Academic leader and team members

Academic Leader: Shen Heyong, Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at South China Normal University and City University of Macau, Founding President of the Chinese Federation for Analytical Psychology (CFAP), current President of the Guangdong Association for Analytical Psychology (GAAP) and the Oriental Academy for Analytical Psychology; Jungian Analyst certified by the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), Sandplay Therapist certified by the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), founding member of the International Society of Embodied Imagination (ISEI) and the International Association of Expressive Sandwork (IAES); keynote speaker at the 1997 and 2007 Eranos Conference, and the primary organizer and host for the International Conference for Analytical Psychology and Chinese Culture from 1998-2018.

Main team members:

Postdoctoral researcher: Guo Huan

Full-time faculty: Cai Chenghou, Ying Zhehua, Wang Yixuan

Part-time faculty: Li Xianfeng, Fan Hongxia, Ma Xiangzhen, Zhu Xiaobin, Song Wenli, Song Guangwen, Li Yongxin, Ma Xinchuan, Gao Lan, Guo Siping, Jiao Can, Yang Zhihui, Yang Shaogang, Yang Rubin, Ye Yiduo, Xiong Hui, Zhao Dongmei, Zhao Yanping, Liu Jianxin, Liu Chuanshi, Liu Zhen, Zheng Xue, Wang Qiushi, Jiang Xuehua, Li Jiangxue, Li Ying, Zhang Wenzhi, Zhang Min, Chen Kan, Xiang Jinjing, Yang Bei, Shen Yan, Yin Fang

International guest professors: Betty Jackson, Luigi Zoja, Geoffrey Blowers, John Beebe, Murray Stein, Joseph Cambray, Martin Schmidt, Paul Kugler, Viviane Thibaudier, Brian Feldman, Allan Guggenbuel, Joan Chodorow, Stephen Aizenstat

Major social contributions and research results of the team in recent years

The research on “psychological analysis and reconstruction of group crisis” carried out by our team is based on the “Psychology of the Heart”, which is developed based on the integration of Analytical Psychology and Chinese culture. The academic exploration of this research focuses on 1) dreams and unconscious, 2) sandpaly and image, and 3) archetypes and cultural psychology. And the clinical practice aspect utilizes the techniques of sandplay therapy and embodied imagination, particularly in support of the “Garden of the Heart and Soul” public service program. Volunteers for the program are managed, trained and supervised on site and online by the research team members and graduate students with professional credentials. Since 2007, 85 “Garden of the Heart and Soul” stations have been established nationally, and the number of volunteers continues to grow. For the past three years, the program has seen more than 1,700 volunteers providing over 8,000 hours of service from 2016 to 2017, 2,000 volunteers for 9,000 hours of service from 2017 to 2018, and 2,200 volunteers for 10,000 hours of service from 2019 to 2020.

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020, the “Garden of the Heart and Soul” program launched a psychological assistance project as early as January 26 to provide the “psychological self-help community” and one-on-one counseling services online for patients, health care workers and their families affected by the epidemic. In just over a month, the project is joined by more than 100 counseling volunteers; over 3,000 visitors have joined the self-help community, and more than 100 people have received one-on-one online counseling. The International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) has put the project on its official website and provide full support and appreciation for our work.

In addition, our team organized free or low-cost online psychological counseling services for the community, and established the "Bull Flower" public welfare psychological counseling project, which aims to provide "low fees" and "ordinary fees" one-on-one psychological services for people with psychological needs

Our team has also provided various services locally, including social work services for the Macao Gaming Industry Employees Home, psychological assistance during the epidemic, and the EAP project of Sands Macau. These works have achieved good results and have been well received by the Macau society.

