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President: Nora Swan-Foster, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, Diplomate Jungian Analyst
Nora’s introduction to C.G. Jung occurred while traveling on a Magic Bus from Greece to England when she was handed Memories Dreams and Reflections. The book opened her to the world of dreams, expressive arts therapy and Jungian analysis. Nora Swan-Foster is a Diplomate Jungian Analyst, Licensed Professional Counselor and a registered and board certified Art Therapist. She is a founding member of Boulder Friends of Jung and previous Publicity Chair. Nora holds a degree in English literature with an emphasis on creative writing from University of Wisconsin-Madison and in 1986 she earned a Masters in Expressive Arts Therapy from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a therapist, she has worked with all ages in a range of settings with both individuals and groups and more recently has led creative workshops on Jungian oriented topics. Nora’s long-term interest in pregnancy and childbearing related issues has led to several publications including a thesis for her analytic training with the IRJSA (http://www.irsja.org/) which was entitled Pregnancy: a feminine initiation. Currently Nora maintains a full-time private practice in Boulder, Colorado with an emphasis on adults interested in reclaiming a more meaningful life. You can learn more about Nora at www.swanfoster.com
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Vice President & AV Chair: Robert Diehl, M.A.
Robert is a Jungian psychotherapist in private practice in the Denver/Boulder area since 1979. He holds degrees in Religious Studies, Counseling Psychology, and has completed five years of post-graduate training in Clinical Psychology. His internship in Counseling Psychology emphasized general psychotherapy, health psychology, and group psychotherapy. His clinical psychology practicum and internship were at Adams County Medical Health Center, with rotations in psychological testing and assessment, child, adolescent and adult psychotherapy, and the evaluation and treatment of severe mental illness in adults. He served on the psychology staff of Mapleton Rehabilitation Hospital and the Boulder Chronic Pain Center, responsible for evaluation and treatment of chronic pain patients. Robert works closely in private practice with physicians and other medical providers, treating survivors of mild traumatic brain injury. He lectures and presents workshops on a variety of Western esoteric traditions, including gnosticism, Hermeticism, Alchemy, and Celto-Arthurian lore, for local and national audiences. He is a founding member of the Boulder Friends of Jung and serves on their Executive Board. Robert teaches “Introduction to Jung” and “Dynamics of Intimate Relationships” at Naropa University, also serving as a student mentor in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department. He co-founded the Colorado Association for Psychotherapeutic Astrology.
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Treasurer: Tom Voll, MSE
Tom is an engineer, outdoorsman, and choral musician. Currently he works as an engineer for a telecommunications technology company that supplies developing countries with prepaid phone service. His passions include early 20th century sacred music, trees, glacial cirques, and linear parks.
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Secretary: Jennifer Phelps, M.F.A.
Jennifer is a poet, writer and graduate of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She taught high school English and worked as a college administrator for her alma mater, Colorado College. She published her first book, Grandmother God (Eyries Press), in 1998 and her poems have appeared in Monkey Puzzle Magazine and Green Fuse Press’ Poetry Saves! 2009. In addition to writing poetry, she studies at the Colorado Jung Institute and serves as Publicity Chair for the Boulder Friends of Jung.
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Karen DeClerk, M.A., LPC
Karen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Herbalist, who weaves together Jungian and Transpersonal Psychology, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and a hearty sprinkling of the Wise Woman Herbal Tradition. For the past two decades, Karen has been in intimate relationship to the Plants, who have been her soul’s psychopomps into the archetypal, symbolic and nourishing world of the Divine Feminine in Nature. This orientation has influenced and informed her exploration of Jungian psychology, and thus, her development and evolution both as a psychotherapist and as a person. Karen began her professional life as a Human Resources Manager, where she successfully created work place environments of respect, cooperation and open communication. She has recently worked for Boulder County as a Case Manager for families living in poverty. Karen has a Master of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University, a Master of Business Administration from Arkansas State University, and Certificates in Herbalism from the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies and the Western Herbal Tradition. In her psychotherapy practice in Boulder, she utilizes her varied background to assist clients in exploring issues around adoption, mothering, the challenges and joys of life’s transitions, loss and grief, and HIV/AIDS.
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Eleni Levidi, M.S., BC-DMT, LPC
Eleni practices privately in Boulder as board certified dance-movement therapist and licensed professional counselor, holds a Master of Science in Dance-Movement Therapy, and studies at the C. G. Jung Institute of Colorado. Since a very early age, attention to dreams and spontaneous movement drew her to believe in the healing power of both. With a dual degree in Psychology and Dance while studying graduate Special Education and Counseling in the 80’s, she pioneered dance-movement therapy in her native Greece. Eleni taught as clinical mentor and group process leader at Naropa University’s Somatic Psychology Department, and faculty in Performing Arts. Having worked with diverse populations, ages and settings for almost three decades, she has also held certifications in group psychotherapy and geriatrics consultation. Her interests and studies in Jungian psychology, shamanism, esoteric traditions and subtle energies, and her respect for Body Wisdom as healer and aspect of the archetypal Feminine, converge in her Authentic Movement expertise. She incorporates this discipline in her psychotherapeutic practice, groups, and workshops she offers privately and in venues such as the Laban Centre in London, the Isadora Duncan Centre in Athens, the C. G. Jung Society of Colorado Springs and others. Eleni directs a four-year training program in Authentic Movement.
