Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

Georgia (Tbilisi)
THE GEORGIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY (GAAP)
Preamble: Having been elected liaison person for the DG Georgia in February 2008,
my first task was to gather information about the group, its history, achievements and
goals. When I first visited Tbilisi, I was pleasantly surprised to encounter a group of
sophisticated, sincere and highly motivated individuals, who functioned well as a
group in support and understanding of one another. I believe this was due to the good
work of my predecessor, Françoise Caillet , her colleagues and the integrating
endeavour of the DG president, Rezo Korinteli.
The obvious task was to work on a plan, which promised realistic goals within a
foreseeable future. This involved the continuation of what had already been in place:
offering personal analysis with Marina Conti, supervision and theoretical knowledge
with François Martin Vallas and John Hill. It soon became clear that much more is
needed if any of the DG members could become IAAP analysts within a foreseeable
future (six to ten years). The two areas that needed immediate attention were choice
of router candidates and finding new sources of funding to complement the IAAP
annual contribution.
Routers and Funding: In a visit to Tbilisi in July, Christian Gaillard and John Hill were
impressed by the quality of the Candidates in the screening interviews and all five,
Manana Kechkhuashvili, Manana Duduchava, Maia Botchorishvili, Giorgi Geleishvili,
Rezo Korinteli were recommended to become Routers. A major step in the project
had been accomplished. Funding also had met with some success. Christian Gaillard
managed to receive for Tbilisi CHF 8230 from the Sauer/Hörni Fund in 2008 and a
further 3000 euros for 2009 from the Rotraud/Sauer Fund and John Hill raised CHF
10’700 by an appeal to friends and colleagues whom he knows personally. The latter
would hardly have been achieved without an excellent homepage in five languages set
up by François Martin Vallas with images by the DG Georgia and text by John Hill:
www.georgian-training.org
Supervision and theoretical Knowledge: François MV has set up a model for supervision
in which he plans two annual visits of four full days to be complemented by internet
supervision. In it there is a differentiation of supervision for routers and non-Routers
as also between clinical supervision and clinical presentation. He aims to provide 30
hours of group supervision and 12 hours of individual supervision for Routers per year.
John Hill also provided individual and some group supervision. François and John have
and will provide theoretical knowledge: reading and discussion of Jung texts, lectures
on themes related to the training project and possibly access to an internet discussion
by a team of analysts. Christian Gaillard gave a public lecture in the National Library
of Tbilisi on Prehistoric Art and Jungian Psychology in July 2008.
Personal Analysis: The work with Marina Conti remains extremely important and
seems to be working well. Marina will have been three times to Tbilisi in 2007 and
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