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Analytic Training Program FAQs

The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco offers to licensed psychotherapists a training program in preparation for certification as a Jungian analyst. The program is directed toward the development of mature, psychologically conscious individuals who will become thoroughly familiar with Jungian concepts and be able to use them in their own style in the practice of analysis.

In the program, personal analysis is considered basic to the training and provides the means for the individual to find his/her identity as a person and an analyst by establishing meaningful connection with his/her psychic contents.

A working knowledge of the conceptual framework is developed through seminars, continuous case conferences, and recommended reading. In control analysis the candidate learns to apply in an individual way the experience of training to his/her psychotherapeutic practice.

The program begins with four years of seminars, but completion of training for certification typically takes somewhat longer.

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Analytic Training Program FAQs

Is the program open to any interested person?

Ours is a post-license program. It presupposes a thorough knowledge of and substantial experience in the general field of psychotherapy. We only consider applicants who have a license from the State of California to practice psychotherapy and who are already experienced psychotherapists: psychiatrists who have completed a psychiatric residency (through PGY IV), licensed psychologists (PhD/PsyD), marriage and family therapists (MFT), clinical social workers (LCSW), and registered nurses who are certified nurse specialists with a master’s degree in mental health nursing (CNS). In addition, applicants must have at least 200 hours of personal therapy with a certified Jungian analyst who is a member of the IAAP.

How long does the San Francisco training program last?

The weekly seminars are four years long, but after that, the timeline for completion of the subsequent requirements is highly individual. Our training is based on the model of individual development rather than the scholastic model of achievement, thus there can be wide variance in the length of training.

Can you do the program by some form of distance learning?

Since the program presupposes weekly candidate seminar meetings over four years, ongoing analysis and personal relationships within the analytic community, we only consider applicants who are residents of the San Francisco Bay Area, generally within 150 miles of the Institute.

Is there a national or international curriculum for becoming a Jungian analyst?

Each Jungian training program is independent and is based on local needs and the traditions of the society which undertakes the training program. In North America, the various training societies consult at an annual training directors' meeting, but their programs are separate and independent.

Is it possible to do an internship at the Institute?

Our James Goodrich Whitney Clinic has a long-standing pre-doctoral psychology internship program. This is quite separate from our Analytic Training Program. Applications for internships are open to men and women enrolled in doctoral programs in clinical psychology, who wish to practice Jungian psychotherapy under supervision. Our Clinic participates in the California Psychology Internship Council and our interns are chosen through that program. For more information about interning here, email clinic@sfjung.org or call 415-771-8055, ext 205.

I am interested in pursuing studies in psychology but with a Jungian orientation. What degrees do you grant?

We are not a degree-granting institution. If you are interested in the graduate study of psychology at a school which either specializes in or provides education in Jungian thought, check out the listings at The C.G. Jung Page.

You might also consider our Public Programs as a way of getting a taste of Jungian psychology.

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Internship Program

The International Analytical Psychology Student Program

A pioneering venture

Since 1996 the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco has been offering a unique two-year program to selected individuals from outside the United States. This program is designed for individuals who have an educational background that has readied them to become depth psychotherapists and who reside in countries where formal clinical training in analytical psychology is not available. We seek people who have the capacity to develop a deep connection to the unconscious through analytical psychology and who long for a chance to develop both personally and professionally via this pathway. We aim to contribute to the development of a new generation of colleagues who will advance the understanding and practice of analytical psychology around the world. And of course it is also a venture important to us, both in broadening our own cultural horizons and in establishing new collegial relationships internationally.

What does this program offer?

The International Student joins a small group of advanced mental health professionals who are candidates in our analytic training program. The Student participates in all of this group’s academic, experiential, and social activities. He or she engages in a personal Jungian analysis. With close supervision the Student sees patients in psychotherapy through the Institute’s low-fee clinic and also participates in weekly seminars and a case conference with the clinic’s predoctoral interns. Concurrently, the Student is enrolled as a graduate student at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, where she or he carries a full course of academic study. (This enrollment is a requirement for a student visa.) All tuition and fees are waived by both the Jung Institute and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology (ITP). Individual analyst members of our Institute offer personal analysis and case supervision free of charge. However, the Student must be prepared to assume financial responsibility for travel to and from San Francisco and for the expenses of living in the Bay Area for the two years of the program. Scholarships are by no means guaranteed, because such support depends upon funds from individual donations and institutional grants that vary widely in their availability from year to year. This is a demanding program that requires commitment, adaptability, and a strong desire for in-depth experience of Jungian analysis and education. In return, our International Students—as well as the analysts, candidates, and clinic interns of our Institute, and the faculty and students of ITP—have found the experience deeply rewarding at many levels.

How do we fund this program?

Although the Institute has so far been able to arrange for Students’ tuition, analysis, and supervision without fees, and we make every effort to help the Students find safe, low-cost housing, it can cost $1500 or more per month to live in the San Francisco area. We have relied on the abundant and generous donations of individual donors, including our own analysts and candidates, and a few institutions. The International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) has assisted our program significantly since its inception through stipends that have helped several Students with their living expenses. We also received grants from the Association for the Advancement of Analytical Psychology in Eastern Europe, and from the Wright Institute in Berkeley. However, most of this funding has been time-limited, and our program is always in need of new donor support. We deeply appreciate every single donation!

Who is eligible?

If you are a psychologist, psychiatrist, or other mental health professional with an advanced clinical degree and you reside in a country where there is no ready access to Jungian training, and you are able to communicate and to study depth psychology effectively in English, you may be eligible for our Institute’s program. Inquiries should be addressed to the Chair of the International Analytical Psychology Student Committee, by email at jungmail@sfjung.org or by airmail at the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, 2040 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. Please be sure to tell us how we may contact you promptly, preferably by email.

