Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

of a Jungian school psychologist various ways in which the Israeli educational system,
characterized by a Jewish Zionist orientation, deals with the integration of
minorities—Moslem and Christian Arabs and foreign workers. One question that
emerged in the ensuing discussion was how well do we know and how willing are we
to become acquainted with the stranger within us, both in the Society and as
individuals: what concerns us, beyond our professional lives and our persona in the
Society. At that meeting, we decided to embark on a process that would enable us to
perceive and appreciate the variance within us and outside us. We began to use our
encounters to enable us to share and mutually support our life choices, and we
planned a series of "circles of listening" meetings, facilitated by our members Yenina
Zimnovotzki and Udi Avital. We also chose to examine other models for our meetings
and other forms of therapy. The first meeting in these series, however, devoted to
work with body movement, proved problematic for group communication because it
collapsed borders that we found some of us preferred to preserve, such as the proper
distance between therapist and trainee or supervisor and supervisee. Our next
meeting will be devoted to "social dreaming," and we may conclude these series with
a dynamic encounter using an outside facilitator to deal with group dynamics within
the Society.
We hope that these attempts to meet the "other" will help the younger generation to
find its path within the Society and meet the senior members through their dreams
and aspirations as well as their difficulties and failures. This dialogue helps our
members to turn the “stranger” from a “shadow” into a source of creativity and
strength, thereby reinforcing the human web that makes the Society also a home.
Submitted by:
Dr. Udi Avital, Secretary
New members in 2007/2008 and their theses:
Moshe Alon From a broken narrow and flooded vessel to a whole
wide and flowing one
Tehila Shoham-Dektor --
Ruth Safran Dialogue in the dark
Ehud (Udi) Avital Painting the pale world of God
Yael Gappell The battle for therapy
David Weiler --
Yoram Inspektor Keep on looking at me even when I close my eyes
Racheli Hacham Treating the male: Three significant aspects
IAAP Newsletter 28 || IAAP Society Reports || Israel NIJS
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