Kathrin Schaeppi is a Jungian analyst and federally licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Basel, Switzerland.

A Swiss-American, Kathrin completed her undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts and went on to earn a Master of Liberal Arts in women’s studies from San Diego State, a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Goddard College, and a Master of Science in communications management from the University of Lugano.

After twenty years in the pharmaceutical research industry, she began studying psychology at the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zürich (ISAP), first earning a Certificate of Continuing Education followed by six years of training to become a Jungian psychoanalyst. During that time, she worked as a psychotherapist at the Sonneneck Psychosomatic Specialist Clinic in Badenweiler, Germany in a practical internship for the Swiss Psychotherapist Degree. Kathrin graduated from ISAP with a Diploma in Analytical Psychology and began private practice in 2018.

In addition to her practice, Kathrin puts her heart and soul into research, teaching, and supervision. At ISAP, she heads the Picture Interpretation Department, co-founded the Picture Collection, and serves as a member of the Zürich Lecture Series team.

Last year, Kathrin played the role of Aniela Jaffé in the stage production of Eranos: A Play alongside Speaking of Jung guests Dariane Pictet (Ep. 144) and Paul Brutsche (Ep. 147). Her essay, “About Being Aniela,” was published in the book containing the screenplay by Jungian analysts Murray Stein and Henry Abramovitch (see Ep. 47). This year, she resumed the role of Aniela in the new play, “Twilight at Bollingen,” performed at ISAP’s Jungian Odyssey in May.

Kathrin’s publications include the illustrated family chronicle Reunion: Schaeppi of Horgen (Gremper, 2002), the prose-poetry collection Cancer Mon Amour (Winterling/Dusie Press, 2009), and the creative biography Sonja Sekula: Grace in a Cow’s Eye (Black Radish Books, 2011).

Since 2011, she has been guiding tours on Carl Jung’s early years in Basel, expanding her knowledge through ongoing research and uncovering new insights into the historical and intellectual richness of the city—her birthplace and home. That research has coalesced into the new book C.G. Jung—The Basel Years: A Walking Guide (Daimon Verlag, 2025), which will officially launch at this year’s IAAP Congress in Zürich and is now available worldwide from Daimon Verlag. Next year, Kathrin will be joined by fellow Speaking of Jung guests Christian Roesler (Ep. 127) and Sonu Shamdasani (Ep. 75) for the Psychological Society of Basel’s symposium, 150 Years of C.G. Jung, taking place at the University of Basel on February 28th and March 1st. Kathrin will be presenting her research and lead participants on a guided walking tour.

This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. It’s 58:10 long and 56 MB. You can stream it right here inside your web browser (click the play button below) or watch the video edition on our YouTube channel.

SHOW NOTES

The Book page on Kathrin’s website includes a Google Map Companion for each tour.

Eranos: A Play Includes Kathrin’s essay, “About Being Aniela”

Eranos: A Play Audio edition of the stage production

Speaking of Jung, Ep. 147 with Paul Brutsche, Ph.D.

Reflections on the Life and Dreams of C.G. Jung Includes an historical commentary on Aniela Jaffé by Elena Fischli (also available in German)

Speaking of Jung, Ep. 123 Jungian analyst and publisher Robert Hinshaw, Ph.D. on Reflections on the Life and Dreams of C.G. Jung

Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé

Man and His Symbols Edited by C.G. Jung

The Grail Legend by Emma Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz, Ph.D.

C.G. Jung Home and Museum Küsnacht, Switzerland

The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung Stiftung der Werke von C.G. Jung

The Art of C.G. Jung Edited by the Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung

C.G. Jung: Word and Image Edited by Aniela Jaffé

Sibylle Ryser Office for Book Design

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946 Awarded to Hermann Hesse for his body of work.

The Dionysian Self: C.G. Jung’s Reception of Friedrich Nietzsche by Paul Bishop, Ph.D.

Jung in Contexts: A Reader by Paul Bishop, Ph.D.; includes “C.G. Jung and Nietzsche: Dionysos and Analytical Psychology”

The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung

Landscapes of the Soul: C.G. Jung and the Exploration of the Human Psyche in Switzerland The Swiss National Museum analyzes Switzerland as a center of the history of psychoanalysis in honor of the 150th birthday of Carl Jung (University of Chicago Press, Nov. 21, 2025)

Special thank you to Robert Hinshaw and Dariane Pictet for the use of their photographs in the video edition.

EXCURSIONS

Young Jung: A Tour through Carl Jung’s Early Years in Basel IAAP Congress Excursion: Guided walking tours of Basel, Switzerland, with Kathrin Schaeppi, August 23 & 30, 2025

Tour through the Exhibition in the National Museum Zürich Lecture Series Excursion: “Landscapes of the Mind: C.G. Jung and the exploration of the human psyche in Switzerland” with excursion coordinator Kathrin Schaeppi, Landesmuseum Zürich, Oct. 18, 2025 (the original Red Book will be on display)

150 Years of C.G. Jung Psychological Society Basel, University of Basel, Feb. 28, 2026; followed by tours with Kathrin Schaeppi on Mar. 1, 2026