Archive for Personality Type
Kenneally-Jung’s Concept of Individuation
Posted by: | CommentsLecture with Stephen Kenneally, Jung’s Concept of Individuation
January 20, 2012
Individuation, the lifelong development of the personality, is central to Jung’s psychology. It is the process of becoming the person one is innately meant to be. While aspects of this concept have been embraced by popular culture, the true depth and scope of Jung’s theory requires a much closer examination. Rather than merely describing a simple version of self-improvement, individuation describes an intricate process of becoming a person who can relate deeply to his or her psyche.
Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT, is a Jungian psychotherapist and consultant in Santa Monica, CA. He teaches psychology and ethics at Antioch University and is the current Chair of the Opus Archives and Research Center (a research institute within Pacifica Graduate Institute that holds the archives of Joseph Campbell and other eminent scholars in depth psychology and mythology). Prior to becoming a psychotherapist Stephen worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan. He received a BS in economics from Harvard, an MBA from the Darden School of Business, and an MA in psychology counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is currently an analyst-in-training at the C. G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles, where he offers periodic lectures.
Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT – In Search of the Self
Posted by: | CommentsWorkshop with Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT
January 21, 2012
Jung’s concept of the Self speaks directly to the mysterious element in the psyche that inspires and brings meaning to our lives. Fifty years after Jung’s death, it remains an elusive and controversial subject. In this interactive workshop we will review various ways of thinking about the Self, the numinous as well as the dark side, so that we can better relate to the emergent forces in us that can lead to individuation, meaning, and the development of our personalities.
We will examine some archetypal material that illuminates this process, and we will explore Jung’s concepts of the opposites that are held in the Self. We will also look into the role of the shadow, the animus/anima, dreams, and active imagination in the process of relating to the Self.
Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT, is a Jungian psychotherapist and consultant in Santa Monica, CA. He teaches psychology and ethics at Antioch University and is the current Chair of the Opus Archives and Research Center (a research institute within Pacifica Graduate Institute that holds the archives of Joseph Campbell and other eminent scholars in depth psychology and mythology). Prior to becoming a psychotherapist Stephen worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan. He received a BS in economics from Harvard, an MBA from the Darden School of Business, and an MA in psychology counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is currently an analyst-in-training at the C. G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles, where he offers periodic lectures.
Giannini-The Elegant Evolution of Typology
Posted by: | CommentsLecture with John Giannini, The Elegant Evolution of Typology
April 1, 2011
Accepting one’s type, as well as its breadth of outlook, are key themes in John Giannini’s sweeping take on the Jungians’ “stepchild.” Giannini will discuss how and why he wrote an extensive book on typology entitled Compass of the Soul. He will discuss its value for individuals that is lost among most psychologists, including analysts, who, along with Jung, have treated the types as orphans. Yet, this famous Swiss medico, scholar and mystic implied that the types are archetypes, and so also spiritually powerful, but never systematically did so. This task became the burden of Giannini’s book. Jung also showed them to be a “critical psychology,” as well as the ground of every intellectual theory.
Now, Giannini sees them in deeper contexts. He has learned from evolutionists their connection with a nature that evolved through “elegant” moments that made possible our existence. Similarly, the types have evolved in us in many such ways. Also, these archetypes emerged in an elegant and profoundly personal time in Jung’s life, as described both in Memories, Dreams and Reflections and in his Red Book (Liber Novus). In this context, they take on even more depth and spiritual meaning for individuals, as well as for society.
JOHN GIANNINI, MA, MBA, MDiv is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Chicago and Evanston. He holds an MDiv in Religion and Psychology from St. Albert’s College, an MA in Psychology and Religion from the University of Chicago Divinity School, an MBA from Stanford University, and an LCPC certification with the State of Illinois. John has published articles and lectures widely throughout the U.S. and Canada on the wounded child within, and narcissistic/addictive behavior. He is the author of Compass of the Soul, an updated understanding of typology. He is now completing a book entitled The Sacred Secret: The Maternal Principle and Her Love in Persons and Nature.
JOHN GIANNINI, MA, MBA, MDiv – Workshop April 2011
Posted by: | CommentsTYPOLOGY AS THE BASIS OF A LIFE JOURNEY
Saturday Workshop: April 2, 2011
Giannini will lead participants, with their constant input, in a life journey, based on the four couplings and aided by Erik Erikson’s eight life ages, as well as Jung’s overarching two stages of life, which are discussed in Jung’s mid-life crisis, as now so amazingly described in his Red Book. Our journey with the couplings begins with an SF parental phase, followed by an ST competitive phase, then a typical mid-life crisis, a plunge into an NF creative phase of new discoveries with memories, dreams and reflections, and finally an expanded NT philosophical/spiritual phase. Giannini will seek participant input throughout.
Finally, in the NF and NT phases, Giannini will demonstrate that the intuitive function here not only embraces the other types, but also is found in the essence of every archetype, every synchronicity experience, and finally constitutes the basic structure of the synchronicity principle, which Jung described as the “universal substratum in the environment,” and so of psyche.
Expectations and Preparations:
That the instructor will be open to full participation and dialogue.
That each participant will know his/her typology.
That each participant will have read the assigned material that the instructor will send or, if so desired, read Chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of Compass of the Soul.
Recommended Readings:
Compass Paper ONE
Compass Paper TWO
Compass Paper THREE
Compass Paper FOUR
Compass Review Galipeau
Compass Review JAP
Giannini Chapter Nine B
Giannini Chapter Nine A
JOHN GIANNINI, MA, MBA, MDiv is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Chicago and Evanston. He holds an MDiv in Religion and Psychology from St. Albert’s College, an MA in Psychology and Religion from the University of Chicago Divinity School, an MBA from Stanford University, and an LCPC certification with the State of Illinois. John has published articles and lectures widely throughout the U.S. and Canada on the wounded child within, and narcissistic/addictive behavior. He is the author of Compass of the Soul, an updated understanding of typology. He is now completing a book entitled The Sacred Secret: The Maternal Principle and Her Love in Persons and Nature.
Knowlton-Jung’s Typology: Patterns, Paths and Individuation
Posted by: | CommentsLeslie Knowlton’s lecture, Jung’s Typology: Patterns, Paths and Individuation
November 19, 2010
This talk will be presented in three parts:
- Jung’s motivation to bring understanding to human typology,
- MBTI, the model and the discovery of true type,
- the impact of the dynamic of personality type on your development path.
Why is personality type significant? Assumptions are necessary, but understanding type helps us to realize the motivation behind our assumptions. “There is a danger that assumptions or hypotheses, being self-evident to ourselves, may lead us to make statements of a general character—for example, about the nature of the mind—and to claim that these are ‘true’, forgetting that we are still talking of hypotheses and not of ‘absolute’ truths” (E. A. Bennet, 1966). Also, Jung’s typology provides the foundation to help us to explore how we find balance in our lives as we develop to become the best versions of our authentic selves.
Leslie Knowlton, MFA, ACC, has her own business as a development coach and social media consultant in the Phoenix area. She has worked in leadership development and organizational change for the past 20 years. She earned her coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation in 2008. She has a Masters of Fine Arts in Media Studies from the State University of New York (Visual Studies Workshop, NY) and a Bachelors of Science in Aesthetic Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz, CA. The focus of her work is to bring the power of Jungian principles of personality type and archetypes to the work of change and renewal for leaders, groups and organizational systems. See more about her on her website at www.suddenlyheard.com.
