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October 2023
Friday October 20, 2023 | 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

From Accommodation to Emancipation: Insights from Contemporary Psychoanalysis on Finding Freedom from Traumatic Attachments
– Presented by Jane Rubin, PhD, PhD, PsyD [Study Group] [8 Sessions]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

Eight sessions, the third Friday of the month: Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15, 2023; Jan 19, Feb 16, Mar 15, Apr 19, May 17, 2024 NARRATIVE: Most patients come into therapy with hope for relief from their traumas, and with dread that therapy itself will be traumatizing. Anna Ornstein famously referred to this…

$340.00 – $360.00
November 2023
Saturday November 4, 2023 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT

Psychoanalytically Informed Assessment of Character Pathology
Presented by Matthew Bennett, PsyD [Seminar]

Embassy Suites San Rafael 101 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael, CA, United States

NARRATIVE This presentation serves as the introduction to a series of planned seminars on specific personality styles. The seminar will review broadly psychodynamic perspectives on the diagnosis of personality organization and personality disorder. The emphasis will be diagnosing personality organization as an aid to conducting psychotherapy. Dr. Bennett will provide an overview of the psychodynamic…

$130.00 – $150.00
December 2023
Saturday December 9, 2023 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

What’s Gone Wrong with the American Mind and What We Clinicians Can Do About It
– Presented by Bryant Welch, JD, PHD, ABPP [Class]

Embassy Suites San Rafael 101 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael, CA, United States

Hybrid Event

NARRATIVE Over the last decade the political climate in America has been especially perplexing for therapists and their patients alike. In this workshop, Dr. Welch, a highly trained psychotherapist and political advocate for mental health and social justice, will describe in clinical terms just how and why so many minds are running amok. He will…

$100.00 – $115.00
January 2024
Saturday January 27, 2024 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PST

Subverting Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma: Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Strategies that Promote Healing and Secure Attachment
– Presented by Vilma Reyes, PsyD [Seminar]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

NARRATIVE This training will deepen the understanding of how interpersonal and collective trauma manifests itself across generations if it’s not interrupted; and how providers can use intergenerational strengths and healing to lift hope and resilience in the family. Presenter will provide a solid foundation based on attachment theory and decades of research on the relational…

$130.00 – $150.00
Saturday January 27, 2024 | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm PST

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, PhD [1 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Spiritual Life Center at St. Agnes 1611 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

NARRATIVE: For 35 years I have been blessed to be in close contact with many people who were approaching death. Almost all of these people were reaching out for healing – healing in relationship to death, healing in relationship to illness, in relationship to a wounded heart, to separation from their own self. My consuming…
February 2024
Saturday February 10, 2024 | 9:00 am - 5:30 pm PST

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, [2 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Montague Hall 5 Richmond Row, San Anselmo, CA

2 DAY SEMINAR: February 10 and 11, 2024 NARRATIVE: For thirty-five years I have been blessed to be in close contact with many people who were approaching death. Almost all of these people were reaching out for healing –healing in relationship to death, healing in relationship to illness, in relationship to a wounded heart, to…
Friday February 23, 2024 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

Why Am I Feeling (or Behaving) this Way? How Working with Trauma Impacts the Clinician
– Presented by Julie Robbins [Class]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

NARRATIVE: This workshop will focus on issues related vicarious and secondary trauma that impact professionals who work with vulnerable populations and populations with histories of child maltreatment, trauma, and complex trauma. The class will also address those clinicians who work regularly with clients with intense pain, grief, and loss. Definitions and differences between burn out,…

$100.00 – $115.00
Saturday February 24, 2024 | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm PST

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, PhD [1 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Finley Center 2060 W. College Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

NARRATIVE: For 35 years I have been blessed to be in close contact with many people who were approaching death. Almost all of these people were reaching out for healing – healing in relationship to death, healing in relationship to illness, in relationship to a wounded heart, to separation from their own self. My consuming…
March 2024
Saturday March 23, 2024 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT

Psychotherapy Through a Jungian Lens: Navigating the Relationship Between the Unconscious and Conscious Mind in Personal Psychological Development
– Presented by Carolyn Bray, PhD [Seminar]

Community Institute for Psychotherapy 1330 Lincoln Ave., Suite 201, San Rafael, CA, United States

NARRATIVE One of Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung’s most notable and underlying theories contributing to the field of psychology is the concept referred to in Jungian terms as the “Ego/Self axis.” It suggests a relationship between an individual’s conscious and unconscious psychological life. The term “Ego” signifies one’s consciousness, and the term “Self” identifies the…

