Conference Fee:
USD $1,850 (single occupancy)
USD $1,550 (double occupancy)
Please note that attendees at this Clinical Conference are expected to also register for the Annual Assisi Conference from June 13 – 20, 2024. To secure your seat, complete the manual registration form included further below. Please be advised that the Annual Conference requires separate manual registration.
CE Credits:
12 CE credits: USD $110
Please complete the CE credit form below and email it along with your registration form to [email protected].
Follow this link to view which Boards of Approval recognize
Continuing Education hours offered for this program.
For any enquiries, please call the Assisi Institute Office at (860) 415-5004.
USD $1,850 (single occupancy)
USD $1,550 (double occupancy)
Please note that attendees at this Clinical Conference are expected to also register for the Annual Assisi Conference from June 13 – 20, 2024. To secure your seat, complete the manual registration form included further below. Please be advised that the Annual Conference requires separate manual registration.
CE Credits:
12 CE credits: USD $110
Please complete the CE credit form below and email it along with your registration form to [email protected].
Follow this link to view which Boards of Approval recognize
Continuing Education hours offered for this program.
For any enquiries, please call the Assisi Institute Office at (860) 415-5004.
“The main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis but rather with the approach to the numinous… the approach to the numinous is the real therapy and inasmuch as you attain to the numinous experiences, you are released from the curse of pathology. Even the very disease takes on a numinous character.”
- C.G. Jung -
- C.G. Jung -
Join us in the picturesque medieval village of Assisi, Italy-selected for its inherent connection with the confluence of matter and Psyche - for a conference offering clinicians a unique opportunity to explore how Psyche and archetypes literally shape the dynamics unfolding within the psychotherapeutic relationship (download and view the full program schedule further below).
From the moment therapy begins, a series of universal, archetypal processes are initiated, leading to either transformative or deeply disturbing experiences. However, in both, we recognize the profound influence of Psyche in creating these dynamics. Drawing from the earliest treatment practices of the Asclepiads in 46 AD and extending to modern therapy, we will see how these archetypal dynamics are etched into the Psyche, drawing both patient and therapist into an innate, pre-figured, archetypal field.
We will take an in-depth look at how the actual conditions of treatment serve as gateways for Psyche and the emergence of these archetypal re-enactments into the therapeutic relationship. So too we will discuss how these conditions of treatment allow for a resurgence of early defenses against trauma and loss. Rather than seeing any of these activities as unfortunate, iatrogenic occurrences, instead they represent an unfolding of archetypal potentialities into matter, providing both client and therapist the opportunity to become conscious of these dynamics. To make manifest such internal psychic states teaches us that indeed; “Field precedes Form” and that the Creative Psyche is present in every aspect of our life.
However, failure to grasp these dynamics may lead therapists to miss the opportunities to assist their clients in the meaningful unfolding of their life and destiny, and thereby unconsciously perpetuate a series of unconscious - and sometimes tragic - cycles and patterns.
This exploration offers a firsthand encounter with the living reality of the soul and the dynamic essence of Psyche and the archetypes. It is this recognition of Psyche’s presence which ultimately makes treatment a numinous and profoundly spiritual experience.
During this conference we will provide an in-depth exploration of the archetypal nature of treatment. Through theoretical presentations and live supervision of participants’ clinical work, we will look to clients’ dreams, unconscious communications, symbolic representation of trauma, and the dynamics occurring within the therapeutic-interactional field, as ways to understand and work with these mysterious and fascinating /enigmatic dynamics.
From the moment therapy begins, a series of universal, archetypal processes are initiated, leading to either transformative or deeply disturbing experiences. However, in both, we recognize the profound influence of Psyche in creating these dynamics. Drawing from the earliest treatment practices of the Asclepiads in 46 AD and extending to modern therapy, we will see how these archetypal dynamics are etched into the Psyche, drawing both patient and therapist into an innate, pre-figured, archetypal field.
We will take an in-depth look at how the actual conditions of treatment serve as gateways for Psyche and the emergence of these archetypal re-enactments into the therapeutic relationship. So too we will discuss how these conditions of treatment allow for a resurgence of early defenses against trauma and loss. Rather than seeing any of these activities as unfortunate, iatrogenic occurrences, instead they represent an unfolding of archetypal potentialities into matter, providing both client and therapist the opportunity to become conscious of these dynamics. To make manifest such internal psychic states teaches us that indeed; “Field precedes Form” and that the Creative Psyche is present in every aspect of our life.
However, failure to grasp these dynamics may lead therapists to miss the opportunities to assist their clients in the meaningful unfolding of their life and destiny, and thereby unconsciously perpetuate a series of unconscious - and sometimes tragic - cycles and patterns.
This exploration offers a firsthand encounter with the living reality of the soul and the dynamic essence of Psyche and the archetypes. It is this recognition of Psyche’s presence which ultimately makes treatment a numinous and profoundly spiritual experience.
During this conference we will provide an in-depth exploration of the archetypal nature of treatment. Through theoretical presentations and live supervision of participants’ clinical work, we will look to clients’ dreams, unconscious communications, symbolic representation of trauma, and the dynamics occurring within the therapeutic-interactional field, as ways to understand and work with these mysterious and fascinating /enigmatic dynamics.
This conference is open to analysts, psychologists, social workers, counselors, coaches and consultants.
Faculty
Michael Conforti, PhD (USA)
Michael Conforti is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute. He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, and for many years served as a Senior Associate faculty member in the Doctoral and Master's Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England. A pioneer in the field of matter-psyche studies, for the past 40 years, he has been actively investigating the workings of archetypal fields and the relationship between Jungian psychology and the New Sciences.
His work is presented to a wide ranging international audiences, including the C.G. Jung Institute - Zurich and Jungian organizations in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Indonesia, Italy, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the Ukraine and Venezuela.
He is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings (2007) and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche (2002). His articles have appeared in Psychological Perspectives, The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Roundtable Press, World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, and Spring Journal. His books have been translated into Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
Michael Conforti is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute. He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, and for many years served as a Senior Associate faculty member in the Doctoral and Master's Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England. A pioneer in the field of matter-psyche studies, for the past 40 years, he has been actively investigating the workings of archetypal fields and the relationship between Jungian psychology and the New Sciences.
His work is presented to a wide ranging international audiences, including the C.G. Jung Institute - Zurich and Jungian organizations in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Indonesia, Italy, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the Ukraine and Venezuela.
He is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings (2007) and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche (2002). His articles have appeared in Psychological Perspectives, The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Roundtable Press, World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, and Spring Journal. His books have been translated into Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
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