Events and Presentations
Upcoming Events
For The C.G. Jung Institute Zurich
2024: Saturday, June 25th - Sunday, June 26th: 11.20-17.20 (both days)
Seminar: "Active Imagination with Simple Musical Instruments in Analysis"
An experiential seminar presenting a unique model for using music improvisation in analysis: no musical background is necessary.
Venue: Jung Institute Zurich, Hornweg 28, CH-8700 Küsnacht
Past Events
For INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY ZURICH (ISAPZURICH)
2020: Thursday, February 5th and Friday 6th November: 13:00-16:45 (both days)
Open Seminar: "Music and Analysis: History and Practice"
We will explore the interactive field of music and psychoanalysis with regard to archetypal, behavioral and symbolic processes, dreams and individuation, including case examples. We will also discuss why music improvisation used as active imagination within analysis has not yet been generally implemented and explore future possibilities for training in its use. If there is sufficient enrollment, an experiential component in using music improvisation within analysis may be included in the seminar.
Venue: Stampfenbachstrasse 115, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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For The Champernowne Trust Summer Course: "Images of Power and the Power of Images: Exploring Psychological, Ethical and Spiritual Aspects" 5th-10th August 2018
Presentation: "The Power of Music: Eros, Order and Individuation"
Today more than ever, music is being listened to in the context of audio-visual media. How are images affected by music, and how does music powerfully constellate images? In this talk, these and other questions will be examined in the context of recent brain research, music therapy and Jungian psychology, focusing on the power of music to affect our emotions and to open us to new possibilities in our lives. We will then compare the teacher-student relationship in learning a musical instrument with the analyst-analysand relationship in psychoanalysis, illustrating the potential of each experience to facilitate what Jung called the individuation process. Finally, we will explore the presenter's method of using a form of music improvisation as active imagination within analysis and in groups, including musical examples.
Venue: Hothorpe Hall, Theddingworth, Leics LE17 6QX www.hothorpe.co.uk
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Seminar led by Patricia Skar: “Active Imagination Through Music Improvisation in Analysis”
for The Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists (IGAP London)
Dates: Friday, 27th April, 2018: 7.30-9.30pm; Saturday, 28th April, 2018: 10.30am-12.30pm; 2pm-4pm.
Venue: The Essex Church, 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, London W8 4RT, England
Cost: £105 for both days
Music in analysis? For many who see analysis as a ‘talking cure’, the thought of music improvisation in analysis is an odd or even unacceptable idea. However, Jung gave it his blessing. After meeting with the music therapist Margaret Tilly in 1956, Jung was moved to say: ‘I feel that from now on music should be an essential part of every analysis. This reaches the deep archetypal material that we can only sometimes reach in our analytical work with patients.’ Why hasn’t the Jungian world taken up Jung’s suggestion? The seminar will be an opportunity to discuss this question, as well as the many possibilities for thinking about music within the analytic context. For example, we will look at Jung’s relationship to music, the symbolism of music in dreams, and the developmental and archetypal parallels between learning a musical instrument and what Jung called the individuation process. The seminar will also be an opportunity to try out the presenter’s unique method for using simple percussion instruments as active imagination in analysis. No prior musical knowledge or performance background is necessary; none of the instruments takes any skill to play.
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7. August 2017: Presented opening lecture: “Das Ziel als Prozess: Musik und die Suche nach dem Selbst” for the Sommerakademie C. G. Jung 2017 (C. G. Jung-Gesellschaft Köln): “Ganz Ohr – Musik und die Kunst” (6.-11. August 2017).
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Bruderklaus Church
Ostring 1A, 3006 Bern
"Relationships: Understanding Your Personality Type"
2017: Thursday, April 27th, 19:00
Sponsored by BERNnet, Bern’s English Resource Network. Talk followed by networking apéro.
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C. G. Jung Institute Zürich
Hornweg 28, CH-8700 Küsnacht ZH, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 914 10 40
"The Matrix of Music and Analysis"
2017: Friday, February 24th: 9:30 a.m.-11:05 a.m.; 11:20 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
This presentation will explore the links between analytic and musical processes and illustrate how music improvisation can be used as active imagination within analysis.
For more information, please visit: C. G. Jung Institute Zurich
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C. G. Jung Institute Zürich:
"Archetypes, Complexes and Self-Organization"
2016: Wednesday, November 9th: 11:20 a.m.-12:50 p.m.; 2:05-3:35 p.m.; 3:50-5:20 p.m.
A historical overview of Jung's ideas of the archetype and complex as these concepts have evolved to the present day.
"Active Imagination with Music in Analysis"
2016: Saturday and Sunday, November 5th-6th: 11:20 a.m.-5:20 p.m.
An experiential workshop presenting a unique model of using music improvisation within the analytic container. No musical background necessary.
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Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists (IGAP), London:
"Archetypes and Complexes: From Jung to the Present"
2016: Thursday, September 22nd, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
There has always been confusion and disagreement about the nature of the terms archetype and complex in Jungian circles, not to mention non Jungian ones. A recent concern is whether Jung’s concept of the archetype and complex can be justified in terms of current scientific research, most notably that of neurophysiologists and others interested in the brain and consciousness. This lecture will review the evolution of Jungian thought about archetypes and complexes and examine the latest developments in the field, including the idea of the archetype as an emergent property of the activity of the brain/mind.
For more information, please visit IGAP Website
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International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP) Zurich:
2016: Tuesday, September 6th and Wednesday, September 7th: 2:00-5:45 p.m.
"Active Imagination with Music Improvisation in Analysis"
This seminar will explore the theoretical and clinical links between analytic and musical processes, illustrating how music improvisation can be used as active imagination within analysis.
For more information, please visit ISAP Website
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The Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA), London:
"The Matrix of Music and Analysis"
2016: Tuesday, May 3rd, 8:15 p.m.
There is much evidence that the experience of playing and listening to music facilitates the creation of ‘inner order’ in both a psychological and physical sense. From her dual perspective as a performing musician and Jungian analyst, Patricia Skar will explore the links between analytic and musical processes and explain her unique method of using music improvisation as active imagination within analysis.
For more information, please visit AJA Website
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American Women's Club of Zurich:
"Transitioning Into Switzerland: A Jungian Approach"
2016: Friday, March 11th, 2:00 p.m.
Arriving in Switzerland, the initial high of discovery can rapidly fade into the challenges of everyday, such as learning a new language and starting over in one’s profession while trying to make new friends and understand Swiss culture. When we’re not settling in as quickly as we would like, anxiety and depression can emerge; we might feel tempted to give up trying altogether. However, this feeling of being back to square one is also an opportunity to discover our hidden resources for growth and creativity. How do we value our own unique histories while learning to let go of old concepts, expectations and behavior? How do we reconnect to our true selves as we search for meaning and purpose in our new environment? In this workshop, Patricia Skar will discuss the challenges of building a life in Switzerland from her own first-hand experience and her work with clients. She will explain how Swiss psychologist Carl Jung’s ideas on ‘individuation’ are particularly relevant to understanding and dealing with the challenges of integration into a new culture. Other aspects of Jungian psychotherapy, such as working with archetypes and complexes, dreams and ‘active imagination’, will also be discussed. The workshop will be an opportunity to ask general questions about Jungian analysis and to explore its particular relevance to times of transition. In this context, Patricia will illustrate how she uses music improvisation as a form of active imagination in individual analysis and groups.
For more information, please visit AWC Zurich Website
