Friends of Jung-South presents

Breaking the Rules of Love

with
Jacqueline Wright, Ed. D.
Jungian Analyst, Diplomate C. G. Jung Institute Zurich

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How say you? Let us, O my dove, Let us be unashamed of soul, As earth lies bare to heaven above!
How is it under our control, To love or not to love?
-- Robert Browning, Two in the Campagna

Friday, April 26, 2013
7 - 9 pm LECTURE

Saturday, April 27, 2013
9 am - 1 pm WORKSHOP

Oasis Counseling Center
1900 14th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
(Please do not contact Oasis. For questions, contact
info@friendsofjungsouth.org or 205/591-0939.)

Love is a force of destiny
whose power reaches from heaven to hell.
-- C. G. Jung

Lecture

Popular songs, especially country music, reveal much about the rules of love and how often they are broken. They also depict the accompanying heartache and suffering that must be endured. Heartbreak Hotel, one of the most well known songs, tells us that the heartbreak hotel is always crowded and has room for more. Love Hurts, another popular song, reminds us that "love hurts, love scars, love wounds".

We all probably have our own playlist of broken hearted songs, because at one point in our lives we have survived a broken heart--or broken a heart. So what drives us to break love's script and hurt the people we love the most? Can we find some meaning in the destructiveness that often accompanies our commitment to loved ones? What is the developmental impetus that lies behind such behavior?

Jung is often quoted as saying that it is only through the energy created by the tension of the opposites (or clash of destructive forces) that something new is created. The movie A Dangerous Method depicts Jung himself caught in a tension between being faithful to the rules of his profession, his society and his marriage and being faithful to the law of his own being. Breaking his own rules, he develops a personal relationship with his patient Sabina Speilrein, which opens him up to significant suffering and confronts him with deep, thought-provoking moral and ethical questions.

Using clips from the film, as well as other examples as our springboard for discussion, we will explore some of the above questions, focusing particularly on the role of relationships in our on-going development and the tension often experienced between ego's position and the natural psychic movement which may offer a different perspective.

Workshop

This workshop will offer opportunities for participants to be more actively engaged with the lecture topics. Using personal examples and dream material, we will explore in more detail the topics of timeliness of psyche's choices, the role of relationships in development and individuation, and the developmental tasks associated with betrayal. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own personal relationship experiences, disappointments and challenges, and the psychological tasks that were illuminated through their life events.

Jacqueline Wright, EdD, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Atlanta. Her early training and work in Counseling and Higher Education eventually led her to explore Jung's ideas and obtain a diploma in Analytical Psychology. In addition to her private practice, Jacqueline is a senior training analyst in the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and is on the core faculty of the Memphis and New Orleans training seminars. She lectures and conducts workshops on topics related to Jungian psychology and is particularly interested in subjects related to love and relationships.

Members/$60 or $25/Fri, $40/Sat
Non-Members/ $70 or $30/Fri, $45/Sat
2 CEUs Friday / 4 CEUs Saturday
(additional fee of $15 paid by separate check to UAB)

Annual dues of $20 for 2013 are now payable.

Registration is available at the door.
If you plan to attend, please help us plan by
pre-registering by email at info@friendsofjungsouth.org.

For questions, please contact info@friendsofjungsouth.org or 205/591-0939.