Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience:
Jungian and British Object Relations Comparative Perspectives
Saturday, September 27, 2025Â Â |Â Â October 18, 2025Â Â |Â Â November 15, 2025
via Zoom and in-person at SFCP
(3-part series participation encouraged; single lecture tickets available)
Candidates and Students may register free of charge.
Optional CME/CE Credits available for $15 per credit (Free for SFCP Members).
Due to the rift between Freud and Jung in the early 20th century, clinicians training in the Freudian/British Object Relations psychoanalytic tradition have had little exposure to Jungian approaches to clinical work, and vice versa. We are delighted to announce this first-ever collaboration between the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, The Regional Bion Symposium, and the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP) to learn from one another and build our psychoanalytic community. This three-part series will explore areas of overlap and difference between the Jungian and British Object Relationalist notions of psychoanalytic therapeutic action, with specific attention to the role of transformation, creativity, and the aesthetic experience in the clinical setting and beyond.
Mental health clinicians and students from all clinical backgrounds are welcome, and the program will be offered via Zoom video-conferencing (Pacific time) and in-person at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP). Participants are encouraged to register for the full 3-part series for maximum immersion; however single lecture tickets are also available. Pre-registration is required, and CE/CME credit is available on an optional basis for each program. Program recordings will be available to registered participants.
Part 1: Notions of Psychoanalytic Transformation in the Clinical Setting:
Case Presentations from a Jungian and British Object Relations Perspective
Saturday, September 27, 2025 (3 CME/CE credits available)
9:30 am – 12:30 pm (Pacific Time)
Zoom and in-person at SFCP (444 Natoma Street, San Francisco)
Presenters/Discussants: Henry Markman, MD and Sandy Pepper, MD
This program features case presentation and dialogue between two psychoanalysts and lifelong friends, each offering their unique perspectives on the notion of transformation, derived from their different psychoanalytic backgrounds and traditions. Henry Markman (working in the Freudian/British Object Relations tradition) will present a case to be discussed by Sandy Pepper (working in the Jungian tradition). This will be followed by a case presentation by Sandy Pepper, discussed by Henry Markman. Henry & Sandy will endeavor to highlight key areas of overlap and difference between the Jungian and the British Object Relationalist perspectives on psychoanalytic therapeutic action.
Part 2: Notions of Creativity in the Clinical Setting:
Case Discussions from Jungian and British Object Relations Perspectives
Saturday, October 18, 2025 (3 CME/CE credits available)
9:30 am – 12:30 am (Pacific Time)
Zoom and in-person at SFCP (444 Natoma Street, San Francisco)
Presenter: Jan Ole Luuk, LLM
Discussants: Robert Grossmark, PhD, ABPP and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP
This program features a case presentation by Jan Ole Luuk (C.G. Jung Institut Zurich) to be discussed by Robert Grossmark (NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis) and Paul Watsky (C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco). Discussants will endeavor to highlight key areas of overlap and difference between the Jungian and the British Object Relationalist perspectives on analytic listening and creative approaches in clinical work.
Part 3: Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience:
Comparative Psychoanalytic Perspectives within the Jungian and British Object Relations Traditions
Saturday, October 15, 2025 (3 CME/CE credits available)
9:30 am – 12:30 pm (Pacific Time)
Zoom and in-person at SFCP (444 Natoma Street, San Francisco)
Presenters & Panel Discussion: John Beebe, PhD, ABPP; Diane Elise, PhD; Henry Markman, MD; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP
This program features presentations and conversation between psychoanalysts working in the Jungian tradition (John Beebe and Paul Watsky) and analysts working in the British Object Relations tradition (Dianne Elise and Henry Markman) on the link between aesthetic experience, creativity, and transformation in the clinical setting and beyond.
Accreditation Statement for CME/CE Sponsorship and Disclosure Statement​
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the learners will be able to:
- Part 1: articulate one aspect of how clinical transformation is conceptualized in the Jungian tradition.
- Part 1: articulate one aspect of how clinical transformation is conceptualized in the British Object Relationalist tradition.
- Part 1: articulate one area of overlap and one area of difference between Jungian and British Object Relationalist approaches to notions of transformation in psychoanalytic clinical work.
- Part 2: discuss the role of creativity in psychoanalytic technique from the Jungian perspective.
- Part 2: discuss the role of creativity in psychoanalytic technique from the British Object Relations perspective.
- Part 2: articulate one area of overlap and one area of difference between Jungian and British Object Relationalist approaches to notions of creative technique in psychoanalytic clinical work.
- Part 3: discuss the link between aesthetic experience and transformation in the Jungian theories of therapeutic action.
- Part 3: discuss the link between aesthetic experience and transformation in the British Object Relations theories of therapeutic action.
- Part 3: articulate one area of overlap and one area of difference between Jungian and British Object Relationalist approaches notions of the link between aesthetic experience and transformation psychoanalytic clinical work.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)â„¢. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CE credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements. Psychologists self-certify the number of hours they have completed on their renewal form (whether online or paper).
LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a continuing education provider that has been approved by the American Psychological Association, a California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognized approval agency
Psychologists, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ on an hour for hour basis; see the program description for the maximum of credits awarded for each program.
Commercial Support: None