FACULTY

Paula Howie, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, LCPAT, HLM, spent 25 years treating trauma at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and now practices privately in Takoma Park, MD, helping many traumatized individuals. She is a Past President and Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association, and has edited books including Art Therapy with Military and Veteran Populations: History, Innovation, and Applications (2017). Paula is also an avid watercolor painter.

Susan E. Schwartz, PhD, was trained in Zurich, Switzerland, as a Jungian analyst and is a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Her Jungian analytical practice is in Paradise Valley, Arizona. She is also an author and her books include The Absent Father Effect on Daughters: Father Desire, Father Wounds and The Imposter Syndrome and The ‘As-If’ Personality in Analytical Psychology: The Fragility of Self. This workshop is based on her newest book, An Analytic Exploration of Love and Narcissism: The Tragedy of Isolation and Intimacy. This workshop was first presented in July as part of the Summer Study Intensive program.

Michael Conforti, PhD, is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute. He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute – Boston and the C.G Jung Foundation of New York.  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 at The C.G. Jung Institute - Zurich and Jungian organizations in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Indonesia, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and Venezuela. He is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature & Psyche, which have been translated into Italian, Russian and Spanish.