On May 3, 2024, Dr. Toshio Kawai was invited by the City University of Macau to come to Macau again and hold a lecture on the "Perspectives of Personality Development in Analytical Psychology" at the City University of Macau. Dr. Kawai shared his rich lecture content and clinical experiences during the lecture. Dr. Kawai is a professor in emeritus at Kyoto University, a senior Jungian analyst (AJAJ), Director of Kokoro Research Center at Kyoto University, and a past resident of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) (2019-2022).
This lecture is organized by the Institute of Analytical Psychology of the City University of Macau, and co-organized by the the Macau Jung Center, DG. The lecture is hosted and translated instantly by Assistant Professor Zhehua YING of the Institute of Analytical Psychology of the University. In addition to graduates and doctoral students of the Applied Psychology Programme, numerous Macau local psychological professionals came and participated on-site.
In the lecture, Dr. Kawai shared the discussions, theories, and applications of Analytical Psychology on child development. He pointed out that children are closely connected with the collective unconscious, and it is not difficult to see traces of the unconscious in children. He believed that Analytical Psychology contains many possibilities of development in the field of child development, which are worthy for us to continue for an in-depth exploration.
In the lecture content, Dr. Kawai used a variety of images and myths to present the different mental states of children, allowing the participants to feel the process and changes in children's development and psychotherapy. The application of images and myths is also a significant characteristic of Analytical Psychology.
The participants said that the lecture content combined Analytical Psychology and child development, which helped them think and reflect on their experiences in their psychotherapy work. The lecture allowed them to understand the connection between images and myths and psyche activities better and have a new experience with Jungian Analytical Psychology.
