Archetypal Pattern Analyst Training Program
A Two-Year Interdisciplinary Program

"Matter is psyche moving slowly enough to be seen." Teilhard de Chardin

C.G. Jung emphasized the centrality of the Self and its archetypes in shaping human experience. Their profound meaning and rich texture draw us into a domain that, since the beginning of time, has been the purview of mystics, saints, and "wise ones." This interior world of the psyche and its wisdom is manifested through the patterns it creates, and an awareness of these archetypal patterns can help to enrich our personal and professional lives.

The Assisi Institute's innovative Training Program is committed to advancing the understanding and practice of this emerging field of archetypal pattern analysis. Our trans-disciplinary curriculum is informed by the work of C.G. Jung, M.L. von Franz, discoveries in the new sciences, and the eternal truths of the world's wisdom traditions. Each of these domains speaks of an overarching intelligent psyche that guides the unfolding of life on all levels. These different streams have contributed greatly to our appreciation and understanding of what Jung termed the objective psyche, and their in-depth study serves as the theoretical underpinning of our work.

Exploration of these foundational concepts is complemented by extensive practice in the methodology and application of archetypal pattern analysis. Indeed, any meaningful assessments must draw on the capacity to read patterns. This is true in psychotherapy and medicine, as well as in organizational consulting, education, law, and other professional fields. Without an awareness of the archetypal foundation of patterns, our interventions are limited because they tend simply to address the manifest, temporal expression of a given situation, and not the forward-moving, meaning-making dimension of the archetype.

Our internationally recognized faculty from highly diverse fields are specialists in reading the archetypal nature of patterns. Weekend class sessions and one-on-one mentoring relationships help foster students' ability to discern the presence of archetypes through study of mythology, psychotherapy, the cinema, dreams, and their formation in the outer world.

Successful completion of the program leads to certification as an Archetypal Pattern Analyst. We are pleased that our graduates are continually broadening the reach of this cutting-edge discipline in fields as diverse as psychotherapy, medicine, government, education, and the arts.


Contact Information


For additional information and application procedure, please contact the Assisi Institute at:

v: 802.254.6220
f: 802.258.2581
email: assisi@together.net


2008 - 2009 Two-Year Program Details:

All programs held in Brattleboro, Vermont

March 6 - 9, 2008
Archetypal Patterns

May 15 - 18, 2008
Evoking the Unexpressed: Healing in the Realm of Matter and Spirit

September 11 - 14, 2008
Archetypal Developmental Approach

November 6 - 9, 2008
Initial Conditions: Theory and Practice

March 19 - 22, 2009
Symbols, Archetypes and the Objective Psyche

May 14 - 17, 2009
Conference Programming Forthcoming

September 16 - 19, 2009
Communications from the Self

November 5 - 8, 2009
Archetypal Field Theory and the New Sciences

Michael Conforti, Ph.D. and Two-Year Program Faculty:

Fred Abraham, Ph.D. (USA): Chaos Theory, Psychology, Music
David Cordisco, Ph.D. (USA): Jungian Psychology, Sports Psychology
Michael Conforti, Ph.D. (USA): Archetypal Dynamics, Organizational Consultation
Pamela Donleavy, J.D. (USA): Female Developmental Theory, Jung, and Science
John Finneran, Ed.M. (USA): Psychotherapy, Mythology
Mae-Wan Ho, Ph.D. (Hong Kong/Great Britain): Biophysics, Art, Nature
Rise Kaufmann, Ph.D. (USA): Clinical Psychologist, Astronomy
Yoram Kaufmann, Ph.D. (USA): Jungian Analysis, Physics, and the Objective Psyche
Robert Langs, M.D. (USA): Self-Organization, Unconscious Communication
Ervin Laszlo, Ph.D. (Italy): Dynamical Systems Theory, Evolution
Glenn Morazzini, MSW, LCSW (USA): Unconscious communication in the therapeutic dyad; metaphoric expression of archetypal patterns; trauma and attachment theory
Gregory O'Connor, B.A.: Film Production, Writing and Mythology
Richard Ott, M.D. (USA): Surgeon, Complementary Medicine
Carol Pearson, Ph.D. (USA): Organizational Consultation and Training
F. David Peat, Ph.D. (Italy): Physics, Matter-Psyche, Art/Science
Shannon Pernetti (USA): Philosopher, Educator, Trainer in Archetypal Pattern Analysis
Kevin Richards, M.A. (USA): Co-Director of Studies
David Rottman, M.A. (USA): Orientational Psychology, the Psychology of Careers
Beverly Rubik, Ph.D. (USA): Biophysics, Complementary Medicine/Healing
Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph.D. (USA): Mythologist, Poet, Author, and Educator
Morgan Stebbins, M.Div., LMSW (USA)
Diane Steinbrecher, LCSW (USA): Educator, Trainer in Archetypal Pattern Analysis
Marianne Stigum, M.A. (USA/Norway): Archetypal Influences in Education and Clinical Practice
Jyoti Swaminathan, Psy.D. (USA/India): Organizational and Clnical Services for Children
Samya Yamin-Brownell, Psy.D. (USA): Two-Year Program Director of Admissions and Co-Director of Studies, Archetypal Patterns in Childrens' Responses to Projective Testing


In the event of illness or emergency, all rights are reserved to make faculty substitutions.