Michael Conforti

Dr. Michael Conforti is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute which he founded in 1989. He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York and The C.G. Jung  Institute Boston, and Libera Scuola di Terapia Analytica (Roma, Italia )   For many years he served as a Senior Associate faculty in the Doctoral and Master's Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England. A pioneer in the field of matter-psyche studies, Dr. Conforti is actively investigating the workings of archetypal fields and the relationship between Jungian psychology and the New Sciences.

He has presented his work to a wide range of national and international audiences, including the C.G. Jung Institute - Zurich and Jungian organizations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, the Ukraine and Venezuela.

He is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings (2007) and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche (2002). His articles have appeared in Psychological Perspectives, The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Roundtable Press, World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, and Spring Journal. His books have been translated into Italian, Russian, and Spanish, and now being  prepared for publication in Romanian and Ukrainian.

Dr. Conforti maintains a private practice in Mystic, CT and consults with individuals and corporations around the world. In addition, he also consults to businesses, government institutions, and the film industry. He has served as script consultant on the films Pride and Glory, Elvis and Anabelle, and has consulted on for a new Television series. He has also been asked to consult on the application of field theory to the understanding and resolution of international border disputes, and was selected by The Club of Budapest and the University of Potsdam to be part of a 20 member international team of physicists, biologists, and dynamical systems theorists to examine the role and influence of informational fields. He is a recipient of the Vision Award presented by the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.