BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:258@junginoc.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T180000 DTSTAMP:20240917T235117Z URL:https://junginoc.org/events/2024-09-17-chater/ SUMMARY:Indigenous Liaisons: An Account of Experiences\, Dreams and Synchro nicities on the Journey of Individuation DESCRIPTION:\nThis program will be recorded and made available publicly on our \;YouTube channel. You do not need to have registered to view the video.\n\n\n\nOver the last fifteen years\, Ian Chater has been working in the remote deserts of the Kimberley region of North Western Australia as an Indigenous Liaison\; this is the actual title of his occupation. The na ture of his role has him treading the liminal and transcendent realms as a n intermediary and communicative link between the white and black worlds\; a unique and rare role that has allowed him to spend deep time immersed w ith the numerous language groups of the region.\n\n\n\nThis presentation w ill look at the day to day experiences in his role as a liaison between bl ack and white Australia and explain the nature of the tasks at hand\, with an objective and empathetic gaze at the Indigenous people he works with -  \;a populace beset with all the travails of a people losing their el ders\, myths and culture - and how a reckoning with a personal shadow can also echo a national one. A special focus of this talk is “whiffs and hi nts” as he looks back\, with the generous gift of hindsight\, to totems on the pole of his personal individuation\, showing how this journey was a ctually set in motion a long time ago. A number of important dreams will b e discussed as well as some powerful synchronicities that not only link hi s personal contact with Indigenous Australians directly to the call of Jun gian analysis\, but to the very Centre for Depth Psychology itself.\n\n\n\ nIan Chater completed a post graduate degree in psychotherapy in 2021 and achieved diploma candidate status in March 2024 at the Research and Traini ng Centre for Depth Psychology According to CG Jung and Marie-Louise von F ranz in Zurich. He is a registered psychotherapist in Australia and\, when not in the desert as an Indigenous Liaison\, has worked in clinical setti ngs from aged and palliative care facilities to addiction and trauma hospi tals in Melbourne.\n\n\n\nHe spent most of his twenties traveling and work ing overseas with many varied occupations\, from assisting in the forest s ervice of British Columbia\, to film sets in India and France\, and playin g music on the west coast of Ireland. He returned to Australia and complet ed a post graduate degree in education to teach English and literature at the secondary school level\, and it was at this point that he began to wor k closely with some Aboriginal children in one of Perth’s disadvantaged suburbs. It was this teaching role with city Aborigines\, that ultimately led to his role as an Indigenous Liaison in remote parts of Australia.\n\n \n\nWhere and whenever possible\, he always aims to introduce the work and insight of Jung and von Franz into his current practice.\n\n\n\nLearning objectives:\n\n\n\n\nDefine the concept of “shadow” in Jungian psychol ogy and give an example of how a reckoning with a personal shadow can echo a national/collective one.\n\n\n\nDefine the concept of “individuation ” in Jungian psychology and explain how dreams and synchronicities can c ontribute to individuation.\n\n\n\nExplain why a civilization requires a l iving myth to thrive\, using the Australian Aboriginals as an example.\n\n \n\nExplain how a culture might influence and determine the psychological types found within it\, using the Australian Aboriginals as an example.\n\ n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://junginoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ 91228EE9-668F-42E0-9C95-F6757C669A7B-1-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR