C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
Lecture: Friday, October 11, 2003, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, Eighth & James St., Seattle (see directions)
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
In thirty years of practice as a Jungian Analyst, Dr. Dallett has been increasingly disturbed by the hidden effects of psychoactive medications such as Prozac, Paxil, and Ritalin on both individuals and culture at large. This lecture spells out why, using incidents from her life and practice to illustrate what she sees as a significant cultural problem.
The effort to create a world in which everyone is happy, a la Huxley's Brave New World, puts a barrier between people and their actual emotional reactions. When unpleasant emotions are cut off in this way, instead of being addressed, the consequences can be disastrous. It is possible, for instance, that rebound effects from the use of prescribed mind-altering drugs could increase the probability of violent acting out.
Workshop: Saturday, October 12, 2003, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, Eighth & James St., Seattle (see directions)
$40 members, $50 nonmembers, $35 student/senior members, $45 student/senior nonmembers
To learn about preregistering for the workshop, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
Similar to the lecture, the workshop will draw on Dr. Dallett's book in progress, Listening to the Rhino: Violence and Healing in an Age of Scientific Materialism. Workshop participants will have an opportunity to explore theoretical, experimental, and clinical bases for a Jungian view of violence. Possible areas of discussion include what Jung himself has said about violence, relevant research, case material, and ways to think about violence in terms of the interplay between the two centers of the psyche that Jung called the ego and the Self. The focus will be on a broad, psychodynamic view rather than politically correct idealistic opinions—any solution to the destructive effects of violence must reckon with the hard reality that capacity to do violence is an essential aspect of being human.
Janet Dallett, Ph.D., trained as an analyst at the Jung Institute, Los Angeles, where she taught from 1974 to 1983. She received her doctorate in Psychology from University of California, Los Angeles. She lives in Port Townsend, Washington and divides her time between writing and analysis. Dr. Dallett has lectured widely, and has written many articles. She has published three books, When the Spirits Come Back, Saturday's Child: Encounters with the Dark Gods and The Not-Yet-Transformed God: Depth Psychology and the Individual Religious Experience.
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