Ruth Williams, M.A., is a Jungian psychoanalyst, author and lecturer in London, England.
She holds a degree in humanistic psychotherapy and began her career as an Integrative Psychotherapist, later qualifying as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and becoming certified with the British Association for Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Supervision. She went on to earn a master’s degree in Jungian & Post-Jungian Studies from the University of Essex and train as a Jungian psychoanalyst with the Association of Jungian Analysts in London.
For nine years, she was an Honorary Psychotherapist at the Royal London Hospital and served two stints as Chair of the Confederation for Analytical Psychology. She has been appointed an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Psychosocial & Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex and is a Guest Professor with the Oriental Academy for Analytical Psychology in Guangzhou, China.
Ruth practices as a Jungian psychoanalyst and psychotherapist both online and from her consulting room near Canary Wharf in London. She works with adults and couples and is a supervisor and consultant to fellow professionals. She also works as a training analyst for the Association of Jungian Analysts and is registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy in both the Council for Psychoanalysis & Jungian Analysis section as well as the Humanistic & Integrative section, and is on the Directory of Supervisors for both colleges.
She is accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council and is a member of the Minster Centre, Psychotherapists & Counsellors for Social Responsibility, and is the only Jungian member of the Black, African & Asian Therapy Network. In 2018, she organized the biennial conference of the Confederation for Analytical Psychology, “African American Jungian Analysts: On Culture, Clinical Training/Practice and Racism.”
Ruth is the author of C.G. Jung: The Basics (Routledge, 2019) and Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections (Routledge, 2023) which won the Award for Best Book of 2024 (Clinical Category) by the International Association for Jungian Studies.
Her latest book, Animal-Human Telepathic Connections: A Jungian Perspective, published in July by Routledge, was inspired by her chapter, “Our Connection with Animals and the Universe: Psychology, Symbols, Spirituality and the New Physics,” published in Depth Psychology and Climate Change: The Green Book, edited by Dr. Dale Mathers.
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SHOW NOTES
The Journal of Analytical Psychology
Speaking of Jung, Ep. 133 with Jungian analysts Ann Yeoman and Kevin Lu (Mar. 7, 2024)
C.G. Jung’s Collected Works: The Basics by Ann Yeoman and Kevin Lu
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé
The Basics Book series by Routledge
Speaking of Jung, Ep. 142 with Jungian analyst Stefano Carpani, Ph.D. (Apr. 24, 2025)
Anthology of Contemporary Clinical Classics in Analytical Psychology: The New Ancestors (Routledge, April 2022) Edited by Stefano Carpani, Ph.D.; Includes essays by Speaking of Jung guests John Beebe, Joseph Cambray, George Hogenson, Donald Kalsched, and Polly Young-Eisendrath
Anthology of Contemporary Theoretical Classics in Analytical Psychology: The New Ancestors (Routledge, April 2022) Edited by Stefano Carpani, Ph.D.; Includes essays by Speaking of Jung guests Paul Bishop, Ann Casement, James Hollis, Stanton Marlan, Sonu Shamdasani, and Murray Stein
A Biographical Dictionary of Post-Jungian Psychoanalysis, Vol. 1: The Early Post-Jungians (Palgrave Macmillan, Feb. 14, 2027) Edited by Stefano Carpani, Ph.D. and Ludmilla Ostermann, M.A.
Open Letter From a Group of Jungians on the Question of Jung’s Writings On and Theories About ‘Africans’ British Journal of Psychotherapy 34, 4 (2018) 673–678 (full .pdf)
Sigmund Freud’s first student was Wilhelm Stekel (1868–1940), an Austrian physician and psychologist who authored a dedicated monograph on telepathic dreaming titled Der telepathische Traum (The Telepathic Dream). Here is a link to Stekel’s Wikipedia page. Best I can do at the moment.
Psychology and Religion: West and East Volume 11 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung
The Telepathy Tapes Official website
Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D. Official website
Ky Dickens Host of The Telepathy Tapes
Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D. Official website
Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. Official website
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home by Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Meet The Scientist That Says The Sun Is Alive (And Monitoring Earth!) Rupert Sheldrake on American Alchemy with Jesse Michels, Oct. 31, 2026 (YouTube video)
Maddalena Bearzi, Ph.D. Ocean Conservation Society
Ruth Williams: Soul and Spirit in Jungian Analysis Psychosocial Wednesdays, Jan. 9, 2025 (YouTube video)
Graduate Certificate: Contemporary Analytical Psychology and Neo-Jungian Studies - 2026-27 Pacifica Extension and International Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, California
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 25th Anniversary Conference of the International Association for Jungian Studies, Jul. 22-25, 2027
BOOKS
By Ruth Williams, M.A.
C.G. Jung: The Basics Routledge, 2019
Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections Routledge, 2023
Animal-Human Telepathic Connections: A Jungian Perspective Routledge, 2026
BOOK CHAPTERS
(2023). Jungian Analytical Psychology. In: The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Editors: Hanley, T. and Winter, LA., Sage Publications Limited. 421-426
(2022). Living in the Shadow of War. In: Lockdown Therapy Jungian Perspectives on How the Pandemic Changed Psychoanalysis. Editors: Carpani, S. and Luci, M., Routledge. 190-194
(2020). Our Connection with animals and the universe. In: Depth Psychology and Climate Change The Green Book. Editors: Mathers, D., Routledge. 140-157
(2014). Atonement. In: Alchemy and Psychotherapy Post-Jungian Perspectives. Editors: Mathers, D., Routledge. 189-204
LINKS
About Jungian Analysis Informative page on Ruth’s website
Association of Jungian Analysts The Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA) is a charitable organisation providing a professional home to an established group of IAAP Analytical Psychologists. Members of AJA support the ethos and purpose of the organisation established by Gerhard Adler in June 1977. AJA was formed to lead the provision and practice of analytical psychology, provide professional Jungian training and other education and to develop and share professional knowledge about analytical psychology with the public.
British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision London, England
Oriental Academy for Analytical Psychology Guangzhou, China
Ruth Williams, M.A. Official website
Ruth Williams - Soul and Spirit in Jungian Analysis Psychosocial Wednesdays, Oct. 16, 2024 (YouTube video)
Ruth Williams Wins IAJS Award for Best Clinical Book 2024 IAAP