Founding Mothers: An Event Honoring the Four Women ... - ARAS

Founding Mothers:
An Event Honoring the Four Women Doctors
Who Introduced Jung’s Analytical Psychology to the United States
Saturday, March 31, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This day-long conference will present the lives and work of Doctors
Beatrice Hinkle (1870-1953), Kristine Mann (1873-1945), Eleanor Bertine
(1887-1967), and Esther Harding (1888-1971), the pioneer analysts who
brought Jung’s new theories and methods of clinical practice to New York in
the early 20 th century. Lectures by Jay Sherry, Beth Darlington, Christopher
Beach, and Polly Armstrong will describe the history of the vibrant founding
mothers who established the traditions that shape the programs sponsored
today at New York’s Jung Center.
Writing in 1915 to explain her reasons for translating Jung’s first
major work into English, Beatrice Hinkle affirmed her belief that “humanity
is seeking a new message, a new light upon the meaning of life” and
“something tangible . . . with which it can work towards a larger
understanding of itself and its relation to the universe.” For her, Jung’s work
demonstrated that “every individual is to a large extent the determiner of his
own destiny,” and holding that conviction and following his guidelines, she
and her early colleagues set out to claim their destinies with courage and
imagination. Today we follow in their footsteps.
The Analytical Psychology Club, the Archive for Research in
Archetypal Symbolism, the C. G. Jung Foundation, the C. G. Jung Institute,
and the New York Association for Analytical Psychology join together to
sponsor this event, held at the C. G. Jung Center, 28 East 39 th Street, New
York City.
The cost of the conference is $60.00. Register by making out a check
to the C. G. Jung Foundation of New York and sending it to “Founding
Mothers,” C. G. Jung Foundation, 28 East 39 th Street, New York, New York,
10016. Seating is limited, so please reserve your space as soon as possible.

The Presenters:
Jay Sherry, Ph.D., on Beatrice Hinkle.
Jay is an independent historian of psychoanalysis and a member
of the Board of the C. G. Jung Institute of New York. His book Carl
Gustav Jung: Avant-Garde Conservative (Palgrave MacMillan) won a
2011 Gradiva Award. He is currently writing on the life and work of
Beatrice Hinkle.
Beth Darlington, Ph.D., on Kristine Mann.
Beth is a Professor of English at Vassar College and a licensed
and certified Jungian analyst with a private practice in Poughkeepsie,
New York. A member of the New York Association for Analytical
Psychology, she teaches at the C. G. Jung Institute of New York and
New York’s Jung Foundation. Her publications and lectures include
work on the English Romantic poets, mythology, fairy tales, and
Jungian psychology.
Christopher Beach, J.D., on Eleanor Bertine.
A Jungian analyst in Portland, Maine, Chris works with both
individuals and dream groups. He is a member of the New England
Society of Jungian Analysts and of the Ethics Committee of the
International Association for Analytical Psychology. His course
offerings include: “Confronting Difficult Ethical Dilemmas in
Analysis,” “Psychological Types,” and “Dream Work.” He is writing
a book about psychological types from a depth perspective.
Polly Armstrong, Ph.D., on Esther Harding.
Polly is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist, who
recently retired from 30 years of private practice in Washington, D.C.,
and now lives on the coast of Maine. She served as director of
education for the Jungian Analysts of Washington Association and for
nine years was president of the Washington Society for Jungian
Psychology. She is currently a member of the New York Association
for Analytical Psychology and the Jungian Analysts of Washington
Association.