Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

had entitled his paper 'Cultural Complex Europe: Jung and the Era of Religio-Politics'.
Gert Sauer had come from Freiburg to let us know about 'The Compex of German
Supremacy und the Russian Complex to be encircled by predacious Barbarians'. From
Zürich Allan Guggenbühl brought up another problem: 'Bi-Nationality: Curse or
Blessing? – The Psychology of Children who grow up and live in different Cultures’.
Elke Metzner from Nuremberg and Giovanni Sorge from Zürich introduced the
audience to Ernst Bernhard, author of 'Mythobiografia' and maybe the historical keyperson
of analytical psychology in Italy. In the afternoon of the same day we exposed
a memorial plate in honour of Ernst Bernhard at a house in the district Charlottenburg
where he used to reside while living in Berlin before his emigration to Italy. Looking
east Fatih Güc and Volker Münch perorated our summit with one paper 'The Koran,
C.G. Jung and Intersubjectivity' and another one 'Meaning and Facets of the
Phenomenon of Islamism'.
Workshops were offered by Maria-Anna Bernasconi, Susanne Elsensohn, Henry Gros,
Sylvia Kipp, Rahel Löwenthal-Neumann and Asa Liljenroth-Denk.
All in all it was a noteworthy event with exceptional opportunities to get in touch
with a great number of participants from the neighbouring societies. Meetings like
this bring a kind of live exchange which will last in the memory of all those who have
been there.
Another topic the DGAP is dealing with today is research. In Germany we have another
big study ongoing which evaluates the outcome of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
in the field of depression. The project (LAC) has been organized and is directed and
carried out by joined forces of universities, analytical societies, clinics and
individuals. We not only expect a further proof of efficiency of our profession, but
some clues about what method to take in what case to gain the best effects.
On another level object of research are the institutes themselves at present. At the
instance of the government and under the direction of an university institute the
qualities of the diverse training programs are inspected. Though this means a lot of
additional work for us we welcome this kind of research for it pays the attention to
our profession it deserves and it will help to valorize our doing within the wider
scientific community.
Submitted by:
Robert Wimmer
President DGAP, December 2008
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