In addition to outstanding social contributions, our team also has excellent academic achievements, as seen below for publications from the past three years:

International Journals

1. Huan Guo, Heyong Shen (2021). Media exposure to COVID-19 epidemic and threatening dream frequency: A moderated mediation model of anxiety and coping efficacy. Dreaming.
2. Guo H, Song H, Liu Y, Xu K, Shen H. (2019). Social distance modulates the process of uncertain decision-making: evidence from event-related potentials. Psychol Res Behav Manag.
3. Fang Yin, He Yu, He Yiqing, Shen Heyong & Zhang Jiawei (2020, August). A comparative study of death anxiety and death attitudes in Han and Tibetan ethnic groups, Death Studies（SSCI)
4. Ruitong Guo (2020, 06). Psychological significance of Chinese myth of Yi: Signing and symbolizing ,Culture & Psychology
5. Baowei Wang & Luyang Pi (2020). The development of analytical psychology in Chinese mainland: A Chinese perspective. Culture & Psychology, 26(4):850-862.
6. Ye Yiduo (2020. 08). Validation of the Chinese Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale and its Application in Mainland China. Musicas Scientiae
7. Ye Yiduo (2020.10). Impact of weight stigma on preadolescents and adolescents’ disordered eating behaviors: Testing two mediation models. Social Behavior and Personality
8. Congxin Shi, Yongxia Qian, A Jungian Analysis of the Archetypal Image of the Fish From a Chinese Cultural Perspectiv: JHP-2018-Oct-6589.R2. Journal of Humanistic Psychology；First Published June 5, 2019; Psychology Multidisciplinary.
9. Heyong Shen.(2019). The Image and the Meaning of the Chinese Character for ‘Enlightenment’. The Journal of Analytical Psychology. 2019. 64. I, 32-42.
10. Shen Ke, Geng Chuan & Su Xinwei.(2019). Antecedents of Residents’ Pro-tourism Behavioral Intention: Place Image, Place Attachment, and Attitude. Frontiers in Psychology. (SSCI)
11. Huang Shi zheng, Lu Jian ying, Chau Ka Yin & Zeng Hai liang. (2020). Influence of Ambidextrous Learning on Eco-Innovation Performance of Startups: Moderating Effect of Top Management’s Environmental Awareness. Frontiers in Psychology.
12. Shen, Y., Lou, S., Zhao, X., Ip, K. P., & Zhang, J. (2020). Factors impacting risk perception under typhoon disaster in macao sar, china. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20), 7357.
13. Ruitong Guo, Heyong Shen, Yancui Zhang, et al. Representations and symbols of Kuafu’s myth in Analytical Psychology and Chinese culture: History vs. contemporary, consciousness vs. unconscious, collective vs. individual. Culture & Psychology, 2019, 25(3):397-414.
14. Wang Yuan-Yuan, Yang Yuan, Rao Wen-Wang, Zhang Shu-Fang, Zeng Liang-Nan, Zheng Wei, Ng Chee H, Ungvari Gabor S & Xiang Yu-Tao(2019). Cognitive behavioural therapy monotherapy for insomnia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Asian Journal of Psychology, 101828.

