“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
-- C.G. Jung
I have had passion for clinical social work, psychotherapy and Jungian analysis for most of my adult life. The following is a story of my beginning my path to becoming a Jungian analyst.
In 1971, I worked the graveyard shift at a Shell station in Santa Clara, California, but I needed a small internship for a sociology class I was taking at a local college. Every Sunday morning at 3 a.m., a nurse would come in for car service. I got to know her over the months. One morning I asked her where she worked and if she could help me secure an internship somewhere. Sure enough, she did! The next week, I found myself working in the locked men's unit at Agnew State Mental Hospital. And from the beginning, I loved it. I had an excellent supervisor who allowed me to facilitate weekly group therapy, and I followed two individuals each week in counseling. I seemed to have a talent and affinity for it. It was from here that my journey began.
Education
San Francisco State University, BA 1975 San Diego State University, MSW 1977 California Clinical Social Work License #7567, 1979 Certified Jungian Analyst, C.G. Jung Institute Los Angeles, 1992
Employment
Child Guidance Clinic 1977-1979 Del Mar Psychiatric Clinic 1979 - 1983 Private Practice 1983 to present
Lectures
I lecture about once a year on several issues related to analytical psychology, such as the archetypal wounds in adults with learning disabilities, the structure and nature of the psyche, dreams and dream work.
"Sphere an Overview of The Psyche", 2019. Presented at The CG Jung Study Center of Southern California.
Webinar: “Anatomy of The Psyche: Edward Edinger”: A CE Reading Seminar
"Introduction to Dreams" to Friends of Jung - San Diego, November 2014
"Sphere - An Overview of The Psyche" May 2014
"Jung and the Birth of Analytical Psychology " 2011
"Ball and Game - The Religious Function of The Psyche" 2015
"The Learning Disabled Psyche" 2002
"Dreams and Learning Disabilities in Adults" 1999 "The Anatomy of Dreams" 2010
C.W. Volume 5 - Symbols of Transformation and The Birth of Analytical Psychology
Member Organizations
National Association of Social Workers
Member, Society of Clinical Social Work California
Board Certified Diplomat, Clinical Social Work
National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
International Association of Analytical Psychology
Founding Analyst Member, CG Jung Institute of San Diego
Jungian Analyst Activities
San Diego Society of Jungian Analysts President, 1997-2003, present member
CGJung Institute Los Angeles Training Analyst, 1993-2001
Founding Member, CG Jung Study Center of Southern California
Founding Member, 2000-02
President, 2002-2006, 2011-2016, 2021 - 2023
Director of Analyst Training, 2006-2010, 2016-2021
Senior Training Analyst, 2002 to 2023
Founding Member, CG Jumg San Diego, 2025
Reading Jung's Collected Works
Since becoming a Certified Jungian Analyst in 1992, I have been fortunate to follow my love of facilitating Jungian reading groups. These groups are often structured around a specific number of paragraphs in various volumes of Jung's Collected Works. This enables us to move slowly and in depth to really experience and understand Jung's discoveries of the psyche.