New Directions in Jungian Archetypal Theory – Jon Mills Erik Goodwyn – November 19, 2024
April 15, 2024 at 07:16PM
Arguably, the most definitive feature of Jung’s metapsychology, and the central point on which his psychology rests, is his theory of archetypes. While recent trends in Jungian perspectives have embraced developmental, relational, social justice, and post-modern paradigms, this more limited way of looking at archetypes can also have the disadvantage of leaving Jungian theory and practice in an insular state with respect to other academic disciplines. This seminar will focus on how a larger concept of the archetype can also inform other disciplines, such as philosophy and bioscience, while simultaneously contributing to a greater understanding of the importance and relevance of the archetypes in the context of psychotherapy.
Jon Mills, Psy.D., Ph.D., A.B.P.P. is a philosopher, psychoanalyst, and clinical psychologist. He is Honorary Professor, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK; is on Faculty in the Postgraduate Programs in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, USA; and is on Faculty and Supervising Analyst at the New School for Existential Psychoanalysis, USA. Recipient of numerous awards for his scholarship, including 5 Gradiva Awards, he is the author and/or editor of over thirty books in psychoanalysis, philosophy, psychology, and cultural studies, including Archetypal Ontology; Psyche, Culture World; Debating Relational Psychoanalysis: Jon Mills and his Critics; Inventing God; Underworlds; Conundrums: A Critique of Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Origins: On the Genesis of Psychic Reality; Treating Attachment Pathology; The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel’s Anticipation of Psychoanalysis; and The Ontology of Prejudice. In 2015, he was given the Otto Weininger Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Canadian Psychological Association.
Erik Goodwyn, M.D. is Attending Physician (University of Kentucky Eastern State Hospital), Clinical Associate Professor (University of Washington, Billings Clinic, Department of Psychiatry), and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville). He has authored numerous publications in consciousness studies, Jungian psychology, neuroscience, mythology, philosophy, anthropology, and the psychology of religion. He is co-editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Jungian Studies, and his published books include: Archetypal Ontology; The Neurobiology of the Gods: How the Brain Shapes the Recurrent Imagery of Myth and Dreams; A Psychological Reading of the Anglo-Saxon Poem Beowulf: Understanding Everything as Story; Healing Symbols in Psychotherapy: a Ritual Approach; Magical Consciousness, co-authored with anthropologist Susan Greenwood; and Understanding Dreams and Other Spontaneous Images: The Invisible Storyteller, which was a Finalist for the 2019 International Association for Jungian Studies Book Award. He has delivered over sixty lectures, workshops, and essays in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at U.S., Switzerland, and Ireland conferences.
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