Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

seminars on planning for retirement. We are working to explore how we can
responsibly accredit prior learning, while safe-guarding the rigour of analytic work.
Over the next period of time these initiatives will continue. The opportunity for
Jungians to pursue a doctorate in child and adolescent psychotherapy is to be
consolidated and the option of a doctorate will also be introduced into our adult
training. The response to the challenges of this time is necessarily a vigorous one.
This is both demanding and rewarding.
Submitted by
Steven Flower
United Kingdom
IAAP Newsletter 28 || IAAP Society Reports || London BAP
INDEPENDENT GROUP OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS (IGAP)
As Bill Burritt, our new convenor, said in his welcoming speech, it has been a year of
transitions. Early in the year a long-time member of the group, Cara Denman, died,
and as we mourn her passing, we have had an opportunity to reflect on the diverse
contributions she has made to us in our personal and community life, as well as to the
wider analytic field. Irene Cioffi-Whittfield has written a moving tribute to her, where
she retells a remarkable event from when Cara was 12 years old. A free spirited
country lass, she was fishing beside the river Wye, when she felt a powerful tug at her
hook. After 2 full hours of struggling alone, completely exhausted, she pulled in an
enormous fish - a portent image of her future life's work and an insight into the
inspiration she gave us all. At the end, her human heart, which held a great sea filled
with the troubles of others, failed her…but never us.
We thank Oonagh Ribet for all her hard work, she hands over to Bill a well cared for
growing group. We welcome Brian Stevenson as a full member and to council. Helen
Freeman and Richard Lanham have completed our Program of Preparation.
Congratulations and welcome. Bill reminds us that the vitality of the group is
being sustained visibly by the acceptance of 3 new candidates this year, making 38
people actively involved in preparation. Structurally, we have re-thought and put into
place new procedures which we feel will see us through these times of change. We
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