November 9, 2024 Michael Conforti, Ph.D. Webinar

Michael Conforti, Ph.D.

Intimidations in the Night: Psychological and Spiritual Concerns for our Aging Clients

“So the afternoon of life must likewise have its own meaning and purpose and cannot be made to be a miserable appendage to the morning”. C.G. Jung

“For some of us, the calling to the second half of life comes quietly and the transition toward development of an internal meaning is a gentle process. For others, it may be a more troubled and turbulent time. A first intimation of this process often comes when we are alone at night. Is the night a reminder that the days have now grown shorter and there is less time to accomplish all that we hoped to to in this life? There is also a beauty and solitude that one finds in the dark. Often, we find a sense of peace in the silence when the traffic and commerce of the day have ended, and homes and lives are illuminated by the glow of a gentle light.”*

As clinicians, we often confuse the changes accompanying the aging patient, as symptoms of depression, fear of success, or an untimely and unhealthy withdrawal from life. While such changes are indeed dramatically different from the activities of their earlier years, they need to be understood as part and parcel of the “Field” of aging. Here we begin to understand that similar to the needs of the first half of life, such as acquiring an education, a career, building a family, and resources, so too there are specific needs we encounter in this second half of life. Suddenly so much of what we so deeply cared about as a younger person, no longer carries the allure it once did, and now suddenly feeling lost and adrift, we live with a sense of confusion and especially a lack of orientation.

Through presentations of clinical illustrations and a discussion of Hemingway’s, The Old Man and the Sea, we will discuss the clinical and personal challenges facing both the therapist and the aging patient.

*From, Conforti, M, in Jung and Aging, edited by, Leslie Savin, Lionel Corbett, and Michael Carbine.

Learning Objectives:

To learn more about the universal and natural aspects of the aging process.
To Learn to recognize the clinical features of aging as distinct from depression, and a withdrawal from life.
To develop a greater appreciation and understanding of the psychological and spiritual challenges accompanying the aging process.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

CE HOURS

3.0

$75.00

Michael Conforti, PhD

Dr. Michael Conforti is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute. He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York, and for many years served as a Senior Associate faculty member in the Doctoral and Master’s Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England. A pioneer in the field of matter-psyche studies, Dr. Conforti is actively investigating the workings of archetypal fields and the relationship between Jungian psychology and the New Sciences.

He has presented his work to a wide range of national and international audiences, including the C.G. Jung Institute – Zurich and Jungian organizations in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Italy, Russia, South Africa, the Ukraine and Venezuela.

He is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings (2007) and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche (2002). His articles have appeared in Psychological Perspectives, The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Roundtable Press, World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, and Spring Journal. His books have been translated into Italian, Russian, and includes a soon to be released Spanish edition of his work.

Dr. Conforti maintains a private practice in Mystic, CT and consults with individuals and corporations around the world. He provides his insights as a sought-after consultant to businesses, government institutions, and the film industry. He has served as script consultant on the films Pride and Glory and Elvis Anabelle and is currently working on a script for a new TV series. He has also been asked to consult on the application of field theory to the understanding and resolution of international border disputes. He was selected by The Club of Budapest and the University of Potsdam to be part of a 20 member international team of physicists, biologists, and dynamical systems theorists to examine the role and influence of informational fields. He is a recipient of the Vision Award presented by the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.

Dr. Conforti has served as a Senior Fellow of the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. He is currently working on a new book, Hidden Presence: Archetypes, Spells, Possessions and the Complex.

Schedule

Saturday, November 9, 2024

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

Intimidations in the Night: Psychological and Spiritual Concerns for our Aging Clients

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