The Surprising Connection Between Jungian Psychology and Quantum Physics (Hybrid)

This class will introduce the participants to the surprising connection between Carl Jung's concept of synchronicity (coincidences that are not necessarily such, but rather messages from beyond) and the quantum physics concept of entanglement (the interconnection of all things in the universe). Based on Jung's own experiences and those of his friend, Nobel prize winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli, we will explore how to become aware of events in our own lives that seem to be coincidental yet may have been intuitive messages, full of meaning to be discovered, to guide us in life-changing decision making.

José Leal has an M.A. in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies from the University of Essex where Andrew Samuels was his academic supervisor and an MS in Systemic Psychotherapy from the Milton Erikson Institute from Monterrey. Since 2013 he has trained with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. He works as a psychotherapist in private practice and wrote the column 'The Spiritually Ambivalent Therapist' for Thresholds a Journal of Psychotherapy and Spirituality from the British Association of Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Gwen Diaz-Ridgeway received her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature and Language with concentrations in French and Portuguese from the University of Texas at Austin. Her professional career includes Professor of English and Director of the MA in English at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX. She published academic and fiction works. Currently she teaches World Literature seminars at various institutions in the US and Latin America. When not writing or teaching, she enjoys practicing yoga and meditation. She taught Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism at the graduate level and published articles on the subject. Her dissertation topic was a Jungian analysis of novels by Latin American women authors of the 20th Century. She is also interested in the intersection between Literature and Science.
She is on the board of the Argentine Branch of PEN International (Poets, Essayists and Narrators), on the board of the Casa Argentina de Houston, of the University Women's Club of Buenos Aires and Advisor to the Fundacion Internacional JL Borges.

This program is being offered both IN-PERSON and ONLINE. Please select how you will attend when registering. This program will NOT be recorded.

All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.

*The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (TBHEC) has stopped pre-certifying ANY Continuing Education or Professional Development for mental health providers. The Jung Center cannot guarantee that the programs we provide will qualify for continuing education or Professional Development, nor can any other agency. The Jung Center uses high educational standards when selecting to designate events as "potentially appropriate for CEs", and in evaluating the outcomes of our educational services, and we believe them to meet the requirements of state licensing bodies. To find out more about the TBHEC changes to Continuing Education and Professional Development, click here: https://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/viewDocument?orgId=junghouston&id=40288ab689aaa0f10189ada9005e0073

**Since the publication of the print catalog, the date has been changed for this event.