Overview
4th Year Training: 2026
This curriculum is subject to change as we seek to improve it in response to analysts’ and candidates’ interests.
First Training Weekend - 2026
Trauma and Jung, including South African context
| Friday | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk, M.D. | John Gosling |
| Saturday | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Trauma and the Soul: A psycho-spiritual approach to human development and its interruption. (Kalsched, D. London: Routledge, 2013) | Sheila Cowburn |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Trauma and the Soul: Continued | Sheila Cowburn |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Trauma and the Soul: Continued | Sheila Cowburn |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Tea | |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Group | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| Sunday | ||
| 09.30 – 11.00 | The experience of trauma in South African context | Ester Haumann & Renee Ramsden |
Second Training Weekend - 2026
The Matrix and meaning of character – An archetypal and developmental approach by Nancy J. Dougherty and Jacqualine J. West
| Friday | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Withdrawing pattern: Schizoid; counter-dependent; obsessive-compulsive character structures | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| Saturday | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Withdrawing pattern: Continued | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Seeking pattern: Borderline; dependent narcissistic; hysteric character structures | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Seeking pattern: Continued | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Tea | |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Group | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| Sunday | ||
| 09.30 – 11.00 | Antagonistic pattern: Psychopathic; alpha narcissistic; passive-aggressive character structures | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
Third Training Weekend - 2026
Contemporary views on gender, sexuality and the concepts of anima and animus
| Friday | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Gender | John Gosling & Marian Campbell |
| Saturday | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Sexuality | John Gosling & Marian Campbell |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Ensoulment: A diverse analysis of the feminine in Western Culture. Documentary and discussion | Ester Haumann & Sheila Cowburn |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Feminist views from somewhere: Post-Jungian themes in feminist theory | Ester Haumann & Sheila Cowburn |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Tea | |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Group | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| Sunday | ||
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Contemporary views of the concepts of animus and anima | Fred Borchardt |
Fourth Training Weekend - 2026
Ethics and Termination
| Friday | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Ethics and termination | Alan Fourie |
| Saturday | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Ethics and termination | Alan Fourie |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Ethics and termination | Alan Fourie |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Ethics and termination | Alan Fourie |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Tea | |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Group | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| Sunday | ||
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Ethics and termination | Alan Fourie |
Fifth Training Weekend - 2026
Wholeness, creativity and play
| Friday | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | The Self and Wholeness | Sheila Cowburn |
| Saturday | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Symbols and play | Marian Campbell |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Active Imagination | Renee Ramsden |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Active Imagination | Renee Ramsden |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Tea | |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Group | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| Sunday | ||
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Music and analysis | Stephen Bloch |
Sixth Training Weekend - 2026
The Red Book
| Friday | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Introduction | Renee Ramsden |
| Saturday | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Liber Primus – Part One | Renee Ramsden |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Liber Secundus – Part Two | Renee Ramsden |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Scrutinies – Part Three | Renee Ramsden |
| Sunday | ||
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Closure | Johann Graaff & Marita de Wet |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
End of formal training. Lunch with SAAJA members – in recognition of completion of formal training |
All Candidates and SAAJA members |