Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

There has been a new direction in our activities recently. Our candidates have been more
active, creative, they have been interested in the latest developmental trends and the
need for a discussion and an exchange of opinions has increased. We have continued in
publishing a magazine of analytical psychology, in which lecturers from our country as
well as from abroad contribute. So far, two isssues have been published. Although we
have had enough material for at least two more issues, there was not enough money to
cover all necessary expenses. For this reason, we have started thinking about issuing the
magazine in an electronic form.
In April of this year we held a two-day conference in Brno, during which 12 colleagues
presented papers on different topics. Beside members of our association, other people
participitated in the conference. Overall, there was a positive response to it. We have
already started organizing the third conference that will take place in 2009.
Our members have also taken part in international conferences this year. Two
colleagues attended the JAP VIII International Conference in Italy. Apart from that,
Ludvik Betak took an active part in the conference in Zürich and Jolana Buckova in
Berlin. We would like to extend our active participation in conferences abroad in
order to get new stimuli for our therapeutic work as well as new experience.
However, a large disparity between our salaries and international conference fees has
been an ever present obstacle in fulfilling our wish.
The number of members of our Developing IAAP Group has increased. We have
opened, so far, the sixth run of a training programme in analytical psychology and
psychotherapy. In spite of the fact that there has been an effort to delegate roles and
responsibilities to new members, most responsibilities for running the association are
still on the founding members.
The new elected head of our association is currently Jana Vašková. Her home address
is: Bartosova 2006/11, 767 01 Kromeriz, CZ, her mail address is:
jana.vaskova@centrum.cz.
The correspondence address of the association remains the same: CSAP, Dykova 26,
636 00 Brno, CZ.
Submitted by:
Jana Vašková, President
Dr. Jitka Roth-Slavik, IAAP Liaison
Developing Group Reports : 2007-2008 : Czech Republic (Prague/Brno)
pg. 114