In an era of unprecedented global challenges, from mental health crises to social upheaval and environmental uncertainty, Pacifica Graduate Institute presents The Graduate Certificate in Contemporary Analytical Psychology and Neo-Jungian Studies. Running from 27 September 2025 to 27 June 2026, this innovative program delivers 14 weeks of intensive exploration into how Analytical Psychology addresses our most pressing psychological and cultural challenges. Developed in collaboration with Jungianeum, the program takes a distinctly clinical focus, helping participants gain insight into the individuation process through valuable analytical psychology tools.
The curriculum addresses what experts call our current “polycrisis”—the interconnected challenges facing individuals and society. Rather than abstract theorizing, each session grounds complex concepts in real-world application through clinical cases, practical exercises, and experiential learning. Participants will explore cutting-edge applications of Jungian principles to contemporary issues including trauma recovery, gender identity, cultural complexes, and collective liberation.
Dr. Stephano Carpani opens the program with a three-hour session examining “Love Does Not Exist Without Absolute Freedom.” Through interdisciplinary analysis comparing Jung’s individuation with modern sociological theories, participants explore a detailed clinical case spanning five years and 23 dreams, demonstrating how psychoanalytic tools provide insight into today’s fragmented narratives of selfhood. Carpani argues that in our contemporary “second modern” societies, characterized by radical individualization and instability, there emerges a renewed and urgent need for individuation as a counterpart to widespread anomie.
This online program with a world-renowned faculty offers access to a living lineage of analytical thought specifically adapted to our contemporary world’s complexities. Other noteworthy contributions include Dr. Murray Stein’s session The Way of Individuation Through the Lens of Active Imagination, Dr. John Beebe’s presentation of a comprehensive clinical case demonstrating how integrity becomes central to analytical psychotherapy, Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath on consciousness as fundamentally dyadic, Dr. Thomas Singer on the clinical relationship between cultural complexes and individual lives, and Pia Skogemann closes the program with an exploration of the adult female development from a Jungian perspective. These are just a taste of the 14 informative sessions to look forward to.