Psyche

C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado

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The C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado (CGJIC) is an organization that has been in existence since 1976. We have as one of our central goals the promotion and continuation of research in the field of Analytical Psychology. Most of the faculty are writers or artists, as well as analysts, actively engaged in our own creative/psychological work and in presenting that work to the greater Jungian and psychological communities. In the seminars, we teach using our own research, the research and writing of current and historically significant Jungians, and material from related fields of depth psychology. With over twenty-five analyst members we offer a wide diversity of approaches and ideas, helping to keep Jungian Psychology growing. While staying abreast of contemporary developments in Analytical Psychology our members retain a deep commitment to Jung’s original concepts and insights. Each year, we require our students to read and study a substantial amount of C.G. Jung’s original texts, as we consider his work to be the foundation of our training program. Our seminars are designed to encourage individual students to find their own way of connecting to Jungian psychology specifically, and to depth psychology in general.

Clinical Approach

The analytic approach of members of the CGJIC varies with the individual analyst and the individual client. It is difficult (and counterproductive) to force rigid classifications onto either analysts or analysands. Most of the analysts of the CGJIC work broadly within the classical Jungian framework. Core features of Jungian analysis (e.g. the importance of working with the archetypal level of the psyche, integration of the unconscious, the individuation process and development of an appropriate relationship with the Self) are essential components of our work. Consistent with Jung’s own flexibility around clinical work and consideration of the needs of individual clients, however, other mental health and non-mental health approaches may be used to support the analytic work with individual clients. Members of the CGJIC might, for examples, directly address an analysand’s maladaptive defenses, promote relaxation techniques, address transference issues and early developmental influences, support concurrent enrollment in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or the appropriate use of medication if needed. The important question for the analyst (and analysand) to consider is whether these ancillary efforts support the analytic process and the analysand’s individuation. The clinical approach of many analysts in the CGJIC therefore can be considered a classical one that integrates from other fields what is relevant and helpful for the analysand’s individuation.

 

The Jung Center – Houston

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Our Mission

For more than fifty years, The Jung Center has served as a nonprofit resource unique to Houston—a forum for dynamic conversations on a diverse range of psychological, artistic, and spiritual topics. Our mission is to support the development of greater self-awareness, creative expression, and psychological insight—individually, in relationships, and within the community. The Jung Center provides pathways to find a deeper meaning in everyday life.

Our Profile

Founded in 1958, The C. G. Jung Educational Center of Houston, Texas, Inc. is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to continuing education for the human spirit through psychology, spirituality, and the arts and humanities. Our educational and outreach programs enrich lives and enlighten the spirit. Our classes promote a journey of personal growth and a deepening commitment to the community we share.

Educational Programs

The Center offers a wide variety of programs taught by Jungian experts and other professionals in the disciplines of psychology, spirituality, education, the humanities, and the arts. Our programs are offered in three semesters each year.

Bookstore and Media Center

The Jung Center Bookstore and Media Center includes the largest collection of of books and journals on Jungian psychology in the Southwest and offers a one-of-a-kind selection of audio recordings that can be checked out or purchased. The bookstore also serves as an oasis of calm in a busy city with its diverse collection of books, cards, and gifts with a focus on psychology, the humanities, and spirituality. Visit the bookstore here.

Museum, Art Gallery & Exhibits

As a testament to our dedication to the arts, The Jung Center is an active member of the Houston Museum District. The Art and Exhibitions Committee of The Jung Center showcases rotating exhibits of work by established and emerging artists. The gallery and our permanent collection, which includes works by Peter Birkhauser, is open to the public with free admission during business hours, including Saturdays. Learn more about The Center’s art gallery and exhibits and how to apply as an artist. For information on how to exhibit your work, please click here to complete an application.