$130.00 – $150.00
Saturday March 23, 2024 | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, PhD [2 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

**This event is via zoom only** 2 DAY SEMINAR: March 23 & 24, 2024 NARRATIVE: For thirty-five years I have been blessed to be in close contact with many people who were approaching death. Almost all of these people were reaching out for healing-- healing in relationship to death, healing in relationship to illness, in…
April 2024
Saturday April 13, 2024 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

Climate Change in the Consultation Room: Treating Climate Distress and Increasing Pro-Environmental Behavior
– Presented by Barbara Easterlin, PhD [Class]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

**This event is zoom only** NARRATIVE This presentation will provide a foundational background about the origins and mental health impacts of climate change, how to identify clients’ climate distress, and therapeutic practices that enhance resilience, adaptation, and coping. The climate and environmental crisis is the most complex existential threat humanity is facing. According to recent…

$100.00 – $115.00
October 2024
Friday October 18, 2024 | 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

Anxiety, Identity, and the Therapy Relationship: Intersubjective Approaches to Resistance to Change
Presented by: Jane Rubin, PhD [Study Group] [8-Days]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

Eight sessions, the third Friday of the month: Oct. 18, Nov 15, Dec 20, 2024 | Jan 17, Feb 21, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 16, 2025 | 12:30 – 2:30 pm NARRATIVE: It’s a truism in therapy, and in our culture in general, that change is difficult. Some kinds of change are more difficult…

$400.00 – $480.00
Friday October 25, 2024 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

Individualities: Ten Angles of Vision on Personality Differences and the Difference They Make for Therapy
Presented by: Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP [CLASS]

FOUR POINTS by Sheraton San Rafael 1010 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, CA, United States

Hybrid Event

NARRATIVE: Appreciating the implications of personality differences for clinical and supervisory work has been a central concern for psychotherapists since the early part of the twentieth century. Everyone has a personality, whether or not it can be considered pathological. Ever since the 1980 revision of the DSM, personality issues have been relegated to a section…

$100.00 – $120.00
November 2024
Saturday November 9, 2024 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PST

Liberation Through Dreams: Synthesizing Jungian Insights and Ethnopsychology to Decolonize Clinical Practice and Enhance Cultural Sensitivity
Presented by: Nadia Thalji, PhD [Seminar]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

NARRATIVE: This presentation serves as the introduction to a seminar exploring relevance and symbiotic relationship between Jungian psychology and ethnopsychology within a postcolonial context. Participants will delve into the intricate landscape of dreams, navigating cultural dream narratives and examining how Jungian archetypes intertwine with the impact of colonial histories. Special emphasis is placed on clinical…

$150.00 – $180.00
December 2024
Saturday December 14, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

Ascending Spiral Paths: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Personality Development Using Jungian and Psychoanalytic Theory
Presented by: Dr. Matthew Bennett, PhD [Study Group] [4-Days]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

Four sessions, the second Saturday of the month: Dec. 14, 2024; Jan 11, Feb. 8, Mar. 8, 2025 | 10:00am – 12:00pm NARRATIVE: Psychologist, lecturer, and author Dr. Matthew Bennett will review the content of his recently released book, Integrated Analytical Psychology: Return to Freedom and Dignity. The author reviews an integrative circumplex model…

$200.00 – $240.00
March 2025
Saturday March 1 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PST

Anxiety as a Depth Experience: Exploring the Vicissitudes of Anxiety to Enable more Meaningful Treatment

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

NARRATIVE: Psychodynamic theory suggests that there is an hierarchy of anxieties. Some types of anxieties are native to the conditions of being a helpless infant, and others emerge with increasing maturity and interpersonal connection. For example, annihilation anxiety characterizes an existential and pre-verbal sense of inner disaster that belies description. Moral anxiety involves fear of…

$150.00 – $180.00

April 2025

Saturday April 5 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT

Canceled Trauma and Resiliency: Trauma Informed Care, Embodied Self-Knowledge, and Self-Care for Mental Health Providers
Sara R. van Koningsveld, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, RYT 200 [Seminar]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

NARRATIVE: Trauma-informed care acknowledges the wisdom of the client and their mind-body experience of an event or situation that has impacted their way-of-life. Understanding trauma as a body-based experience, mental health professionals are exposed throughout to the sensory and somatic memories of their clients. In assisting clients during their healing process, therapists must also uphold…

$150.00 – $180.00
May 2025
Sunday May 18 | 5:30 am - 8:30 pm PDT

Canceled Relating Remotely: Applying Therapeutic Interaction and Outcome Research to Enhance Telehealth Clinical Skills
Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, PhD [Seminar] [2-Day]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

