| From the Executive Director
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 I'd like to share a bit of personal information with you this month, because I think it serves as an interesting metaphor for the work we do here: I competed in the Accenture Triathlon a couple of Sundays ago, and during the three and a half hours it took to finish, I found myself reflecting on the similarities of becoming able to participate in a triathlon with the effort of analysis. Both endeavors require: a process of surrendering an ego-dominated view; building a relationship to unknown aspects of oneself (to the body or the unconscious); and consistency and courage over a long period of time. When those elements combine, the possibility for change is real. What prompted me to share those thoughts is that our new interns from Loyola's Pastoral Counseling program, Diane Miller and Gary Wilson, have begun here at the June Singer Clinic for Depth Psychotherapy. They, along with many other clinicians, volunteer their time and expertise so that we can offer Jungian-oriented psychotherapy to those seeking change, at fees that reflect their ability to pay. This is the only such service in the Midwest. This journey of individuation (which Jung described as "the perpetual search for the discovery of one's ever-completing self") is what we try to support here. I am regularly inspired and grateful to see that those who want to be on such a journey are drawn here--whether to volunteer or work, take a class, serve on a board or committee, enter psychotherapy, find a community.
Dr. Pat Cochran
Executive Director
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| September Programs
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Viewing and Discussion: Vitus
Friday September 5, 7-10 pm
Facilitated by Linda Goranson, PhD, LCPC
$15 pre or drop-in
Vitus begins with a young 12 year-old genius breaking into an airport to board a plane in which he wants to claim the pilot's seat. The story revolves around 12 year-old Vitus, an amazing, sometimes bratty, piano virtuoso/genius whose archetypal drama is reminiscent of both young Apollo and Saint Exupery's Little Prince as he both fears and yearns for flight. We are reminded, as well, of Alice Miller's Drama of the Gifted Child as we witness Vitus's parents' often amusing, yet sometimes disturbing reaction to their prodigy. Finding it almost impossible to fit in, Vitus's laborious and often amusing efforts to dodge his parents' projections and lead the life of a normal child provide the focus of the somewhat fantastic story line. Our discussion will focus on the challenges of the gifted child as well as how easy it is and how harmful it can be for parents to narcissistically project onto these children.
Recommended reading: Alice Miller's The Drama of the Gifted Child.
Antoine de Saint Exupery's The Little Prince
 Exploring the Soul
9 weeks: Mondays, 9/22-11/17, 7-9 pm
Weyler Greene, PhD
$225 on or before 9/15, $250 after
CEUs: 18
This course will explore a wide variety of materials pointing to the reality of the soul. In this course, we will view the soul as our personal essence seen as both preceding as well as extending beyond our physical existence. This survey will include the findings of Jungian psychology, near-death experiences, out of body experiences, and hypnotic regression. We will also explore neuroscience, dreaming, and our capacity for inner guidance. Our primary purpose will be to discuss the soul as a living, felt reality, a discovery which can have transformative effects on our daily lives.
Click here for a complete list of upcoming programs
To register online click here or call 847-475-4848 ext. 221
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| Library
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 Our library database is now complete! We can search by title, author, and subject, directing you to the Center's book and audio collections with greater efficiency. Our library here at the Center contains approximately 1,500 items made up of books, journals, VHS, cassette, CDs, and DVDs. Here you will find classic titles in Jungian studies, mythology, religion and spirituality, folklore, symbolism, gender studies, aging, dreams, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and the complete Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Our media collection contains many important lectures and workshops given by well-known analysts over the years. If you are looking for a particular title and think we might have it, feel free to phone us at 847-475-4848, or come browse our selection!
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Jung Corner
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 We will keep our quotes and reflections in this space, and invite you to share a favorite quote from Jung along with your thoughts (you can email us via the link below). This month's selection is from our new staff member, David Solem:
"The meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me. Or, conversely, I myself am a question which is addressed to the world, and I must communicate my answer, for otherwise I am dependent upon the world's answer." (Memories, Dreams, Reflections, p. 318).
This reads to me like an invitation to take up the project of myself with courage and determination. It is a process which never ends, because each time I look in the mirror I am different. Still, the important thing is to look and to remain committed to looking. Religious persons traditionally took a vow of obedience. To be obedient means to listen, to submit, to surrender. This word is applicable to me here, but the difference is I am choosing to be obedient to an inner authority, to the Self, not to any form of outer authority. The answers lie within.
Click here to submit a Jung quote and reflection you would like to have posted in an upcoming newsletter(please be sure to cite the quote) |
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