Royce Froehlich, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst and vice president of the executive board of the Philemon Foundation in private practice in New York City.
He holds a master’s degree in media studies from the New School for Social Research and spent twenty years working as an audio engineer for ABC Radio Networks. He then entered the dual-degree program at the Columbia University School of Social Work and the Union Theological Seminary where he earned both a master’s degree in clinical social work and a Master of Divinity.
He completed his doctoral work with the European Graduate School, earning a Ph.D. in philosophy, art, and critical thinking. His dissertation was on C.G. Jung, media, and disindividuation.
Dr. Froehlich trained as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York where he is now an instructor, supervisor, and training analyst. He lectures on clinical concepts using Jung’s commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower and on Psychology and Religion, and leads introductory workshops for incoming trainees.
He also serves on the faculty of the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology in New York City where he presents on the effect of media technologies on the human psyche, divine androgyny, and Jung on Eastern religions. Dr. Froehlich sits on the executive board of the Philemon Foundation and is an active member of the New York Association for Analytical Psychology (NYAAP). He has presented on Jung’s psychology of wholeness at The Open Center in Manhattan, and on Jung and the sound and visual artist John Cage at the Rubin Museum of Art.
Today, we’ll be discussing his paper, “C.G. Jung, Disindividuation, Media: Effects of Communication Technology on the Human Psyche,” which he presented at the 2016 IAAP Congress in Kyoto, Japan. It was published in the proceedings, Anima Mundi in Transition: Cultural, Clinical & Professional Challenges, edited by Jungian analysts Emilija Kiehl and Margaret Klenck (Ep. 46).
This video interview was recorded on Friday, March 25, 2022. It’s 01:07:08 long and 58 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser (click the play button in the bar below) or download it directly to your computer. You can also watch the video edition of this interview on our YouTube channel.
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Union Theological Seminary New York City
The C.G. Jung Center of New York
C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology Public programs
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The New York Association for Analytical Psychology (NYAAP)
The Analytical Psychology Club of New York and its Kristine Mann Library
The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS)
Generalized Media Disorder: Jung on Technology & Disindividuation Dr. Froehlich’s video presentation for the Jung Association of Western Massachusetts, Dec. 6, 2019
Audio/Video Archive of the Jung Association of Western Massachusetts
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Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
C.G. Jung Letters: Vol. 2 (1951-1961)
Anima Mundi in Transition: Cultural, Clinical & Professional Challenges – Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (includes Dr. Froehlich’s paper, “C.G. Jung, Disindividuation, Media: Effects of Communication Technology on the Human Psyche”) Available for purchase from Amazon (US) or Daimon Verlag (Switzerland)
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