Introduction to special journal issue, ‘The Spectre of the Other’

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Notes on contributors

Marybeth Carter, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a candidate in the analyst training programme at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. She is an executive member of the International Association for Jungian Studies, a former Executive Director of California Coalition against Sexual Assault (CALCASA), and a past President of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence/National Coalition against Sexual Assault. Marybeth holds an honours degree in Religious Studies from Indiana University and a doctorate from Pacifica Graduate Institute where she is an Instructor in the Clinical Psychology Programme. Her chapter, ‘Rape and Sexual Assault’ is published in The Encyclopedia of Global Social Issues and she co-authored the chapter, ‘Rape Crisis Centers’ published in Child Abuse and Neglect: Guidelines for Identification, Assessment, and Case Management.

Stephen Farah, MA, is the co-founder and head of learning at The Centre for Applied Jungian Studies South Africa. He is an executive member of the International Association for Jungian Studies. Stephen holds an honours degree in analytical philosophy from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Master’s degree in Jungian and Post Jungian Studies from the University of Essex. Stephen’s areas of interest include psychoanalysis, film, the philosophy of language, consciousness, individuation and the simulation hypothesis. His chapter ‘True Detective and Jung’s four steps of transformation’ has been published in The Routledge International Handbook of Film Studies.