Joint IAAP/LAAP Vilnius University Conference

Short presentation

The Lithuanian Analytical Psychology Association (LAPA) was founded in 2007 and in 2010. became the true member of the International Analytical Psychology Association for Analytical Psychology, IAAP). 2016 The LAPA has acquired the right to train interconnected psychoanalysts with international professional training standards. Currently, our organization consists of 28 junior psychoanalysts, almost as well as interconnected psychotherapists and about 70 candidates participating in various stages of our curriculum.

Lithuanian psychoanalysts are currently teaching in our program, and also experienced psychoanalysts from Switzerland, Germany, the United States, and so on. Students from Lithuania and neighboring countries learn in the LAPA program: Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus. We have a number of students who have been forced to emigrate due to the circumstances that have arisen and are now learning in our program remotely.

We are pleased that a number of C have been translated into Lithuanian. G. Jung’s works, as well as modern authors such as V. Kast, D. Kalshedo, L. Zoya and other books that help spread the ideas of analytical psychology to Lithuanian society.

LAPA divers participate in research projects. Vilnius Several doctoral dissertations have been written and successfully defended at the University, based on the paradigm of analytical psychology. LAPA members and members explore scientific topics such as: the dynamics of authority and the father complex, overcoming long-term traumatic consequences, issues of aggression transformation, the importance of gender factor in crisis overcoming, and so on. Asta Adler, Eve Bieloskiene, Neringa Grigutyte, Gražina Gudė, Juliana Lozovska, David Petronyte-Kvedarauskienė, Goda Huskėkė was actively involved in projects, developing the links between research and analytical psychology.

Grain Gudait has written several books on analytical psychology, as well as the author of many articles in scientific journals and collective monographs (see the research section in detail).

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The emergence of analytical psychology in Lithuania is closely linked to the changes that began with the liberation of the Soviet regime. The connection to the international community of junior analysts was an important factor in the development of analytical psychology in Lithuania. The first seminar took place in 1990, led by Tom Kapachinsk and Judith Roberts from Chicago. The roots of Tom’s family are in Lithuania, he was the first professional junior psychoanalyst to come to Lithuania, conducted seminars, cared for sending books to Lithuania, helping Lithuanian psychologists open their internship opportunities abroad. Tom Kapachinsk organized the first study program, during which seminars for the Lithuanian group for a decade were led by Catherine Asper and Elizabeth Hartung from Zurich, Nora Hall of Minnesota, Boris Mathews of Chicago and others.  Tom Kapachinsk,in collaboration with the IAAP administration, (Tom Kirch and Verena Kast) 1992 invited psychologists from the post-Soviet bloc to the World IAAP Congress in Chicago to consider vocational training opportunities and assistance to individuals from Eastern Europe.

Preparation of professional analysts: history and present

1992 At the IAAP Chicago Congress, representatives of Eastern Europe raised two key issues: how to engage in analytical psychology training and become a professional junior psychoanalyst. The second question is how to become part of an international analytical community of psychology. The IAAP carefully examined these issues and offered several vocational training methods.  One way was to provide an opportunity for Eastern European individuals to study at Western institutes. The Lithuanian representatives have exploited all the opportunities offered. LAPA member Gražina Gudait 1994-1995 studied at the analyst training program C.G. At the Jung Institute in Chicago, and in 1996-1999 – Zurich and 2001 became an individual member of the IAAP. Next to internships abroad, we invited visiting analysts and organized seminars in Lithuania. The first visiting analyst in 1992 was Catherine Asper of Zurich,her visit was crucial for the establishment of long-term professional cooperation between analysts at the Lithuanian Group and the Zurich School.

Our group is particularly grateful to Gert Sauer and his wife Rodtraud, who led many seminars in Lithuania. They became real intermediaries in search of a connection to IAAP analysts. They set up a fund that supported analytical psychology initiatives in Eastern Europe. G. and R. Sauer contributed much so that Lithuanian representatives could have individual supervisions abroad, could attend international conferences and seminars.

In two decades, 12 individuals have successfully completed an analyst training program and become internationally recognized connecting analysts. In addition to the training seminars in Lithuania, led by visiting analysts from the IAAP and later analysts at the newly formed Lithuanian Analytical Psychology Association (LAPA), our trainees had the opportunity to regularly participate in individual supervision in Freiburg, Frankfurt, Zurich, Tel Aviv, Stuttgart, Berlin and others. On this occasion, we would like to thank the IAAP Executive Committee for its assistance in this project. Personally, Verena Kast, Murray Stein, Joe Cambray and Tom Kelly, who helped a lot in organizing the various stages of individual membership. For an inspiring job with candidates from Lithuania, we are very grateful to Mario Jacoby, Catherine Asper, Verenai Kast, Elizabeth Hartung, Ursula Wirtz,Alice Merc, John Hill, Andreas Mitchell of Zurich, Gert Sauer, Gidon Horowitz, Ingrid Riedel, Victor Zielen, Ursula Bernauer, Anneliese Guerin, Irena Berkenbusch from Germany, Henrik Abramovich and Ester Morris from Israel, Tatjan Rudakova from St. Petersburg. John Cohn

Long-term links with IAAP Jung analysts have allowed us to develop and implement our own curriculum, which is currently recognized as a success. We have about 70 candidates in the various stages of the program. Most of the work is now done by Lithuanian analysts, but every year we invite guest analysts who lead seminars to our community, as well as participate in exams. Marianne Mueller, Tom Kelly, Kristina Schellinski, Mark Winborn, David Tacey and others have contributed a lot to our activities in recent years.

Our society is expanding, we are pleased that a number of colleagues from Latvia have successfully completed the training program for analysts. They are currently preparing documents to become members of the IAAP group. We are very proud of this and wish them every success in developing their ideas.