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Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., is an internationally acclaimed poet, scholar, diplomate Jungian psychoanalyst, and cantadora (keeper of the old stories in the Latina tradition). Her work is known worldwide for its groundbreaking explorations into the nature of the psyche through the use of mythos, fairy tales, poetics, and psychoanalytic commentary. She credits what has been called her “infinitely rich” and “one-of-a-kind voice” to having been immersed since childhood in the old and demanding oral traditions handed down to her “day by day, task by task, test by test, prayer by prayer, story by story,” by her immigrant and refugee family elders, both Hungarian Magyar and Mexicano.
Estés is a former executive director and director of training for the C.G. Jung Center for Education and Research. Her doctorate is in intercultural studies and clinical psychology, and she has taught and practiced privately for 33 years. Her published works include The Gift of Story, The Faithful Gardener, Women Who Run With the Wolves (published in 30 languages worldwide and on the New York Times best-seller list for three years), and an 11-volume collection of original, best-selling audio works, including a 12-part live performance series, Theatre of the Imagination, broadcast on Pacifica and National Public Radio networks across America and Canada. |
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