Community Outreach

The Jung Center serves Houstonians through outreach programs and partnerships with respected nonprofit organizations and medical institutions. Our programs serve at-risk children, professional caregivers, and those treating patients with life-threatening illnesses. Expressive arts and movement classes facilitate physical and psychological healing and help to build a stronger community. Learn more about outreach programs currently underway.

 

C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco

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THE MISSION OF THE INSTITUTE

Analytical psychology is the theoretical foundation for Jungian analysis, a healing practice that serves the basic human need for psychological consciousness and growth.

The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco was founded to advance a viewpoint vital to the conscious, ethical practice and utilization of analytical psychology and to disseminate knowledge central to that end.

The Institute trains psychotherapists to become Jungian analysts and maintains a collegial society to provide continuing education and ethical review for member analysts.

It offers education and information to other professionals and the general public and promotes research about Jungian analysis and psychotherapy.

It maintains the Virginia Allan Detloff Library and the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism as educational resources.

Through the James Goodrich Whitney Clinic, Jungian psychotherapy is provided on a sliding-scale basis.

The Institute recognizes that the potential of wholeness and individuation depends on psychological development that in turn is supported or hampered by collective attitudes and laws. With this understanding, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco supports in principle efforts that promote universal human rights.

 

Erel Shalit, PH.D – Jungian Psychoanalyst

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Erel ShalitDr. Erel Shalit is a Jungian psychoanalyst in Israel. He is a training and supervising analyst, and past President of the Israel Society of Analytical Psychology (ISAP).

He is Founder and Director of the Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy Program at Bar Ilan University. He is a past Director of the Shamai Davidson Community Mental Health Clinic, at the Shalvata Psychiatric Centre in Israel.

Dr. Shalit has served as liaison person of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) with the Jung Society of Bulgaria, including establishing the Jungian Psychotherapy Program in Sofia. In 2010-2013 he served as Honorary Secretary of the IAAP Ethics Committee.

Erel Shalit has served as officer in the IDF Medical Corps, and is a member of The Council for Peace and Security. He is on the board of the Jung Professorial Endowment, UCLA.

He is the author of The Cycle of Life: Themes and Tales of the Journey (2011; the book received the Eric Hoffer Book Award Honors in Culture, 2012), Requiem: A Tale of Exile and Return (2010), Enemy, Cripple & Beggar: Shadows in the Hero’s Path (2008; the book was a nominee for the 2009 Gradiva Award for Best Theoretical Book, National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis), The Hero and His Shadow: Psychopolitical Aspects of Myth and Reality in Israel (2004, 2012), and The Complex: Path of Transformation from Archetype to Ego (2002), and with Nancy Furlotti, he has edited The Dream and its Amplification (2013).

Entries and chapters of his appear in Leeming, Madden & Marlan (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion (2010), [Jerusalem, Dreams in the Bible, The Sacrifice of Isaac]; ‘Jerusalem – Archetypal Wholeness, Human Division’ in Tom Singer (ed.), Psyche and the City (2010), ‘Silence is the Center of Feeling’ in Rob and Janet Henderson, Living With Jung: “Enterviews” With Jungian Analysts (2010), and elsewhere.

Articles of his have appeared in Quadrant, The Jung Journal: Psyche and Culture, Spring Journal, Political Psychology, Clinical Supervisor, Midstream, and other professional and cultural journals. He is on the editorial board of Quadrant.

Dr. Shalit lectures at professional institutes, universities, and cultural forums in Israel, Europe and the United States.

 

C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles

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The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, is a non-profit (501-C3) organization dedicated to the study and dissemination of the views of C.G. Jung. His works focus on psychological insight, development of consciousness, and growth. To accomplish this, we offer programs to train future Jungian analysts and psychotherapists while promoting research and publications. We are also committed to community outreach through our many on-going programs which include our public programs; our adult and child clinics; our bookstore and library; our journal, Psychological Perspectives; the Remembering Jung Video Series; and the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism.