Students 1996 - 2007

Dong-Hyuk Suh (1996-1998)

Dong-Hyuk took the name Kris when he came to the Bay Area in 1996 to pioneer our Program. It was courageous of this Korean psychiatrist, his wife Jennifer, and their two daughters to live in a city they had never visited and to join an Institute only newly committed to international diversity. We, too, took a leap of faith. A better match could not have been found! They settled into a welcoming community, the children adapted quickly to learning in English, and Dong-Hyuk willingly became a beginning student again, having served for many years as a senior staff psychiatrist. The candidate group that he joined appreciated his depth of heart and vision, and lasting friendships were formed. When Dr. Suh returned to Seoul, he resumed his former position and became a ‘router’ candidate in the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), continuing his Jungian studies with Professor Bou-Yong Rhi and other members of the Korean Society of Analytical Psychology, then a Developing Group of the IAAP. He gained Individual Membership in the IAAP in 2001. In 2004 the Korean Association of Jungian Analysts, of which Dr. Suh is a founding member, became a Member Group of the IAAP. Through the Korean Association he is active in the practice of analytical psychology and the training of new analysts in his native land.

Teodora Petrova (1998-2000)

Teodora came to us from Sofia, Bulgaria. There she had trained as a clinical psychologist and as a dance therapist and had been mentored by Krassymira Baytchinska, who, in the absence of Jungian therapists in Bulgaria, gathered a circle of people interested in analytical psychology. During her two years with us “Tedy,” as we came to know and love her, became a much valued member of our community. She began graduate studies of psychology at the California Institute for Integral Studies, and following completion of our program, she continued her psychological studies at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. She was able to arrange further seminars, analysis, and consultation at the Jung Institute in Zürich to which she commuted from Bulgaria. She qualified for ‘router’ candidacy status with the IAAP and was accepted as an Individual Member analyst in 2004. Tedy organized the first international Jungian conference held in Bulgaria, “Re-creating the World: The Transformative Power of Arts and Play in Psychotherapy,” held in September, 2003 and attended by several San Francisco analysts and candidates. Tedy has a private practice of Jungian analysis in Sofia, has served as Chair of the Bulgarian Society “C.G. Jung,” and teaches Creative Dance Therapy and Jungian studies not only in Bulgaria, but also in Lisbon by invitation from the Portuguese Society for Dance Movement Therapy. Through interviews and articles she continues to introduce analytical psychology, including sandplay therapy and authentic movement, to professionals and to the lay public in Bulgaria.

Heyong Shen (2000-2002)

Heyong Shen was Professor of Personality Psychology at South China Normal University in Guangzhou when he took a sabbatical to study in San Francisco as our third International Student. Upon returning to China he established a graduate program in analytical psychology at his university, enabling students to earn advanced degrees with dissertations on such Jungian subjects as the God-image in the psyche, psychological types, and sandplay. With the support of the IAAP, he was the prime mover in organizing the very successful first three Conferences on Analytical Psychology and Chinese Culture held in Guangzhou in 1998, 2002, and 2006. A fourth conference is planned for Shanghai in 2010. Having achieved ‘router’ candidacy status in the IAAP while he was in San Francisco, Dr. Shen qualified for Individual Membership in the IAAP in 2004 and became the fi rst Jungian analyst to establish a practice in Mainland China. He is President of the newly formed C.G. Jung Institute of China, a Developing Group of the IAAP, and is a member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy. He is the author of several books in Chinese on analytical psychology, which he relates to the Chinese psychology of the ‘heartmind.’ He has published on sandplay therapy and co-authored an article published in Psychological Perspectives on the motif of heart in the I Ching. He has also arranged publication in Chinese of books by Jung and Jungian authors, giving contemporary China its first contact with the literature of analytical psychology.

Tomasz Jasinski (2003-2007)

In 2005 when “Tomek,” our International Student from Poland, was nearing completion of the two years of seminars offered by the Program, his analytic candidate group requested that he be invited to continue with them into their next seminars. Their plan was accepted by the Institute on a pilot basis as a post-International Student fellowship, which has permitted him to complete the full four years of candidate seminars. The extra time has enabled Tomek, who had come to us from Warsaw with Master’s degrees in philosophy and psychology, to work toward a PhD in psychology at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto. He is also deepening his clinical work in the Jung Institute Clinic and continuing personal analysis and consultation. The generosity of individual donors to the Institute made this invaluable extended stay financially possible. Tomek has the personal support of his wife Klaudia, who arranged her own life to be with him during this extended period. When he returns to Poland, where at present there is only one IAAP Individual Member Jungian analyst, Tomek will apply for ‘router’ candidacy status toward Individual Membership in the IAAP. His long-term goal is to participate in establishing the fi rst Jung Institute in Poland.

Zsolt Deàk (2005-2007)

When Zsolt obtained Master’s degrees in psychology and Tibetan Buddhist studies from the University of Budapest in his native Hungary, he stood nearly alone with his interests. In a climate of economic resurgence he found it more practical to direct his energies into building a company that does psychological testing, so he put his dream of becoming a Jungian analyst on the back burner. Zsolt was successful in business, married, and started a family. Our Program has enabled him to reconnect with Jungian psychology. When he entered the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology as part of our program and discovered a community that shared his transpersonal interests, he immediately felt at home. More challenging after so long in the business world was reclaiming the introversion that an analytic attitude requires. He has deeply appreciated his personal analysis and case consultation with analysts of the Institute. Now in his second year of the program, he has established a place for himself in the world of the psyche, which he feels is transforming his life and work. His wife and pre-school daughter have had to remain in Budapest, but trans-Atlantic visits and daily contact via Skype have been mutually sustaining for this young family.