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Paula Mackinnon, M.A.C.P., LMFT, Diplomate Jungian Analyst
Paula is Diplomat Jungian Analyst and a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. After 10 years of private practice and being continually and patiently taught by her clients to see the light within each soul, she heeded the call to Zurich. Graduating in 1998 from the C.G.Jung Inst in Zurich, she practiced both in Zurich and Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has lectured at the Jung Institute in Zurich as well as presenting many lectures, workshops and weekend retreats in Nova Scotia. She is now in private practice in Boulder.
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Nancy Ortenberg, M.A., LMFT
Nancy is a Jungian psychotherapist with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She has been in practice for over 25 years, has studied at both the Zurich and Los Angeles Jung Institutes, as well as with people like Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, and Marion Woodman, and is currently a Candidate with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She has been on the Board of Directors and has lectured for the C.G. Jung Society of Colorado, has been past President of and is on the Board of Directors of the Board of the Boulder Friends of Jung, and teaches Jungian courses at both Regis and Naropa Universities. Nancy has a particular interest in working with dreams, myth, and the creative expression of the psyche through drawing, painting, sandplay, and writing. In addition to individual and couples psychotherapy, for the past ten years she has been facilitating ongoing women’s dream groups. Out of her private practice, as an instructor of therapists interested in Jung’s psychology, Nancy offers seminars on dreamwork and sandplay, as well as individual and group clinical supervision.
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Michael Quinn
Michael has a BS degree in Public Administration with major in Health Services Administration from the University of Arizona. He spent three years as director of a residential Buddhist meditation center in Los Angeles. Complimenting his Buddhist practice is a strong layman’s interest in the psychology of Jung and in the process of Individuation. Michael’s goal is simply to help sustain the truly amazing Boulder Friends of Jung program.
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Program Committee:
Co-Chair: Stephen Foster, Ph.D., M.A., Jungian Analyst
Stephen is a Diplomat Jungian Analyst, having graduated from the Interregional Society of Jungian Analysts—Denver Seminar. He has a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Regis University and is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in Boulder. Stephen has been studying Jung since 1979, when he read Jung’s biography Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Over this time he has developed a wide range of clinical interests including masculine psychology, early childhood trauma, dissociation and addiction. In addition to the Denver analysts, he has studied with many nationally recognized analysts including Chicago Analyst Robert Moore, New York Analyst Donald Kalsched and L.A. Analyst Joe McNair. Stephen’s Jungian interests are alchemy, the interpretation of films and fairy tales, and the Nature Archetype, which stems from his environmental consulting work in the clean up of hazardous chemicals in the environment. Although he also holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and has conducted cancer research at Harvard, he believes in a relational rather than academic approach to analysis. However, Stephen’s “real world” experience in corporate and small business is invaluable when bringing Jungian psychology into everyday life with clients who are making difficult transitions. Stephen is a founding member of the Boulder Friends of Jung.
Co-Chair: Bill Moats, M.A., LPC
Bill is a licensed professional counselor, a nationally certified counselor (NBCC), and a certified Gestalt Psychotherapist. He holds degrees in Art, Anthropology and Counseling Psychology. He is an adjunct faculty member in the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Master's Program at Naropa University. Bill is also a staff member and teaching associate with the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute. Bill recently was published in the Journal of Existential Analysis, based in the UK. Bill's interests include the integration of Jungian concepts with Existential and Experiential Psychotherapy. In addition to being a busy psychotherapist, Bill is also an accomplished visual artist and graphic designer. He is a graphic designer for the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Bill is a long time member of the Boulder Friends of Jung and has served as board member, graphic designer and webmaster.
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Hospitality:
Dawn Leopardi, M.A., LPC
Dawn Leopardi is a depth-oriented psychotherapist in private practice (www.dleoparditherapy.com) in Denver. Working with adults and children, she integrates Jungian psychotherapy with other approaches including Existential, Psychodynamic, and EMDR therapies in order to meet each client’s unique needs. She often draws upon dreamwork, sandplay, and the expressive arts in her work with clients in order to engage their intrinsic wisdom and naturally creative voice. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Regis University and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Colorado. Dawn has volunteered for a variety of non-profit organizations in various capacities. Prior to launching her career as a psychotherapist, she worked in the fields of Information Technology and Adult Education & Training. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Detroit Mercy.
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Graphics Support:
Char Campbell, M.A.
Char brings a varied background to her graphic design business that includes experience in small business, public service, counseling and the expressive arts. This combination of talents has lead to many successful book interior design projects as well as dazzling magazines, newsletters, brochures and other printed materials. A freelancer since 1994, her clients enjoy collaborating with her to create just the right look for their prize printed materials. The hallmark of Char’s style is a clean, elegant, professional presentation to which she has added her innate creative instincts. Char also offers instruction in design basics, working with Macs, InDesign, and Photoshop.
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Membership Committee:
Michael Quinn (see board members)
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Publicity:
Jennifer Phelps, M.F.A. (see secretary)
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Deborah Bowman, Ph.D.
Bernice Hill, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst
Linda Leonard, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst
Joe McNair, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst
Ann Murtha, LCSW
James Palmer, Ph.D.
