Abstract
This workshop explores the Chinese fairy tales, myths, and modern psychopathology from a Jungian perspective, bridging traditional analytical frameworks with cultural imagery of Chinese fairy tales and mythologies. The programme involves fundamental Jungian concepts to practical group work, and clinical discussions.
About the speakers
Brigit Soubrouillard
Brigit is a clinical psychologist based in France. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology f rom the Pacif ica Graduate Institute in California. She subsequently studied in Zurich and graduated from the double Adult and Child program in 1996. She has worked in private practice for over 30 years with patients from many cultures, and has also a long experience in a child psychiatry clinic. She has been a supervisor and senior analyst for 20 years teaching and lecturing in a number of Jungian institutes in Europe and outside Europe.
She was the President of the French Jungian Society, and is now serving on the Executive Committee of the IAAP. She is also IAAP’s Liaison Person for HKIAP.
She is particularly interested in art and in all forms of work with images. Her entry on ‘images’ in the IAAP website can be accessed with the https://iaap.org/image/
Lee Ming Chung, Marshall
Marshall Lee is a psychiatrist based in Hong Kong. He is a Jungian analyst with interest in exploring the cultural unconscious through folktales and literature. He held reading group and retreat on the Red Chamber Dreams, Romance of the West Chamber to explore the eros in Chinese cultural context. He runs a Cantonese podcast "Dr. Marshall Podcast" on child and adolescent psychological development as a means to engage with the wider professional circle and the public in psychological reflection of our daily life challenges. He served as the past president of the Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology (HKIAP) from 2017-2021 and is a member of the board of director of the HKIAP.

This lecture focuses on an important dimension of the individuation process of Chinese women: separation from the mother. Within the individuation of Chinese women, the relationship with the mother becomes a central issue in the development of female autonomy and individuality. It is reflected in issues of marriage and family among Chinese women. Across East Asia, birth rates have declined to the lowest levels in the world, and the rejection of marriage and childbearing has become a collective phenomenon in contemporary Chinese societies.
The mother is both the giver of life and the transmitter of patriarchal values. To embrace the mother seems to be to embrace tradition. Thus, love and hate, attachment and resistance become intertwined, forming a knot from which daughters struggle to free themselves.
Drawing on clinical observations and cultural phenomena, the speaker will explore Eros as the “third” that makes it possible to move beyond the mother–daughter entanglement, and examine how Analytical Psychology assists contemporary Chinese women in moving through the cultural unconscious toward a true and integrated self.

ABOUT THE SEMINAR:
What is fascinating and mysterious about dreams?
How do dreams relate to the dreamer’s individuation process? This seminar aims:
to help participants understand the language of dreams and its value in clinical work and personal growth from a Jungian perspective.
to learn how to work with dreams through various psychological functions with experiential activities.
This workshop is relevant for clinicians in the mental health profession and those individuals interested in their own dreams for psychological development.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Deborah CHAN
Deborah is an accredited Jungian Analyst from the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. She also has a master’s degree in psychology, specialising in Marriage & Family Therapy (U.S.A.). As a Chinese American, she grew up in California and received her education there in primary and secondary school and then at university. Deborah maintains a private practice in Hong Kong. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching Jungian-based Dreamwork Seminars to the public and giving talks on dreams for personal growth and psychological development. Her professional interests include bridging Eastern and Western cultures, a reflection of her own personal journey. She currently serves as a director of the Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology (HKIAP). She is an analyst member of HKIAP and the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and a full member of the Asian Academy of Family Therapy in Hong Kong (AAFT).
Email: deborah@deborahchan.com
Marie CHIU
Dr. Marie Chiu, is a Clinical Psychologist and an accredited Jungian Analyst of C.G. Jung Institute Zurich, graduated from its combined program for children, adolescents and adults. She has her private practice in Hong Kong and works part-time as a clinical psychologist in a local children’s residential home. She experienced classical Freudian analysis for five years and participated in Freudian infant observation before setting up the first Jungian infant observation group in Hong Kong, which was completed by the end of 2018. For a period of three years, before and during Covid, she taught and introduced Analytical Psychology and Jungian analysis to an NGO in Macau. At the same time, she provided clinical supervision to its staff on a regular basis. She is interested in developing the feeling and intuitive functions through the process of dreams. She is also interested in infant mental health, particularly the impact of emotional abandonment in the Chinese culture. She has served the Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology (HKIAP) since 2012 in various posts as honorary treasurer, secretary, vice-president, and president of HKIAP between 2021-2025 and currently, is one of the directors. She is an analyst member of HKIAP and the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP).