Mind, Memory and Meaning:
How We Heal

Jean Knox, Ph.D.

“Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious: A Developmental and Emergent Model”

Recent research has shown that the map of the human genome contains only 30,000 genes. This radically limits the extent to which any psychic structure or process can be innate, hard wired in our genes and inherited down the generations. The implications of this research for our understanding of the nature of archetypes and the collective unconscious will be discussed, and an alternative, more biologically sound model of archetypes as reliable early developmental achievements will be explored.

Workshops:

• “The Individuating Self: Developmental pathways leading to psychic autonomy and sense of Self.”
• “The Function of Fantasy in Self Development. An integrated Jungian, psychoanalytic and attachment theory model of the nature and function of fantasy.”

Allan N. Schore, Ph.D.

“Recent Advances in Neuroscience. Attachment and Trauma Theory: New Implications”

Presentations:

In his two recent books Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self; and Affect Regulation and Repair of the Self, Dr. Allan Schore has documented the significant advances that have been made in our understanding of early human development and in the application of this developmental information. Over the course of the week, Dr. Schore will offer a series of three presentations, with accompanying ongoing dialogue with participants (including workshops in smaller discussion groups) and explain the significance of the current research being done in this field.
Dr. Schore’s presentations will be threefold: part one will discuss current models of the neurobiology of attachment and part two will describe the negative impact of relational trauma. In his final presentation, he will apply his developmental neuropsychoanalytic perspective to the field of psychotherapy.

Workshops:

In addition to Dr. Schore’s presentations, participants will have the opportunity, in smaller group workshops with Dr. Schore, for dialogue, discussion and processing of the material presented.

Tina Stromsted, Ph.D.

“The Living Body in the Healing Journey”

Our bodies are our closest link to the unconscious—expressing the soul’s longing through dreams, breath, gesture, the rhythm of our step, and the music of our speech. By bringing awareness to the language of the body, we can begin to listen to a deeper resource—patterns emerge, based on personal experience, cultural forms and archetypal imprints. Current research supports the Brain/Mind/Body interaction as a profound, interdisciplinary model for healing. Experiential sessions will support participants in rediscovering their own natural rhythms, bridging body, psyche, and soul through natural movement.

Workshops:

• “Engaging Body Wisdom: An Experience in Authentic Movement.”
• “Cellular Resonance: Attuning to Soul’s Body.”

Jeffrey Satinover, M.D.

“Les Temps Perdu: An Introduction to Biological and Other Kinds of Memory”

Memory is not a mechanical reproduction of events, but a dynamic, self-organizing computational process that is enhanced rather than disrupted by randomness. The apparent gulf between human memory and its foibles, our myths, and the memory displayed by classes of physical matter is huge. Nonetheless, the counterintuitive universal principles underlying memory shed a surprising amount of light on the way that people change embedded patterns of behavior and why such change while difficult is, within limits, always possible.

Workshops:

• “Mind or Brain? Jung and Pauli: the treacherous interface of modern Physics, Biology and Neuroscience.”
• “Processing,” in smaller group workshop, for dialogue and discussion of material presented.

Margaret Wilkinson, B.A. Hons., Dipl. Ed.

“Coming Into Mind. Contemporary Neuroscience: A Jungian Perspective”

Mind and brain are inextricably linked; the developing self and mind reflect the developing brain, and in turn affect its development. But how does therapeutic change occur in the brain-mind? What insight does neuroscience offer to our understanding of this process? Using clinical material, Margaret Wilkinson will demonstrate the way that interactive experience enables the development of the emotional scaffolding necessary for “coming into mind.”

Workshops:

• “The Dreaming Mind-Brain: A Jungian Perspective.”
• “The Adolescent Mind-Brain. Adolescence in the adolescent and in the adult: A Jungian Clinical Perspective.”

Joe Cambray, Ph.D.

“Emergence and Empathy in the Mind-Body Relationship”

Presentation:

During the course of this presentation, Dr. Cambray will trace the diverse use of the notion of emergence, from its mythic to its scientific form, applied to our understanding of the mind-body relationship. This in turn will allow a reconsideration of key Jungian concepts such as Archetype, Complex and Synchronicity in terms of contemporary science. Additionally, the role of empathy will be reexamined in the context of recent neurobiological studies focused on “mirror neurons.” This new research provides a potentially key element in our ability to grasp the mind of “the other” in the interactive field of human encounters, and will be explored in terms of its impact on Jungian practice and psychology.

Workshops:

• “Synchronicty, Emergence and Surprise”— a focus on the affect associated with “surprise”.
• “Processing,” in smaller group workshop, for dialogue and discussion of material presented.