Michael Marsman

Michael Marsman is a certified Jungian analyst and psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience working with individuals and couples. He maintains a private practice in Berkeley, California and is licensed in California and New York. He is a member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association (JPA) in New York, and serves as a faculty member and supervisor/consultant for both organizations' analyst training programs. He is also on the faculty of the Oriental Academy for Analytical Psychology/China Society for Analytical Psychology in Guangzhou, China and the Bangalore Society of Analytical Psychology.

Michael's main areas of research focus 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). He teaches and presents nationally and internationally on topics such as Hindu mythology, analytic ethics, dream interpretation, gender and sexuality, addiction, archetypes and the collective unconscious, and amplification.

Michael serves on the boards of the Philemon Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, where he is also an officer. He is a former board member and treasurer of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Michael had a career as a financial/business professional. He has appeared on the Speaking of Jung podcast and offers Jungian analysis and psychotherapy in person in Berkeley, California, and via telehealth in California, New York, and internationally.