 

Developing a Personal Spirituality

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By: Lionel Corbett

Many of us are no longer committed to any historical religious tradition, yet we still have a personal sense of connection to the sacred dimension. This situation is not surprising; the traditional images of God no longer work for us, and we often cannot relate to the doctrine and dogma of the traditions, such as their attitude to women and to sexuality. However, human beings have an innate spirituality which makes us want to connect to the sacred. Our ancestors have been on the earth for over 100,000 years, and we have archaeological evidence that human spiritual practices go back to these earliest beginnings, suggesting that spirituality is an intrinsic part of human nature. In contrast to this long period, the Judeo-Christian tradition is only about two thousand years old. This tradition has tried to force our innate spirituality into its particular containers, as if their way is the only way to connect to the sacred. When there is no good fit between traditional teachings and our own beliefs, we feel we have nowhere to go, no way to express our deep need for connection to the transpersonal dimension. Our problem then becomes how to make this connection in a personal way that fits with our own personality and with our contemporary level of consciousness. One common approach is to develop our own blend of many spiritual traditions, taking from all of them practices and ideas which are helpful.

Another approach is to use Jung’s depth psychological model. Jung believes that human consciousness is continuous with a transpersonal or spiritual level of consciousness. This level is an intrinsic part of us; we are born with what Jung calls the Self, which is an image of the divine within the personality. The Self acts as a kind of blueprint for the development of our sense of self, or the person we eventually become, so that the spiritual dimension is actually an integral part of our psyche. We can become more and more conscious of the Self by paying attention to our dreams and to synchronistic events, which are events in the outer world which correspond to our inner world. The transpersonal level of the psyche, which Jung calls the archetypal level, is also part of our complexes, or our emotional difficulties and personality make-up. The spiritual dimension can also be experienced through the body, in relationships, and in the natural world, so there are plenty of opportunities to relate to that level if we are aware of the ways in which it appears to us.

Carmen Harra – Intuitive Psychologist

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Carmen Harra, Ph.D.
Intuitive Psychologist, Life Master, Relationship Expert, and Best-Selling Author

“Combining psychology and parapsychology
to give you the greatest healing potential.”

Biography
Born in a northern region of Romania known as Transylvania, Carmen Harra began dreaming of the world outside her small village from a very young age. At just five years old, Carmen nearly drowned in a river near her home before being rescued by her father. But the ill-fated experience blessed her with an extraordinary gift which she would use to help millions. Before she was reeled back to earthly reality, Carmen recalls passing through a tunnel of white light and into a picturesque world of beautiful landscapes, familiar faces, and serene music. This accident marked the beginning of Carmen’s journey.

Soon after, Carmen began entering and winning singing competitions. She knew that her vocal talents would be her saving grace, her escape from the little town with no running water and no chance for progress. She quickly rose to fame, touring throughout Europe, and released twelve albums. All the while, Carmen avidly studied the ability of the mind to transcend time, the teachings of Kabbalah, and the mesmerizing science of numerology. She was also greatly captivated by the possibility of communicating with those who have passed on. Though immersed in her singing career, Carmen began educating herself on these ancient arts and exercising her own ability to see beyond time.
Carmen was first invited to America on a singing contract but soon stumbled upon a completely new career path. Already possessing highly intuitive skills, Carmen decided to utilize the gift that came to her naturally. She began offering sessions as an intuitive counselor in NYC, and word spread quickly among Manhattan’s elite. Soon Carmen found herself attending exclusive Upper East Side parties, billionaire balls, even making TV appearances in which she explained the powers of the mind we all unknowingly possess. She also opted to expand her metaphysical skills by attending Albert University and earning a Ph.D. in Hypnosis and Alternative Healing. Carmen knew that she could better service her clients by combining her intuitive abilities with knowledge of cognitive therapy, and attained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She began writing her first book, Everyday Karma, which has been translated in 18 different languages and sold all over the globe. And this was only the beginning of her illustrious career.

