JUNGIAN ANALYSIS
Jungian analysis is a method of working with people pioneered by the Swiss psychiatrist, C.G. Jung (1875-1961) and subsequently developed by many others all over the world who were influenced by his groundbreaking work. It explores the deep unconscious as it is revealed in dreams, imagination, creativity, as well as experiences of the self and relationships. Its goal is to develop understanding and acceptance of the individual as a whole, including both conscious and unconscious experience. Jung's search for understanding led him to explore the interface between psychology, history, culture, philosophy, and religion. In the process, he developed a number of seminal ideas – such as persona, shadow, complex, archetype and individuation – which have since become part of our everyday vocabulary.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
I have a B.A. in philosophy from University of California at Berkeley, an M.S.W. from U.C.L.A., and a Ph.D. in clinical social work from the California Institute for Clinical Social Work. I am certified to practice as a Jungian Analyst by the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.
I started my career as a counselor in a crisis shelter and then in a program for runaway youth. My internships while in graduate school included a year on the spinal cord injury unit at the Long Beach V.A. Hospital and then a year as a child and family therapist at a child guidance clinic in the San Fernando Valley. After graduation I worked in several public mental health agencies before starting a small private practice in 1984 when I was licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (license LCS 10933) by the State of California. I have been in private practice continuously since 1989.
CURRENT PRACTICE & AFFILIATIONS
Most of my work is as a therapist and analyst where I see children, adolescents, individual adults and couples, but I also enjoy teaching students and other clinicians. I am an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California at San Francisco, a lecturer in the School of Social Welfare at University of California at Berkeley, a core faculty member of The Sanville Institute and a member of the clinical faculty at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley.