October 2-3 Typology: Who Do I Think I Am?
Sheldon Culver Columbia, IL
Seminar Description
In CW 8 Jung writes about what he terms the “typological method”: [it] is based on a large
amount of empirical material…certain features emerge all the more clearly and enable us to
construct a number of ideal types. These ideal types, of course, never occur in reality in their
pure form, but only as individual variations of the same isometric system…[the purpose is] to
discover the inner principles governing typical psychological attitudes.” (8:107ff)
This Seminar will provide an opportunity to explore Jung’s typology theory with an emphasis on
the interplay and dynamic of the four functions in relationship with the primary orientations.
The Seminar will explore understanding oneself and preferences, one’s clients and how they
function, projections in the realm of Transference and Counter-transference, what it feels like
to be caught in a complex (i.e. what happens to the ego complex), and how to build
relationships…personal/group.
We will use the Grimm fairy tale, The Four Skilled Brothers, to amplify the theme of typology.
Objectives Participants will be able to:
Required Readings
Jung, CG
Supplemental Readings
Assignment
Please complete the paper form of the MBTI distributed at the September Seminar and return
to Sheldon by September 25. Write a 1–2-page paper on your understanding/experiences of
the two basic orientations: extraversion and introversion and how they impact your therapeutic
work.
Biography
Sheldon Culver, M. Div., D. D., is a Jungian Analyst with an active, soul-healing, practice in
Columbia, IL. She is a Senior Analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA).
Sheldon is a founding member of the Heartland Association of Jungian Analysts (HAJA) which
was developed in 2016 and was recognized as a Local Training Seminar with IRSJA in 2019.
Sheldon’s analytic practice focuses on dreams and how they serve to guide soul’s journey. She
is particularly interested in the specificity of dream images and the dynamics within the dream.
She has done extensive study on “home” and belonging, on difference and the process of
individuation, on women’s spiritual and psychological journeys, and on “the Fool” as a
compelling and liberating archetypal image.
Sheldon Culver Columbia, IL
Seminar Description
In CW 8 Jung writes about what he terms the “typological method”: [it] is based on a large
amount of empirical material…certain features emerge all the more clearly and enable us to
construct a number of ideal types. These ideal types, of course, never occur in reality in their
pure form, but only as individual variations of the same isometric system…[the purpose is] to
discover the inner principles governing typical psychological attitudes.” (8:107ff)
This Seminar will provide an opportunity to explore Jung’s typology theory with an emphasis on
the interplay and dynamic of the four functions in relationship with the primary orientations.
The Seminar will explore understanding oneself and preferences, one’s clients and how they
function, projections in the realm of Transference and Counter-transference, what it feels like
to be caught in a complex (i.e. what happens to the ego complex), and how to build
relationships…personal/group.
We will use the Grimm fairy tale, The Four Skilled Brothers, to amplify the theme of typology.
Objectives Participants will be able to:
- Describe how Jung became aware of what he calls “typology”
- Describe the four functions and how they reflect the process of gathering information
- and making decisions
- Explain the role of typology in working with analysands/clients
- Apply this experience to their own psychological processes
Required Readings
Jung, CG
- CW2 par. 660-727 “
- CW 8 par. 1-130 “”
- CW 8 par. 194-219 “
- Edinger, Edward, Ego and Archetype, Shambala, 1992 (pages TBD)
- Zipes, Jack, The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, #129 The Four Skilled Brothers
Supplemental Readings
- Ellenberger, Henri, Discovery of the Unconscious, Basic Books, 1981, Chapter on Carl Jung
- Harris, Anne Singer, Living with Paradox: An Introduction to Jungian Psychology, Brooks/Cole 1996
- Zipes, Jack, Once Upon a Time There Was Truth, Yale, 2026
Assignment
Please complete the paper form of the MBTI distributed at the September Seminar and return
to Sheldon by September 25. Write a 1–2-page paper on your understanding/experiences of
the two basic orientations: extraversion and introversion and how they impact your therapeutic
work.
Biography
Sheldon Culver, M. Div., D. D., is a Jungian Analyst with an active, soul-healing, practice in
Columbia, IL. She is a Senior Analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA).
Sheldon is a founding member of the Heartland Association of Jungian Analysts (HAJA) which
was developed in 2016 and was recognized as a Local Training Seminar with IRSJA in 2019.
Sheldon’s analytic practice focuses on dreams and how they serve to guide soul’s journey. She
is particularly interested in the specificity of dream images and the dynamics within the dream.
She has done extensive study on “home” and belonging, on difference and the process of
individuation, on women’s spiritual and psychological journeys, and on “the Fool” as a
compelling and liberating archetypal image.