Thomas Lavin at the C.G. Jung Center Evanston, Apr. 1, 2016. Photo by Laura London. Please stop using it without permission.
Thomas Patrick Lavin is a Jungian analyst and licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Wilmette, Illinois.
He completed his doctorates in both clinical psychology and moral theology (ethics) at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, and received his Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich.
Dr. Lavin established and ran eleven drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers for the United States Army in Europe and is a founding member of the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
His area of clinical expertise is the movement from religion to spirituality in a personal and developmental context. He has lectured on Jung’s work for over four decades.
This interview was recorded on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. It runs for a little over 90 minutes and is 91 MB. You can listen to the episode right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. It’s also available on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.
MENTIONED DURING THE INTERVIEW
Trump’s Il Duce Routine by Roger Cohen, New York Times, Feb. 29, 2016
Donald Trump Retweets Post With Quote From Mussolini by Maggie Haberman, New York Times, Feb. 28, 2016
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney
The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong {Sunday Book Review}
Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity & Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change by James Kenney
Collected Works, Vol. 18: The Symbolic Life by C.G. Jung {par. 627}
TIME Magazine - Apr. 25, 2016 Republican National Convention preview
TIME Magazine - Mar. 14, 2016 Donald Trump cover
The Cultural Complex: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche & Society Edited by Thomas Singer and Samuel L. Kimbles
Jung: A Biography by Deirdre Bair
Collected Works, Vol. 10: Civilization in Transition by C.G. Jung {Contains “Wotan” and “After the Catastrophe”}
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung
Collected Works, Vol. 11: Psychology & Religion – West & East by C.G. Jung {Contains “The Terry Lectures”}
Donald Trump As an Opportunistic Infection by Robert Magrisso, M.D.
The Dream: The Vision of the Night by Max Zeller
God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins
I Ching: Book of Changes Richard Wilhelm & Cary F. Baynes, Translators
ADDITIONAL LINKS
A Clear & Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump Includes the chapter, “The Trump Phenomena,” by Thomas Patrick Lavin; published in July 2016
The Trump Phenomena Dr. Lavin’s presentation at the C.G. Jung Center, Evanston, IL
Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin, Ph.D. Clinical psychologist and Dr. Lavin’s wife
Mythology in Relationships & Relationships in Mythology by Thomas P. Lavin, Ph.D., Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin, Ph.D., Quadrant Journal, Summer 2013 {Link changed; this is the full text.}
This episode is dedicated to Dr. Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin, Jessica Hart, & Kaitlyn Whitebread.