The Unconscious, a Horse Egg?
by Andy White – based on an Hungarian folktale. Two villagers were crossing a field when they came across… a strange ‘something’. Neither knew was
A restatement of AJA’s commitment to diversity and the need for corrective action.
AJA supports Dr Christopher J. Carter’s, (PhD, Jungian Analyst, LP, NCPysA New York) work concerning the need for corrective action as set out in the
Dreaming and the Default Mode Network – Dr Dale Mathers
As therapists, we live near our dreams and those of our patients. Dreams intrigue, enrich, and can terrify. We amplify them, to glimpse their
The Replacement Child: Where Life and Death Coincide
(Image courtesy of Psychology Today, 2013) The phenomenon of the replacement child carries profound psychological and symbolic significance. As defined by Jungian analyst Kristina Schellinski, the replacement
Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective
And just like that, money, fame, power and beauty are worthless… Mother nature’s message to us all: “You are not necessary, The air, earth, water
A statement on AJA’s commitment to diversity
Black Lives Matter. We stand in solidarity with all those who are protesting and we hear the demands for change in the powerful anti-racism protests across the UK and around the world.
To this end, AJA would draw your attention to the following two public statements which have been issued. Â
Open Letter on the Question of Jung’s Writings & Theories About ‘Africans’
Thirty years ago, the British Journal of Psychotherapy published a paper by Dr Farhad Dalal entitled ‘Jung: A racist’ (Dalal, 1988). Regrettably, no adequate acknowledgement or apology for what Jung wrote, and Dalal critiqued, has been forthcoming from the field of analytical psychology and Jungian analysis. We write now as a group of individuals – Jungian analysts, clinicians, and academics utilizing concepts from analytical psychology – to end the silence.
JAP Special Issue on the ‘Who is my Jung?’ conference
Martin Stone, past chair of AJA and chair of the 40th Anniversary Committee, appears in this video introduction to a Special Edition JAP on the successful conference of all five London Jungian training societies, hosted by AJA in November 2017. Watch the video to see Martin give an introduction, a brief history of the conference and an outline of the edition.
On Meaning – Analysis through the Looking Glass
Who has the power to choose what a word means? Who chooses what we mean, to ourselves or for others? We go into analysis, commonly, on a quest for meaning – when we feel we have lost, or perhaps have never had, the power to name parts of our own lives in a way which makes sense to us…