Father absence is a presence to be filled. First one feels the absence, then despair, depression, anxiety and loss from the absence. From this one can become self-aware and conscious according to the concepts of Jungian analytical psychology. However, it means feeling and addressing what a father represents personally and the effects psychologically. The issue is how to recognize what father means beyond the traditional role. It leaves us the possibility and potential to fill internally and culturally the loss from narrow definitions needing expansion. Our world evolves from the absence of fathers to their presence we face the questions how does this look and why is father absence relevant today?
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- redefining father roles
- identifying who is a father and how inclusive can we be?
- learning to fill absence psychologically
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- therapists, people interested in and affected by absent fathers, a general audience wanting to learn about Jungian analytical psychology and its perspectives
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- expanding knowledge, focusing on the effects of the unconscious and the shadow
Course Content
Presenter
Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. trained in Zurich, Switzerland as a Jungian analyst is also a clinical psychologist and member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology. She presents to numerous Jungian conferences and teaching programs in the USA and worldwide.
Susan has articles in many journals and chapters in books on Jungian analytical psychology. Her book The Absent Father Effect on Daughters, Father Desire, Father Wounds is translated into several languages. In 2023 The Imposter Syndrome and The ‘As-If’ Personality: The Fragility of Self and in 2024 will appear Girl Unfolding—Puella’s Emergence: A Jungian Exploration, all published by Routledge. Her Jungian analytical practice is in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
