Bianca Daalder-van Iersel, MA, MFT (Lic. no. 36182)
Certified Jungian Analyst
Affiliated with the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California
Professional experience:
In private practice in Los Angeles as psychotherapist since 1998. Pre-licensing Internships include the Aids Service Center in Pasadena (1993-94), the Kieffer E. Frantz Clinic of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (1995-98), Coldwater Counseling Center in Studio City (1995), and Counseling West in Sherman Oaks (1997-99). In depth analysis and therapy with adults, elders, and young adults using various modalities, such as dream work, art therapy and sandplay. Fields of interest: identity and gender issues, cultural and migration issues, issues around creative self-expression, depression and anxiety, feminist and body image issues.
Other professional experiences:
Studied Art in Amsterdam. Designed sets for theatre group Studio in Amsterdam during the 1960’s. Participated in group and solo exhibitions in Europe, while living in Amsterdam, London and Paris. Locally par¬ticipated in shows at: the Women’s Building and the George Sand Gallery in LA, Faye Dunaway's Market Street Gallery in Santa Monica, Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena ("The Woman's Eye"), The Living Room in Santa Monica ("Dreams"), and most recently at the El Camino College Art Gallery in February 2004 (“Lead into Gold/Images of Alchemy in Contemporary Art”).
Manager of a sound stage and a 24-track audio-studio (1978-84). During the same time organized live performances in Los Angeles and New York with various rock groups, among them the local punk rock band the Screamers. Producer of a full length independently produced musical feature entitled "Population: One,” and "Brother Where You Bound,” a half hour musical feature (music by Supertramp; nominated for a Grammy in 1987), and various other musical videos.
CEO of American Scenes, Inc., a small company that has been producing independent film and video projects since 1979. American Scenes is currently developing a unique, content driven social network called “SpaceCollective.org." Apart from being an evolving futuristic think tank in its own right, it is also an umbrella for various other current American Scenes projects. These include a number of feature length documentaries, as well as various collaborations with the UCLA School of Art and Design in Los Angeles, Columbia University in New York, and various European art and architecture oriented graduate schools.
Education:
Born and raised in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Attended the Rietveld Academie of Art in Amsterdam.
Moved to the US in the early 70’s. Acquired a BA degree in Human Development at Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena (1992). Obtained a Master of the Art's degree in Psychological Counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria (1995). Studied “Dreamtending “ with Stephen Aizenstad, also at Pacific Graduate Institute (1995-96), art therapy at UCSanta Barbara and Philips Graduate Institute in Los Angeles, and “Embodied Dreaming” with Robert Bosnak in Los Angeles (2006-ongoing). Analytic training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (2000-02) and the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California (since 2002), where certification was officiated in August 2007.