co-sponsored by: The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
Symbols as Catalysts for Transformation in Analysis
Presenter: Patricia Llosa, MFA, LP
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at 7:00 - 9:00 PM Central time
By Zoom Only
PATRICIA LLOSA,M.F.A., L.P. (USA/PERU) is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. She trained with the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association (JPA) and is a member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology. She earned her undergraduate degree in archaeology and art history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and did graduate work at The School of Visual Arts. For more than 20 years, she worked as an administrator and educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A graduate of Marion Woodman’s BodySoul Rhythms® Somatics Leadership Training Program, a Woodman Foundation Faculty and Board Member, she has taught workshops in Ecuador, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and Spain.Presently, she serves on the boards of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis Gradiva Awards and The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism and is on the faculty of the Assisi Institute, BodyDreaming Somatic JungianTraining and the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association.
Description:
This presentation offers an approach to the clinical utility of symbols within the analytic encounter. Moving beyond a "sign-based" interpretation, we will examine the Jungian conceptualization of the symbol as the best possible expression for a yet-unknown psychic reality. We will explore two primary methodological pillars: amplification, the process of expanding a symbol’s meaning through mythic and cultural parallels, and circumambulation, the iterative process of orbiting a central psychic image to allow its inherent meaning to unfold. The presentation will introduce and demonstrate the usefulness of the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) in clinical practice.
Approximate breakdown of time:
First Hour: presentation
Second Hour: discussion with audience
Learning Objectives
After attending this session, participants should be able to:
- Apply the techniques of amplification and circumambulation to clinical material to deepen the patient’s relationship with unconscious imagery.
- Describe how Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) can be used as a resource in the amplification of symbols.
- Analyze how symbolic material serves as a bridge between somatic experience and psychological insight.
Continuing Education Credits are offered exclusively to Society members in all membership categories and those intending to join.
The presenter, Patricia Llosa, MFA, LP, and the organizer, Lisa Karaitis, PsyD, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.
Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.
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 (APsA) and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. 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 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. 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.
Accreditation Information for Professionals Other Than Physicians. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content, in relation to accreditation for CE credits for non-physicians. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).
Eligible professionals will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.
