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Straying from the Path: An Exploration of the Intersections between Queer Theory and Analytical Psychology
December 6, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST
Those who cannot perform normative cultural narratives often find their voices silenced. Queer Theory offers us a new framework for working with old material. To queer an experience is to resist defining it. Queerness may provide a place to stand within oneself while also standing in the energy of an Exile complex that can be embraced as a new path towards individuation. We will explore the connections to be made between Queer Theory and Jungian concepts of Individuation, Complex Theory, Weltanschauung, and Active Imagination.
Related Workshop: Queering the Path – Working with Images in Psyche through the Lens of a Queer Analytic Attitude
David Solem, MSW, MAPC, MA, MM, is a diplomate Jungian analyst through IRSJA-IAAP. He is a training analyst on the faculties of the C.G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe, the C.G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia, and of the Memphis-Atlanta Jungian Seminar. He is a guest training analyst for the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich, Kuesnacht. His publications appear in Psychological Perspectives (2017), Quadrant (2018), and the Journal of Analytical Psychology (2019 and 2021). David is in private clinical practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
