 Christina
Becker is a Diplomate Jungian Analyst and Psychoanalyst
from the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich Switzerland. The Diploma
has been rated by UNESCO accredited educational evaluation
services as equivalent to a PhD in the philosophy of psychology.
It is the only degree that is recognized by the International
Association for Analytical Psychology as granting the title of
Jungian Analyst.
Christina possesses a comprehensive training in
the practice of Jungian Analysis and psychotherapy. It involved
six years of lectures, seminars, an extensive psychiatric
internship, an in-depth personal analysis, supervised clinical
analytical work, successful completion of two sets of
comprehensive examinations, and a thesis. She received her
training at the only Jungian Institute in the world that Carl
Jung helped to found in Kusnacht, Switzerland. She has been in
private practice since 2000.
Christina's offers a range of psychotherapeutic services to
meet most people's needs including
Jungian analysis, psychotherapy, Sandplay therapy and
astrological counselling.
She is also a clinical member of the
Ontario Society of Psychotherapists. She is also a professional member
of Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts,
and
Association of
Graduate Analytical Psychologists,
Christina has a BFA in music composition and a MBA. Before
she went into training to be a Jungian Analyst, Christina had a
successful career as a consultant and manager to the cultural and voluntary
sector communities. She is a principal of an international
consulting firm
Archetypal Paradigm Group which brings Carl Jung's concepts
of consciousness and individuation to organizations. She
is on the faculty of the Toronto Art Therapy Institute.
In addition to her Jungian training, she has studied
astrology at the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London,
England, and with Liz Greene through the Astrodeinst seminars in
Zurich. She teaches Counselling Skills for Astrologers through
the Canadian Association of
Astrological Education, and is a core faculty member of the
Academy of Astro Psychology in California where she teaches
Archetypal Studies and Astrology at the PhD level.
Lectures and Seminars
Christina has lectured at the professional training
Institutes in Zurich, New York, Buffalo, Calgary, Johannesburg,
Halifax, and Toronto, and has spoken
at various astrological conferences and local Jungian Societies
across North America. She is an engaging and knowledge speaker
on topics in Jungian psychology, psychological astrology and the
ethical dimensions of the helping professions.
For a current
listing of upcoming lectures and seminar,
click here.
For a
complete list of available topics that Christina has lectured
on, click here.
Books and Articles
She is the author of The Heart of the Matter: Individuation
as an Ethical Process, published by Chiron Publications in 2004
and numerous articles and papers.
Christina's personal interests include Buddhism, Meditation,
Chinese Calligraphy, and Music.
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