John A. Desteian, J.D., Psy.D., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence from William Mitchell College of Law in 1975, and later trained as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich earning a Diploma in Analytical Psychology in 1983.
Dr. Desteian is past co-president of the Association of Graduates in Analytical Psychology (AGAP), an international professional group of Jungian analysts founded in 1954 by the first graduates of the original C.G. Jung Institute.
He is the founder and past chairman and executive director of Jungian International Training–Zürich, created in 2008 by members of AGAP in the United States, Canada and Switzerland who wanted a vehicle through which they and others could provide financial support to the full-time, English language Jungian analytic training in Zürich. It has been an historical tradition in Zürich since 1948, and is maintained today by the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP Zürich), which is the training institute founded by AGAP in 2004 and where Dr. Desteian currently serves as a training and supervising analyst. He also maintains a private practice along with his wife, fellow Jungian analyst Judith Savage, at their offices Psychoanalytic Consultants in St. Paul, Minnesota.
His essay, “The Dawn of Religious Consciousness: Abraham, Isaac, and the Aqedah” was published in Trust & Betrayal: Dawnings of Consciousness, papers delivered at the 2010 Jungian Odyssey. And his coveted book, Coming Together – Coming Apart: The Union of Opposites in Love Relationships, originally published in 1989 and currently out-of-print, will be re-released by Chiron Publications on March 15th, and it is the subject of our talk today.
This interview was recorded on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. It’s 01:03:38 long and 53.9 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. It’s also available on on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and on Amazon Music. You can also listen to this episode on your Amazon Echo device. Simply say, “Alexa, play Speaking of Jung on Apple Podcasts (or on TuneIn).” Just be sure to pronounce Jung with a hard J.
Update, Mar. 14, 2021: The subtitle of the book has been changed to “The Play of Opposites in Love Relationships” and it is now available from Amazon.
SHOW NOTES
ISAP Zürich Dr. Desteian’s page
Jungian International Training—Zürich
Trust & Betrayal: Dawnings of Consciousness Jungian Odyssey 2010; includes “The Dawn of Religious Consciousness: Abraham, Isaac, and the Aqedah” by John Desteian
Marriage: Dead or Alive by Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig, M.D., Jungian analyst
The Development of Personality by C.G. Jung; includes his essay, “Marriage as a Psychological Relationship”
The Soul of Popular Culture: Looking At Contemporary Heroes, Myths, & Monsters Edited by Mary Lynn Kittelson; includes “Another Look at Codependency” by John Desteian
Attachment: Attachment & Loss by John Bowlby, M.D.
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“Men: Are We Really So Disgusting” by John Desteian (free PDF courtesy of Dr. Desteian)