- Doctoral (CAPIC)
- Postmaster’s (AMFT, ASW)
- Psychiatry (PGY-4) Elective Rotation
OVERVIEW
The James Goodrich Whitney Center for Psychotherapy at the C.G. Jung Institute of San
Francisco has been providing sliding-scale depth psychotherapy to adults in the Bay area community for over 50 years. The Center welcomes people of every race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender and ability.
Contemporary Jungian psychotherapy is informed by a variety of psychoanalytic approaches. The focus is not only on difficulties and conflicts but also takes into consideration the healing and creative aspects of the psyche. There is a trust in the innate wisdom of the unconscious to guide the work through symbolic material, and to lay out a path towards wholeness or individuation.
Our clinical and theoretical approach offers perspectives into a complex and multilayered psyche that includes developmental and archetypal perspectives. This depth orientation often involves working with symbolic material (i.e. dreams, sandplay, etc.) as well as close attention to developmental issues and transference/countertransference dynamics. In addition, Jung, in discussing the idea that therapist and patient have a mutual impact upon each other, advanced the idea of intersubjectivity, a perspective that is very present in Jungian work.
THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The Internship program is a CAPIC-approved, half-time, two-year internship in long- and short-term depth-oriented psychotherapy. Training focuses on treatment of a wide range of psychopathology and life issues. Interns are expected to become competent in diagnostic formulation, treatment planning, and developing psychotherapeutic technique with attention paid to diversity, developmental issues, transference and countertransference, frame, working with dreams and other symbolic material. Particular attention is paid towards deepening the work. The goal of training, in addition to solidifying basic psychodynamic skills, is the development of an individual style and the emergence of an analytic attitude.
Therapy can last as long as two years and patients can be seen at frequencies greater than once weekly. Therapy is also available for couples. All trainings and services are in-person at our Mission Street building in San Francisco.
The internship is 22 hours per week which includes 10-12 client hours; 2 hours of individual supervision, 1.5 hours of case conference seminar; 2 hours of didactic seminar; half-hour community meeting. Additional didactics and workshops are often scheduled throughout the year. The clinic is HIPAA compliant and includes trainings in diversity. For the 2025-26 academic year, pre-doctoral psychology interns will receive an annual stipend of $6,000.
All interns at the Institute’s Whitney Center for Psychotherapy have full use of the Institute library, the Institute’s Extended Education Public Programs, ARAS, and are welcome to participate in many of the activities of the Institute learning community.
The Internship Program includes doctoral students, registered postmasters associates and fourth year psychiatry residents. Currently there are 8 interns. We will be offering 5 half-time placements for 2025-26.
COMMITMENT REQUIREMENTS
Interns are asked to make a two-year commitment to the program. Officially, each year is negotiated individually. Internship applicants are required to be in psychotherapy throughout the internship. (Arrangements can sometimes be made for an intern to be in therapy or analysis at a reduced fee by a candidate or analyst.) Coursework completion is required before beginning the internship.
HOURS
Of the 22-hour per week requirement, interns must be available to attend Community Meeting and Didactic Seminar on Mondays 1:45-4:30; Case Conference seminar either on Tuesdays 10:30-12 or Wednesdays 1:30-3pm (assignment made yearly; days and times subject to change). Supervision is arranged on an individual basis.
APPLICATION
Applications may be submitted beginning January 6, 2025; deadline for the complete application and materials is February 21, 2025 at 5pm. To receive an application or if you have questions, please contact Sonia Mistry, Whitney Center Coordinator at 628-688-0644 or email clinic@sfjung.org. You can also access the Jung Institute website at www.sfjung.org for further information.
TO APPLY, PLEASE SUBMIT:
1) Jung Institute Whitney Center Application
2) Three letters of recommendation
3) Current Vitae or resume
4) Current Graduate School transcripts
5) See and complete checklist provided with your application
You can download our Application and Checklist. If you have further questions please contact Sonia Mistry, MSW, Whitney Center Coordinator at (628-688-0644) or clinic@sfjung.org