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Monday Evening Meeting
27 February 2017
7.00 - 8.30 pm
“Jung and the Divided Psyche”
Presented by Mark Saban
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I aim to address the question of dissociation from the perspective of Jungian psychology.
Jung sees dissociation as normal for the healthy psyche . For Jung dissociation is not
pathological in itself; pathology comes about when the different parts of the psyche
(articulated by Jung as complexes and as archetypal figures) are unable to communicate with
each other and with the ego complex. Jung’s dissociative model of the psyche thus contrasts
with the psychoanalytic model of repression which sees any dissociation as inherently
pathological. I aim to explore the implications of this idea with regard to both intrapsychic
and intersubjective (transference/countertransference) dynamics occurring within analysis.
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Mark Saban is a senior analyst with the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists. He
teaches Jungian psychology on the Sesame dramatherapy training and lectures on analytical
psychology at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at Essex University. His recent
publications include ‘Jung, Winnicott and the Divided Psyche’, Journal of Analytical
Psychology, 2016, 61, 3, 329–349. He also co-edited (with Andrew Samuels and Emilija
Kiehl) ‘Analysis and Activism: Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology’,
Routledge, 2016
This event is free for WMIP Members and first-time visitors
Subsequent visitors £10
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available
Venue: Edgbaston Quaker Meeting House, St. James Road, Edgbaston, B15 1JP
Five Ways train station and On-street parking nearby