Helen Marlo, Ph.D.

TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMBOLISMS OF RELATIONSHIP

with Helen Marlo, PhD

 

In C.G. Jung's Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido (1916) and Symbols of Transformation (1956) he shared seminal ideas on the mother and her body as primary psychological and relational experience: prenatal life, birth, regression, and development. Such themes are now recognized in relational analysis. Their influence on "individuation," or the growth of the personality, will be explored. We will utilize contributions from Michael Fordham, Mario Jacoby, Mara Sidoli, and Jean Knox; also, contemporary relational analysis, and work presaging contemporary perspectives from Donald Winnicott, Phyllis Greenacre, Frances Tustin and Wilfred Bion - with an emphasis on symbolic and developmental dimensions.

 

Helen Marlo, PhD, an analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and licensed clinical psychologist, works with adults, children, and infants in her San Mateo private practice. She is Chair of the Clinical Psychology Department at Notre Dame de Namur University where she is a full Professor. She serves as Reviews Editor for Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche.