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\"\"<\/a>with Ken James, PhD<\/p>\n

This episode is the first session of the four-part series\u00a0The Path is the Goal: Walking the Way of Individuation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jung called individuation the method by which a person becomes a separate unity or whole. In Jungian psychology, individuation has sometimes been called the goal of the analytic process. This terminology can be misleading since individuation is not a product, but a process in which we are engaged throughout our lives. The mysterious process of individuation is the focus of this course. Engaging lecture and reflection on Jung’s Collected Works<\/a> provide an understanding of the nature of individuation as well as ways to enhance and foster that process. It was recorded in 1997.<\/p>\n

A diagram is referenced is the talk which is probably this one. Though not explicitly described as being between analyst and analysand, the structure is essentially the same.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Ken James, PhD<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is director of Student Services at the Laboratory School, University of Chicago. His areas of expertise include dream work and psychoanalysis, archetypal dimensions of analytic practice, divination and synchronicity, hypnosis as a therapeutic medium, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. He has done post-doctoral work in music therapy and theology, and uses these disciplines to inform his work as a Jungian analyst. For more information visit soulworkcenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the complete series, click here<\/a>.
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\u00a9 1997 Ken James. This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>. You may share it, but please do not change it, sell it, or transcribe it.
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