The Guild of Pastoral Psychology
Michael Marsman
Michael Marsman, L.C.S.W. is a certified Jungian analyst in private practice in Berkeley,
California and is a member of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association (JPA) in New York and the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco where he serves on the Board of Governors. His research focuses on Hindu mythology and gender and sexuality. Among his published works are “Bringing Dharma to Earth: The Sabarimalai Pilgrimage and Ayyappan Myth” in Spring Journal (2013), Transgenderism and Transformation: An Attempt at a Jungian Understanding in the Journal of Analytical Psychology (2017) and Kali: In Praise of the Goddess in Psychological Perspectives (2019). Michael teaches analysts-in-training nationally and internationally and presents on diverse topics such as Hindu Mythology, analytic ethics, transgenderism, archetypes and the collective unconscious, amplification, mythology and dream analysis. He also provides supervision and consultation in the U.S. and abroad.