For more than 20 years, Carmen has thrived as a prominent psychologist and renowned intuitive counselor. She has counseled over 40,000 clients from all walks of life. Carmen has written six best-selling books, hosted hundreds of radio shows and live seminars, and has made countless television appearances on national and international networks. Carmen is currently working on a reality show project as well as a major Hollywood film based on her fascinating life story. She continues to live out her mission, changing the lives of one person at a time.

Carmen is a co-chair in the Vital Voices Global Partnership led by Hillary Clinton, a delegate member of the Women in the World Foundation, an honorary member of the Alliance for a New Humanity founded by Al Gore and Deepak Chopra, and a member of the Clinton Foundation founded by Bill Clinton.
Carmen splits her time between Miami, Florida and New York. She is the mother of three grown daughters.

TV and Publication Appearances
Carmen has been featured in numerous publications such as:
the New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, Vogue, New York Magazine, US Weekly, V Magazine, Elle Magazine, and many more.

She has appeared on the following TV programs:
Good Morning America, The View, Fox News, The Today Show, The CBS Early Show, What’s the Buzz on ABC, Telemundo, America Vive, Channel 11 Morning Show, Good Day New York, NBC’s the 10! show, The Strategy Room, BetterTV, NBC Tampa Morning Show, NBC Miami Morning Show, ABC Jacksonville Morning Show, New York Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough, Channel 6 in Paris, KCAL 9 news, QVC (with her own jewelry line), Happy Hour on ProTV International, etc. Carmen has been featured on QVC since 2003 and is currently working on a new jewelry line.

Radio Appearances
Over the last six years, Carmen has hosted her own radio shows on Sirius Satellite, HealthyLife Network, and Contact Talk Radio. She’s been featured on air with Barbara Walters, Mancow, Montel Williams, Valder Beebe, Hannity and Colmes, and on dozens of other hit radio shows. She currently hosts We Are One, her own radio show on Hay House Radio.

Speaking Engagements
Learning Annex – 1996 to Present
Omega Institute – 2006
UStream TV – 2010 to Present
Bowery Poetry Club – 2011
Hay House’s I Can Do It! – September, 2012

Affluent Clientele
Carmen has been fortunate to meet (and even coach) members of the elite Hollywood circle and influential political figures, including:
Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton
Joe Biden
Deepak Chopra
Barbara Walters
Joy Behar
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Gabourey Sidibe
Nancy Pelosi
Candice Bergen
Jennifer Lopez
Whoopi Goldberg
Ben Affleck
Liza Minnelli
Kathy Najimi
Caroline Rhea
Jerry Springer
Denise Rich
Courtney Cox
Senator Warner
Denise Rich
Sandy Gallin
Kelly Cutrone
Rafael Correa (president of Ecuador)
Paul Haggis
and many more.

Books
1.) Everyday Karma, Random House, Inc., 2002
ISBN: 0-345-45511-8

2.) Decoding Your Destiny, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-58270-143-1
ISBN-10: 1-58270-143-1

3.) Signs, Symbols, & Secrets: Decoding the DaVinci Code, AuthorHouse, 2006
ISBN-10: 1425952577
ISBN-13: 978-1425952570

4.) The Trinity of Health, BookSurge, 2007
ISBN: 1-4196-6562-6
ISBN-13: 978-1419665622

5.) The Eleven Eternal Principles, Random House, Inc., 2009
ISBN: 978-1-58091-197-9

6.) Wholeliness: Embracing the Sacred Unity That Heals Our World, Hay House, Inc., 2011
Tradepaper ISBN: 978-1-4019-3144-5
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4019-3145-2

7. It’s Complicated! The Karmic Cure for All Relationships (to be released in 2014)

Contact Information
Carmen’s Information:
Website: www.carmenharra.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (917)771-6035

Personal Representative:
Kerry Townsend Jacob
Principal, Townsend Communications
Office: (310) 316-2944
Mobile: (310) 806-0893
Email: [email protected]