The Carl Jung Circle Center is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of the human psyche through the lens of Carl Jung's analytical psychology. We believe that by exploring the unconscious, symbols, and archetypes, individuals can embark on a profound journey of self-discovery and individuation.
Our mission is to make Jungian thought accessible and relevant to the Filipino context, providing a space for learning, dialogue, and personal growth. We aim to bridge ancient wisdom with contemporary challenges, guiding individuals towards psychological wholeness and balance.
The Carl Jung Circle Center aims to reach a vast number of Filipinos to help awaken their psyche and soul to the potential of its gifts, its beauty, its wisdom, its power, and its greatness. It seeks to “awaken the passion for tending psyche/soul/Self.” It further seeks the spread of the Jungian model of psychology as a psycho-spiritual bridge between what is important in our everyday life and what deeply touches both our minds and our souls.
The mission of the Center is to provide avenues for growth of the Self, bringing together the energies of people through seminars/ workshops for the public, invest in studies on Jung and the Filipino psyche, and create sanctuaries for the soul. It aims to establish linkages with other Jung Centers, government agencies, academic institutions, and other kindred groups.
CJCC delivers its mission in four parts through: • Studies • Services • Synergy • Sanctuary
• CONTINUOUS LEARNING
We believe in life-long learning, in reflecting, in sharing insights and wisdom. We believe in scholarship - keeping ourselves abreast in the field of Jungian and Depth Psychology.
• FRIENDSHIP & COMMUNITY
We believe in diversity. We nurture relationships. We respect and care for each other. We celebrate and mark our joys and our sorrows.
• CREATIVITY & BEAUTY
We incorporate art and beauty in the work we do. We innovate and experiment with the application of our field of Jungian and Depth Psychology.
• SOCIAL IMPACT & RELEVANCE
We believe in the necessity of our individual soul work as a key to keeping humanity humane, grounded, and mindful. We believe that the health of the soul of the human is tied with the health of nature and the world.
CJCC BOARD
Its beginnings go back to the summer classes of Jungian Psychology taught by Rose Yenko in 1991 at the Ateneo University's Psychology Graduate School. Rose started organizing the Friends of Jung Society back then.
Eventually Dido Gustilo-Villasor, Sophie Sim-Bate, and Bernie Nepomuceno joined forces in teaching the course. They opened this course to the public in 2001 and thereafter formed a Jung Study Group composed of their dedicated students.
In 1995 the Jung Festival was organized as a major effort in launching Jungian Psychology in the Philippine consciousness. Lectures on Jungian Psychology were spread across five months, capped by a week-long lecture series conducted by Kathrin Asper, a Jungian analyst from the Carl Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. As an output of the Festival, two books-Lectures on the Filipino Unconscious, and Kathrin Asper Lecture Series were published with the support of the Ateneo Office of Research and Publication. The Asper book was recognized as a scholarly publication by ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) which contributed to the academic status of Ateneo de Manila University.
In the 90’s other advocates and supporters of Jungian Psychology included Fe Cadaquit (who helped ground the two books), Ricky Rafael, Raj Mansukhani, Seann Tan-Mansukhani, Mary Ellen de Jesus, Gail Rivera, Carl Diaz (whose AGAPE Ateneo Psych grad students community building work foreshadowed the FOJ community), Bernie Quimpo, Babes Lioanag, Angel Antonio, Barbara Gonzalez, and AJ Sagmit.
In 2007, the group formally organized and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as The Carl Jung Circle Center. Today CJCC offers monthly public workshops at Ateneo Rockwell. The CJCC faculty is composed of the following qualified lecturers and workshop facilitators: Rose Marie Yenko, Dido Gustilo-Villasor,PhD, Bernadette Nepomuceno, Sophie Sim-Bate, Liza Rondain, MD, Rene Samaniego, MD, Joji Racelis, Chato Lozano, Vicky Cantada, Nina Lojo, Raj Mansukhani, Baby del Mundo, Maureen Sandejas, and Alex Tee. Their resource persons are Mon Abola, Gerry Gener, Choncho Sanchez and Josie Valderama.