Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
This Zoom presentation featuring keynote speaker and moderator, Linda Carter, along with 5 panelists, focuses on the value of interconnection and companionship through the Jungian method of amplification through story and image with the goal of decreasing isolation. Art, image, story, ritual and myth have served to transmit culture, connect to ancestors linking generations and have the potential to offer comfort through a sense of belonging and community in the here and now. Nurses have always operated in mediatory, liminal realms and helped others to navigate the sacred territory between life and death. We hope to support nurses and all front-line caregivers during this time of global crisis. Reflections on art and brief but meaningful tales from the heart may allow for alternative reflections on the central human dilemmas about life and death that nurses are now facing. The sharing of stories and locating symbols that represent comfort have provided a sense of belonging and containment for all from the beginning of time. Art and story are essential for life, health, and well-being.
Linda Carter MSN, CS, IAAP A nurse and a Jungian analyst practicing in Carpinteria, CA; teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute; psychotherapist for 40 years. A graduate of Georgetown, Yale and the C. G. Jung Institute-Boston, Linda was the Journal of Analytical Psychology Book Review Editor, US Editor-in-Chief and now Arts and Culture Editor. Founder and chair of the Art and Psyche Working Group, she initiated and edits the outreach project Art in a Time of World Crisis: Interconnection and Companionship. Linda has published widely, taught internationally, especially in China.
This Zoom presentation featuring keynote speaker and moderator, Linda Carter, along with 5 panelists, focuses on the value of interconnection and companionship through the Jungian method of amplification through story and image with the goal of decreasing isolation. Art, image, story, ritual and myth have served to transmit culture, connect to ancestors linking generations and have the potential to offer comfort through a sense of belonging and community in the here and now. Nurses have always operated in mediatory, liminal realms and helped others to navigate the sacred territory between life and death. We hope to support nurses and all front-line caregivers during this time of global crisis. Reflections on art and brief but meaningful tales from the heart may allow for alternative reflections on the central human dilemmas about life and death that nurses are now facing. The sharing of stories and locating symbols that represent comfort have provided a sense of belonging and containment for all from the beginning of time. Art and story are essential for life, health, and well-being.
Linda Carter MSN, CS, IAAP A nurse and a Jungian analyst practicing in Carpinteria, CA; teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute; psychotherapist for 40 years. A graduate of Georgetown, Yale and the C. G. Jung Institute-Boston, Linda was the Journal of Analytical Psychology Book Review Editor, US Editor-in-Chief and now Arts and Culture Editor. Founder and chair of the Art and Psyche Working Group, she initiated and edits the outreach project Art in a Time of World Crisis: Interconnection and Companionship. Linda has published widely, taught internationally, especially in China.
