LECTURE: “The Racial Complex: Psyche’s Call for Engagement” by Fanny Brewster, Ph.D., MFA, Jungian Analyst

FRIDAY NIGHT LECTURE

Psychological complexes, such as the Racial Complex, challenge us to not only think about them; but also to process them. According to Jung, they can be “fiendish” in their pursuit of getting us to interact with them.  The racial complex presents a unique American problem both for individuals and within the Collective. This lecture hopes to give more understanding of the Racial Complex and its possibility for deepening psychological work within the individual as well as within our American Society.

Jungian Analyst Dr. Fanny Brewster is a Core Faculty member in the Depth Psychology Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices at Pacifica Graduate Institute.  Prior to beginning in this capacity she served as a faculty member in the Clinical Program and as an adjunct faculty working within the Depth, Archetypal and Jungian Psychology (DJA), and Depth Psychotherapy Departments (DPT), while maintaining a New York City private practice.

As a faculty member of the New York C.G. Jung Foundation she has taught classes and given public forum lectures on Jungian related topics. While a Board Member with the New York Analytical Psychology Club, Dr. Brewster developed and led experiential workshops on Dreams, Creative Writing and Mythology. She has given national and international workshops and lectures on Culture, Diversity and Creativity—the Depth Writing Workshop. She has received two Gradiva Award nominations for her writing from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Her most recent book is Archetypal Grief: Slavery’s Legacy of Intergenerational Child Loss. (Routledge)

Learn more about Dr. Brewster and her work with psychoanalysis and sacred circles on her website.