 The C. G. Jung Center
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From the Executive Director
Happy New Year to all our readers! January honors the Roman god Janus, often depicted over doorways and arches as a two-headed figure, one who could look both into the past and future, and who is the initiator of time. He was so revered that the first festival of the year, the Agonium, was in his honor, held every January 9th. So, on this day that most of the people in the world (2,500 years ago!) honored the end of one cycle and the beginning of another, let us take a moment to reflect on this particular moment in time. What has ended, and what is about to begin? In the story that is your life, what has been written, known and told, and what is yet to be? [See, too, the Jung Corner below for more about story.] I have never been one for making resolutions; instead, in my own analysis I learned to value the process of reflection and wondering. I would invite you to reflect with an open and compassionate attitude on where you have been, and wonder with grace and desire where you may be headed.
Pat Cochran, Psy.D.
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Appeal Update
What a wonderful experience it is to work for a non-profit, and open the envelopes and read the letters and cards from those who sustain us financially! It is truly special to have received such an outpouring of support for our year-end appeal. Just as meaningful as the money that has been raised thus far are the expressions of how much the Center means to you. We have raised over $34,000 towards our goal of $46,000, and it is never too late to make a donation of any amount. Our newly redesigned website is an easy and secure way to contribute. Thank you!
To make your tax-deductable donation, please click here.
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January and February Programs
 Meditation, Plain and Simple
Six Mondays beginning January 12
7-8:30 pm
Sue Sommers
$80 by 1/5, 00 after, CEUs: 9
If you've never meditated before and have always wanted to learn, this may be the class for you. In six consecutive Monday evenings, we will explore both a traditional concentrative practice and one which focuses on your life as it is. The benefits of meditation include: stress reduction in everyday life, increased awareness, and increased presence in everyday experiences. Meditation is both a challenging and useful practice for anyone who wants to learn. Each class will include some Yoga.
 The Sacred Path Beyond TraumaEllen Macfarland, PhDSaturday January 24, 10-4 pm$75 on or before 1/16, $95 afterCEUs: 5This program is based on the subject of Ellen Macfarland's recent book The Sacred Path Beyond Trauma in which she suggests that nature offers symbols for healing from trauma. She also posits that we as humans are healing symbols for other species as well. Using C.G. Jung's theory of psychological transference and the understanding of the importance of the Tao, this workshop will offer ways of reaching out to heal the world's trauma. Dolphins, horses, and trees are the examples she has researched. After explaining how she understands the soul connection between species, she will share examples from both film and client material. The audience will be invited to participate in a guided meditation where they may discover their own symbols from nature, followed by a group discussion.
 The Artist's Way
6 Wednesdays February 25-April 1, 1-3 pm
Joanne Underwood, LCSW
$100 by 2/8, $120 after, CEUs: 12
Rediscover your sense of wonder, possibility, and power. Using Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way as a guide, this course is designed to help individuals deeply engage their own creative process. Within the sacred circle of the group, we will discuss how to reconnect with qualities that nurture and encourage creativity such as safety, self-protection, abundance, and power, covering two chapters of Cameron's book each week. In addition, this course provides participants with numerous tools and activates to engage their sense of play and possibility, including free-form journaling and weekly artist dates.
 Jung and Yoga: Embracing the Tension of the OppositesSaturday February 21, 10-4 pmJudy Shaw, LCSW $75 on or before 2/13. $95 afterLimit: 12 Participants, CEUs: 5Jung believed that holding the tension of any set of opposites could generate a "third" or new solution. Through individuation, the process of becoming whole, all aspects of our lives are impacted and our challenge is to become increasingly aware. This workshop will focus on how individuation occurs in and through the practice of yoga, which will include a very brief discussion of Jung's theory. The remainder of the time will be devoted to doing yoga postures and bodily embracing the opposites we encounter with attention to our breath and our awareness of pushing and yielding as means to restore balance, loosen anxieties, and deepen one's sense of self.
Please come prepared to participate, wear loose clothing, and bring a yoga mat if you have one.
 YES WE CAN:
Collective Fear, Attention and Intention
Friday February 27, 7-9 pm
Judy Shaw, LCSW
$25 on or before 2/20,
$30 after, CEUs: 2
"We are not only the passive witnesses of our age, but also it's makers."
-C. G. Jung (Modern Man in Search of a Soul)
Jung's overarching value on the individual as "the essential mover to advance the collective unconscious" is illustrated in the 2008 presidential election of Barak Obama. Our discussion will focus on the collective experience of empowerment that the President-elect stimulated and embodied as well as an examination of the process involved in achieving it with special attention to:
-Collective fear,
-Collective attention, and
-Collective intention
 Introduction to Intuitive PaintingOffered both Sat. Feb. 28 1-4 pmKaren McGinnis$30 on or before 2/20, $40 afterThis workshop is for anyone wishing to explore creativity, intuition, or gain personal insights. Intuitive painting is a unique and revolutionary way to explore and awaken creative potential by learning to trust one's Inner Voice. This workshop will guide participants to the mysterious realms of intuitive creation where the unpredictable and unexpected are encountered. Participants will practice creating from an authentic place not bound by rules or techniques. No previous art experience needed. All painting supplies included. Held at COLORS OF LIFE STUDIO 6934 N. Glenwood Avenue (Morse & Glenwood) Studio C, Chicago, Illinois 60626
 February Movie Viewings and Discussion
Elegy- February 6, 7-10 pm
Facilitated by Pat Cochran, PsyD
$15 pre or Drop-In
 February Book Club WE by Robert JohnsonTuesday February 3, 7-9 pmFacilitated by Linda Goranson, PhD, &Gary Wilson, MA$15 pre or drop in
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To register please call 847-475-4848 x 221 or click here
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Jung Corner
This is our space for reflections on quotes from Jung. We invite you to share a favorite quote from Jung along with your thoughts by clicking here
"In many cases in psychiatry, the patient who comes to us has a story that is not told, and which as a rule no one knows of. To my mind, therapy only really begins after the investigation of that wholly personal story. It is the patient's secret, the rock against which he is shattered. . . . In therapy the problem is always the whole person, never the symptoms alone. We must ask questions which challenge the whole personality." (MDR, pg. 117)
"Through my work with patients I realized that paranoid ideas and hallucinations contain a germ of meaning. A personality, a life history, a pattern of hopes and desires lie behind the psychosis. The fault is ours if we do not understand them." (MDR, pg. 127)
These two quotes of Jung's are taken from his memoir, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (MDR) from the chapter entitled Psychiatric Activities. Jung recounted the experiences of his early career at the Burgholzli Clinic in Zurich, at a time when there was little or no real treatment that could be offered to those suffering from acute or severe mental disturbances. Jung writes of that time that his teachers were "not interested in what the patient had to say, but rather how to make a diagnosis or how to describe symptoms and compile statistics" (pg. 114). Standing apart from these prevailing ideas and attitudes, Jung decided to listen to the stories (and dreams, and associations) of the patients in his care, and found in doing so that healing could take place. And in order to better understand and take seriously their stories, he began a lifelong study of mythologies, religions, alchemy, and other cultures. Here at the Jung Center we endeavor to take seriously the stories of all of those in our community: in offering affordable Jungian-oriented psychotherapy in which those stories can be explored directly, and in the myriad of classes and workshops that allow participants to delve into their own stories through such avenues as expressive arts, a film or book discussion, or telling their dreams. In this way, we hope to create a space and community that honors the "wholly personal story."
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