List of Contributors

MICHAEL BARTFELD (Uruguay) is a clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst and IAAP member, with a Master's degree in analytical psychotherapy. He is a professor at the Catholic University of Uruguay, teaching undergraduate and Master's students. He teaches seminars on clinical psychopathology, transference and countertransference, myths and clinical application, and the Self and individuation. He is Academic Director and Professor of the Uruguayan Society of Analytical Psychology (SUPA), where routers are trained to be IAAP analysts. He is also a clinical supervisor. Email: michabar75@gmail.com

FEDERICO BENCHÍN (Uruguay) is a Jungian analyst and IAAP member with a Master's degree in analytical psychotherapy. He is a professor at the Catholic University of Uruguay, teaching undergraduate and Master's students, and is also a clinical supervisor offering individual and group supervision. Federico is the past President of the Uruguayan Society of Analytical Psychology (SUPA) and President Elect of the Uruguayan Argentinian Society of Analytical Psychology (SUAPA). His areas of interest and expertise are clinical psychology, dynamic psychopathology, mythology (classical, Judeo-Christian and medieval) and mysticism. Email:

MARIA GIOVANNA BIANCHI (Switzerland) obtained a Master's degree in political science from Bologna University, a Ph.D. in international relations from Padova University and the Diploma in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy for adults, adolescents and children from the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich. She has worked as a human rights officer at the United Nations since 1996. She devoted most of her career to the assistance of victims of enforced disappearance and their families. She currently continues her work as a human rights officer and as a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in Geneva. She speaks at conferences and writes articles on human rights and analytical psychology. Email:

WALTER BOECHAT, M.D., Ph.