited by IAAP, BPC, UKCP and HCPC), with a Private Practice in Cornwall.  She is the current Chair of Training for the Association of Jungian Analysts in London and also works part time as Clinical Lead in Dual-Diagnosis at Chy rehab in Cornwall.  Sarah has taught on Jungian and Art Therapy trainings in the UK and has presented a number of papers in the UK, and internationally, on Jungian dream research and addiction.  As a professional artist, and former lecturer at Glasgow School of Art, she has also been involved in researching the therapeutic impact of creativity by working in prisons, long stay hospitals and institutions.  Her Doctoral research, undertaken in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, involved a Jungian interpretation of drug-dreams in patients in recovery from addiction, which she is currently developing into a book, with the working title: ‘Dreamcovery: a Jungian approach to addiction and recovery’.

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Tuesday 2^nd December – Week 9

Soul and Spirit in Jungian Analysis

Speaker: Ruth Williams

Many are drawn intuitively to explore soul and spirit although may struggle to find ways to open to them or tap into them.  Sometimes the call of the soul may be indistinguishable from intuition or even fear and anxiety.
In this seminar, we will take time to focus on soul, then spirit and chakras.  If time allows, Ruth will say a little about the research project she did for the book about if and how practitioners include soul and spirituality in their clinical practices.  (They do!)  The inclusion of soul and spirit are often what attracts people to Jungian analysis.
Ruth Williams is a Training and Supervising Analyst at AJA as well as an Integrative Psychotherapist and supervisor.   She is the author of “Jung: The Basics” (Routledge 2019) and “Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections” (Routledge 2023), which won the International Association for Jungian Studies Award for Best Clinical Book in 2024. See: www.RuthWilliams.org.uk

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Tuesday 9^th December – Week 10

Proximity to Whiteness and its Privileges –

Training to be a Jungian Analyst

Speaker: Dr. Begum Maitra

The rising tide of domestic unrest and international violence is reflected in a surge in the number of conferences and lectures asking what the analyst’s role should be. While activism of various kinds is frequently referred to, this is not a part of the analytic role likely to be reflected any time soon in the mandatory requirements or qualifications for practising analysts. However, as this paper argues, an essential, quieter kind of activism has always been part of any clinical practice and is long overdue for analytic practice. Given the major contribution to individual suffering from social circumstances, and from how power is exercised through gender, class and race how much do Jungian trainings prepare the analyst who is neither researcher nor academic for real-life differences with their clients.
Dr Begum Maitra trained as a doctor and psychiatrist in India before working for almost three decades as a Child and Family Psychiatrist in inner London. Concern about the difficulties of addressing suffering rooted in social inequalities and cultural difference she trained also as a Jungian Analyst. While she uses little from Jungian theory in her continuing practice the role of the psychotherapeutic clinician-activist continues to provide rich stimulus for her writing and presentations. She is completing a new work that looks at race against the grain of contemporary anti-racism.

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Tuesday 16^th December – Week 11

Entangled with AI: Humanity’s Relationship with the Digital Other

Speaker: Dr Orsolya Lukács

This seminar explores humanity’s ambivalent response to artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of “the Other” in the human psyche. Orsolya proposes that AI, as a mirror of human intelligence, becomes a projection surface for our unintegrated inner aspects, evoking both fear and fascination. The dynamic between humans and AI reflects intrapsychic tensions—simultaneously alien and alluring, AI stirs both resistance and yearning. By examining this interplay, the seminar invites an ongoing, reflective dialogue about AI’s evolving role in human experience, highlighting the importance of self-awareness in shaping a creative and ethical relationship with technology.
Dr Orsolya Lukács is a Lecturer of Psychoanalytic Studies and the Director of Education for the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex where she gained her PhD.  Orsolya’s primary academic interests lie in the connections between analytical psychology and physics, the historical and scientific contexts surrounding Jungian theories, theories related to the perception of time, the influence of creativity and intuition in scientific breakthroughs, the role of talking therapies in driving societal change, and the intricate relationship between mind and body. She is also intrigued by research in artificial intelligence and theories of the mind, as well as investigations into virtual realities and the concept of the Self. Her book, “C. G. Jung and Albert Einstein: Analytical Psychology, Relativity and the Universe” will soon be published by Routledge.