The Jungian Drift

Join us as we get to know C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco alumna and analyst emerita Sally Kaufmann, MD. Sally began her Jungian journey in the 1960's at a time when women were still a novelty in the Institute program. She trained with local legends such as Joseph Henderson, Joseph Wheelwright and Kay Bradway - to name a few - while applying her Jungian philosophy to work directing a com...

San Francisco Jungian analyst Paul Watsky, PhD, interprets three volunteer "person on the street" volunteers' dreams to demonstrate how he would approach dreamwork in his practice.  Though Dr. Watsky suggests possible meanings for the dreams, he is clear that these are only hypotheses to guide further inquiry. The purpose here is not to make a clinical assessment, rather it is to il...

Join host Sebastian Sheldon, PhD, in conversation with his fellow candidate in analytical training at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Robert Carriger, LMFT, as they explore the theoretical possibilities when Jung's concept of unconscious complexes is applied to consciousness in general. Expanding Jung's original concept of complexes to include all conscious experience leads to...

Host Robert Carriger sits down to speak with art scholar Janeita Singh about the controversial modernist painter from Goa, India: Francis Newton Souza. Janeita approaches Souza's paintings from a variety of perspectives including the collective western shadow and repression of the feminine. She sees recent interest in Souza's work as signaling a return into collective consciousness of th...

In this episode host Claire Kohne interviews two candidates in the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco analytic training program (Megan Van Vlack, LPCC, LMFT & Elaina Barulic, LMFT)  about their experiences on their journeys to become Jungian analysts.  Since this recording Claire was accepted into the program herself and began analytical training in the fall of 2025. Congratulations, Claire!...

*Content Warning: Episode contains discussion of an age-old conspiratorial belief that a secret society is carrying out ritualized child abuse in order to extract a fabled life giving elixir.* At the 2025 International Association of Analytical Psychology conference in Zurich, Robert Carriger and Claire Kohne got the opportunity to talk to conference presenter Jungian analyst Vlado Šolc about his...

In conversation with host Robert Carriger, psychologist and analytical training candidate Sebastian Sheldon shows us how the quirky characters in the 1990's American hit situation comedy "Seinfeld" illustrate Jung's theory of psychological types. The Jungian Drift podcast is intended for educational purposes only and any statements made in this episode should not be considered...

While visiting the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco to speak on the release of "Dedicated to the Soul: The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung", editor Ann Conrad Lammers took a moment to share her experiences sifting through the personal writings of both Carl and Emma Jung, material which she has helped bring to the public over the course of her career as an editor and translator of...

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