Laurie Layton Schapira is a Jungian analyst and filmmaker in Brooklyn, New York.
She earned a Master of Science in psychiatric/mental health nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and worked in private practice for many years as a clinical specialist. Her training as a Jungian analyst was with the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, which was completed in 1987. She became a member of their faculty and has been serving on their board of directors and as head of admissions since the 1990s, and served as president of the board from 2011-2014.
Laurie is also director of the Jung Institute’s Introduction to Jungian Clinical Process (IJCP), launched in the Fall of 2019. The program functions as a prerequisite for individuals without mental health credentials who wish to apply to the training program in Jungian psychoanalysis.
Her book, The Cassandra Complex: Living with Disbelief – A Modern Perspective on Hysteria, was published by Inner City Books in 1988 and has been re-issued just this year. Since its publication, Laurie has lectured worldwide and appeared on television and radio discussing the subjects of feminine psychology and Greek and Norse mythology.
In 1993, she founded Cassandra Productions, writing, directing, editing, and producing a variety of films including the narrative “The Prophecy of the Seeress,” available on Amazon’s Prime Video, and the award-winning “Women in China: Up Against the Wall,” named Best Documentary at the New York Film & Video Festival in 1997.
Upon the release of The Red Book in 2009, Laurie participated in the Rubin Museum’s Red Book Dialogues which paired individuals from different walks of life with a psychoanalyst to take the stage for a freewheeling discussion. Photos from her dialogue with documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles can be found in this online gallery.
Laurie is a member of the New York Association for Analytical Psychology, the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, and New York Women in Film & Television. Her life’s work has been focused on lifting the patriarchal curse on feminine intuition so that the modern Cassandra can be believed.
This interview was recorded on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. It’s 01:05:38 long and 52.1 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. It’s also available on our YouTube channel.
PURCHASE LINKS
📕 The Cassandra Complex ~ Amazon US | Inner City Books
🎥 The Prophecy of the Seeress ~ Prime Video
🕯️ Voluspa Candles ~ Amazon Store | Official Site
SHOW NOTES
Inner City Books Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts
Who Is Daryl Sharp? Speaking of Jung blog post by Daryl himself
C.G. Jung Institute of New York New York City
What Is a Karen? A Comprehensive Guide to How the Meme-Name Went Viral and How to *NOT* Be One by Stephanie Osmanski, Parade Magazine, Feb. 10, 2023
E. Jean Carroll was a trailblazing journalist before her defamation trial against Trump by Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, Apr. 28, 2023
NASA Artemis Missions to the moon
NASA Names Astronauts to Next Moon Mission, First Crew Under Artemis NASA and the Canadian Space Agency press release, Apr. 3, 2023
The Prophecy of the Seeress Cassandra Productions (Clip | Purchase)
Voluspa Candles Laura buys “Baltic Amber”
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women Beijing, China, 1995
Ragnarök Wikipedia page
The Poetic Edda by Henry Adams Bellows, translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
Women in China: Up Against the Wall Chip Taylor Communications
Chinese students visiting The Institute Includes photo with Laurie at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York
Post-Graduate Training Program in Jungian Psychoanalysis C.G. Jung Institute of New York
Introduction to Jungian Clinical Process C.G. Jung Institute of New York
The C.G. Jung Institute Low-Fee Referral Service C.G. Jung Institute of New York
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung
ADDITIONAL LINKS
In Other News Radio Laurie’s interviews with host Geoff Brady
On-Screen Clowns Go From Funny to Freaky by Don Steinberg, Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2015
The Red Book Dialogues Albert Maysles + Laurie Layton Schapira, Nov. 5, 2009