VIRGINIA APPERSON, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., C.S.
Diplomate, C.G. Jung Institut, Zurich

1164 North Highland Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
(404) 815-0630


Education:
Ph.D. Academic and Professional International Evaluations 2006
Diplomate, C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich, Switzerland 1994
M.N., Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 1983
B.S.N., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 1979

Employment:
Private practice in Jungian analysis and psychotherapy. Also, couples work, dream groups, supervision, lectures & workshops, 1994 to present
Coordinator, Child-Adolescent Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service (initially Clinical Nurse Specialist) Grady Hospital, Atlanta, GA 1986-1990
Triage Specialist (part-time) Ameriplan Mental Health Services,
Atlanta, GA 1988-1989
Clinical Administrator, F.A.C.E. Outpatient Eating Disorders Center, Atlanta, GA, 1985-1986. Psychotherapist (part-time) 1986-1988
Head Nurse, Adolescent Chemical Dependency Unit, Parkway Regional Hospital, Lithia Springs, GA 1984-1985
Staff Nurse, Anneewakee Outdoor Treatment Center, Douglasville, GA 1983-1984
Staff Nurse, Payne-Whitney Psychiatric Clinic (l982), Cardiothoracic and Surgical ICU (1981-1982) General Surgical and Vascular Unit (1979-1981), New York Hospital

Memberships:
The Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing Group in Georgia
International Association of Analytical Psychologists
Association of Graduate Analytical Psychologists
Georgia Association of Jungian Analysts
Secretary-Treasurer
Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts
Membership Committee
Atlanta Group Psychotherapy Society
Foundation C.G. Jung Institutes
Board Member

Presentations:
Oh Sister, Where Art Thou? Psyche and Film (Lecture and Film Workshop, Emory University 2006) (Charlotte, NC 2007)
Resuscitating the Archetypal Feminine (2 parts, 2005)
Panel on "Billy Elliot" (2005)
The Feminine in Film (4 day conference with John Beebe, 2005)
Where Religion and Science Meet: The Life and Psychology of Carl Jung (8 week class 2005)
Elementary Active Imagination (2004)
The Way of the Dream (Discussant) (2001 & 2003)
The Light in the Darkness (2003)
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (2001)
Exploring The Religious Function of the Psyche (2001)
The Peasant's Wise Daughter: A Discussion of the Complexities of Relationship (2000)
Holding on for Dear Life: Living into the Tension of the Opposites (1997 & 1999)
In Search of the Coniunctio: Finding the Elusive Heroine
(2 lectures and a workshop, 1997 & 1998)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Animating the Animus
(3 lectures and a workshop, 1998)
What's Love Got to Do with It? (1998)
Activating Your Imagination (1997)
Fairytale Workshops (1997)
Holding the Tension of the Opposites (1996)
Revising the Notion of Living Happily Ever After (1995 & 1996)
In Search of the Wonder Child (1995)
The Shadow Side of Passion: Facing the Phantom of the Psyche (1995)

Publications: "Small Change," C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta Newsletter, Winter 2006
"Light in the Darkness," C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta Newsletter, 2003
"Why Did Curiosity Kill the Cat?" C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta Newsletter, 2002
"Motherless Children," C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta Newsletter, 2001
"Destruction of the Coniunctio," C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta Newsletter, 1998
"Revising the Notion of Living Happily Ever After: Finding the Gleam in One's Own Eyes," Unpublished Thesis, C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, 1994