Chinese Journals

1. Ma Xiangzhen, “Recommendations on How to Guide and Shape Social Mentality During the Epidemic”, approved by the provincial leadership. 2020 Jiangsu Think Tank Research Outstanding Achievement Award, first prize. Also published by Guangming Daily internal reference "Situation Report" Issue 67 (March 2, 2020).
2. Ye Yiduo, The depth of concept processing influences the metaphorical connections to the level and orientation of moral concepts. Psychology News, April 2020
3. Ye Yiduo, The influence of lifestyle on college students’ online music purchase intentions: a moderated intermediary model. Psychological Science, 2020.5
4. Ye Yiduo, Childhood Emotional Abuse and Adolescent Suicidal Ideation: A Moderated Intermediary Model. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020.8 B
5. Ye Yiduo, The effect of relative deprivation on children's depression in divorced families: a moderated mediation model. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020.6
6. Xiong Hui. A Philosophical Discussion on the Theory of Cultivation in "Xi Ci"[J]. Advances in Philosophy, 2020, 9(1): 24-35.
7. Niu Zhengkai, Wang Baowei. (2020). The division and integration of psychology and economics – from "man of psychology" to "man of economy and culture". Gansu Social Sciences, 2020 (05): 177-183. (CSSCI)
8. Niu Zhengkai, Cai Chenghou. (2020). Analytical Psychology in China: the path of development and indigenization. Journal of Northwest Normal University (Social Science Edition), 57(06): 137-146. (CSSCI)
9. Zhou Caihong, Shen Heyong, Zhang Yancui, Xu Kai. (2018). Sandplay Therapy: expansion and indigenization. Journal of South China Normal University (Social Science Edition), 2018 (04): 63-70+191. (CSSCI )
10. Xiong Hui. Discussion on Ideal Personality in "Book of Changes•Xici"[J]. Advances in Philosophy, 2019, 8(4): 59-71.
11. Ye Yiduo, Concept Transformation and Path Innovation of Career Education in the Digital Age. Journal of Soochow University (Educational Science Edition), 2019.6 CSSCI Extended Edition
12. Zhang Lei, Fan Hongxia, & Pan Min. (2019). A review on the state of domestic research of analytical psychology. Journal of Henan Institute of Education (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 38(01), 75-80.

​Books published

1. Cai Chenghou, trans. (2019). Boundaries of the soul: the practice of Jung's psychology. China Light Industry Press.
2. Shen Heyong, ed. and co-authored. (2019). Aion: Phenomenology of Individuation. Yilin Press.
3. Shen Heyong, ed. and co-authored. (2019). The Tree of Philosophy. Yilin Press.
4. Xiong Hui. A time management lesson for children [M]. Beijing: China Women's Publishing House, October 2020.
5. Shen Heyong. Psychology of the Heart: Mind and State (2020)
6. Feng Jianguo, January 2019. On the "Three Talents Model" of in Sandplay Therapy.
7. Feng Jianguo, February 2020. Exploration on the Method of Active Imagination and Traditional Chinese Culture.
8. Feng Jianguo, April 2019. The Way of Active Imagination. Xixindao Publishing House.
9. Ying Zhehua, trans. (2020). A Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis. China Renmin University Press.
10. Qian Yongxia, Shi Congxin. (2019) Cupid and Psyche: the Spiritual Development of Woman. Hebei People's Publishing House.

Conference speeches

1. Shen Heyong. (2019). Image of the Heart: Attitude and its Significance in Analytical Psychology. The Sixth China Psychoanalytic Congress, Shanghai.
2. Shen Heyong. (2019). Keynote speech at Eranos Conference: West and East – Jie, Zhong and Xin, a perspective from Psychology of the Heart.

Funding awarded

1. Shen Heyong, presiding over key project granted by the National Social Science Fund of China: Psychological Analysis of Group Events (16ASH009, 2016-2018)
2. Yin Fang, 2019.07-2021.12. Research on the Mother Image of Left-behind Children in Rural China, granted by the National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences.
3. Shen Heyong, 2019.09-2020.08. Research on the Development of Psychology of the Heart and Analytical Psychology – Theoretical Development and Exploration of New Techniques

Main research direction in the future

The Institute of Analytical Psychology at City University of Macau will continue to work with international professional and academic organizations such as the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP),  International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), International Society of Embodied Imagination (ISEI) and the International Association of Expressive Sandwork (IAES) to strengthen and consolidate our position as the base for training and educating Jungian Analysts and Sandplay Therapists in the Greater China Region. The plan is to incorporate relevant professional qualification assessments into the Institute’s postgraduate programs to enhance our domestic and international competitiveness. Our future research focuses will be the influence of sleep and cognitive activities during sleep (such as dreams, nightmares, lucid dreaming, etc.) on cognitive functions and emotions, which will include the verification and expansion of existing dream theories, the impact of sleep disorders on cognitive dysfunction and depression, and the psychological treatments for sleep disorders.

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