Special Two (2) Evening Presentation – Sunday, May 18, 2025 & Thursday, May 22, 2025 NARRATIVE: This workshop will provide a 6-hour interactive training translating the latest psychotherapy research into clinical practice. The workshop covers didactics on the therapeutic alliance, outcome monitoring, and includes an experiential skills training focused on therapeutic challenges unique to…

$150.00 – $180.00
October 2025
Friday October 17 | 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

Mission Impossible? An Intersubjective Approach To Doing Therapy In Dark Times – Presented by Jane Rubin, PhD, PhD, PsyD [Study Group] [8-Days]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

Eight sessions, the third Friday of the month: Oct. 17th, Nov 21st, Dec 19th, 2025; Jan 16th, Feb 20th, Mar 20th, Apr 17th, May 15th, 2026 12:30 – 2:30 pm NARRATIVE: Many of our patients come to therapy because they’re desperate to find, or to rediscover, a sense of possibility in their lives. They’ve…

$480.00 – $560.00
Saturday October 18 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

What Every Psychotherapist Needs to Know About Divorce: Know the Factors that Create Healthy Break Ups – Presented by Stephen H. Sulmeyer, J.D., PhD [Class]

Zoom Only CA, United States

Virtual Event

NARRATIVE: Divorce has long been seen as a battle fought by adversarial attorneys, often leaving both partners—and especially their children—as casualties. Ample research has explored the emotional and developmental toll of such high-conflict divorces, and clinicians must be conversant with this body of work. Since the rise of divorce mediation in the 1970s, the…

$120.00 – $140.00

Canceled Trauma and Resiliency: Trauma Informed Care, Embodied Self-Knowledge, and Self-Care for Mental Health Providers
Sara R. van Koningsveld, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, RYT 200 [Seminar]

From Accommodation to Emancipation: Insights from Contemporary Psychoanalysis on Finding Freedom from Traumatic Attachments
– Presented by Jane Rubin, PhD, PhD, PsyD [Study Group] [8 Sessions]

Psychoanalytically Informed Assessment of Character Pathology
Presented by Matthew Bennett, PsyD [Seminar]

What’s Gone Wrong with the American Mind and What We Clinicians Can Do About It
– Presented by Bryant Welch, JD, PHD, ABPP [Class]

Subverting Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma: Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Strategies that Promote Healing and Secure Attachment
– Presented by Vilma Reyes, PsyD [Seminar]

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, PhD [1 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, [2 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Why Am I Feeling (or Behaving) this Way? How Working with Trauma Impacts the Clinician
– Presented by Julie Robbins [Class]

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, PhD [1 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Psychotherapy Through a Jungian Lens: Navigating the Relationship Between the Unconscious and Conscious Mind in Personal Psychological Development
– Presented by Carolyn Bray, PhD [Seminar]

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
– Presented by Dale Borglum, PhD [2 DAY WORKSHOP] [CO-SPONSORED]

Climate Change in the Consultation Room: Treating Climate Distress and Increasing Pro-Environmental Behavior
– Presented by Barbara Easterlin, PhD [Class]

Anxiety, Identity, and the Therapy Relationship: Intersubjective Approaches to Resistance to Change
Presented by: Jane Rubin, PhD [Study Group] [8-Days]

Individualities: Ten Angles of Vision on Personality Differences and the Difference They Make for Therapy
Presented by: Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP [CLASS]

Liberation Through Dreams: Synthesizing Jungian Insights and Ethnopsychology to Decolonize Clinical Practice and Enhance Cultural Sensitivity
Presented by: Nadia Thalji, PhD [Seminar]

Ascending Spiral Paths: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Personality Development Using Jungian and Psychoanalytic Theory
Presented by: Dr. Matthew Bennett, PhD [Study Group] [4-Days]

Anxiety as a Depth Experience: Exploring the Vicissitudes of Anxiety to Enable more Meaningful Treatment

Canceled Relating Remotely: Applying Therapeutic Interaction and Outcome Research to Enhance Telehealth Clinical Skills
Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, PhD [Seminar] [2-Day]

Mission Impossible? An Intersubjective Approach To Doing Therapy In Dark Times – Presented by Jane Rubin, PhD, PhD, PsyD [Study Group] [8-Days]

What Every Psychotherapist Needs to Know About Divorce: Know the Factors that Create Healthy Break Ups – Presented by Stephen H. Sulmeyer, J.D., PhD [Class]

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