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Personal Analysis
Personal analysis is the foundation for the analytic training. Jung placed great value on the development of consciousness in relationship to self and to society. To further this process, personal analysis is fundamental and required throughout the training process. It is recommended that, for a significant period, analysis take place two or more times a week. Candidates are expected to be in analysis with an IAAP certified analyst currently in good standing at our institute throughout their training experience. The personal analysis is confidential at all times. No information regarding any candidate may be solicited from the personal analyst by any member of the training faculty.
Curriculum
The training provides a four-year course of study taught weekly, mainly on Thursdays from September to May each year. It consists of seminars organized around readings of Jung’s Collected Works (core seminars) and subsequent developments in analytical psychology; fifteen hours of electives per year; occasional weekend seminars and workshops throughout the year.
Core Seminars
First Year
Case Colloquium — full year
Entrances and Two Essays, (Vol. 7 of the Collected Works)
Psychological Types, (Vol. 6 of the Collected Works)
Symbols of Transformation, (Vol. 5 of the Collected Works)
An Introduction to the ARAS Collection (Beginning Amplification)
Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, (Vol. 9, 1 of the Collected Works)
The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, (Vol. 8 of the Collected Works)
Fairy Tales, Myth, and Amplification I
Third and Fourth Year
Alch
emy I, Psychology and Alchemy (Vol. 12 of the Collected Works)
Psychology and Religion, (Vol. 11 of the Collected Works)
Dream Interpretation I
Fairy Tales, Myth, and Amplification II
Developmental Theories in Analytical Psychology
Research Project Seminar
Alchemy II, Mysterium Coniunctionis, (Vol. 14 of the Collected Works)
Psychology of the Transference,(Vol. 16 of the Collected Works)
Dream Interpretation II
Techniques in Active Imagination
Contemporary Practice in Analytical Psychology
Elective Seminar (topic and instructor of choice)
(Possible topics for 4th year elective: an essay of Jung not previously taught, a book, or articles of interest. This elective is open to ideas from the class members.)
The Training Stages
Training in Jungian psychology is personal and individual. Open, mutual discussion is encouraged between the candidates and faculty in hopes of fostering personal and professional growth. The training program is organized in a series of stages: Preparatory, Candidacy and Control. Progression from one stage to the next is determined by an individual evaluation that includes evaluations from supervisors and seminar instructors as well as annual personal interviews with the Review Committee or the Certifying Board. An Annual Theoretical Examination is administered each spring during the first three years of training. (Provisions will be made for those with learning disabilities.) Progression in the program does not necessarily imply eventual certification. The process of evaluation is continuous up to and including certification as a Jungian Analyst by the Certifying Board, which occurs after the satisfactory completion of all requirements.
Clinical Supervision
Clinical consultation is an essential component of analytic training. Candidates receive individual consultation weekly throughout training, including the final stage of training, the Control Stage when candidates engage in control analysis, i.e., an intensive consultation of an ongoing case. During the earlier stages of training, candidates receive one hour of consultation per week, at no charge with an analyst of their choice currently at the Los Angeles Institute. Candidates are encouraged and expected to work with a different consultant each year. Exceptions are made if staying with the same consultant is in the best interest of the candidate. Candidates in the Control Stage pay for consultation, i.e. control analysis. Each Control Stage candidate is to be in control analysis at least once a week during the course of writing their control paper.
Clinic Participation
Throughout the training program, each candidate participates in either the Kieffer E. Frantz Clinic and/or the Hilde Kirsch Children’s Center. Candidates in the first two stages of training are required to contribute 126 clinical hours per year. Candidates in the Control stage contribute 84 clinical hours per year. The contribution of two hours per week continues after certification when candidates become certified members of the community.
Case Colloquium
The first two years of training include a group case colloquium, providing an opportunity to link theory and practice. The focus of colloquium is the integration of theory and practice – applying the fundamentals of analytical psychology to clinical practice. Case colloquium is designed to allow candidates to present individual case material from their practice over an extended period of time and to deepen their understanding of theoretical concepts being studied in the core seminars. In the case colloquium, the candidate’s cohort meets with an analyst leader three times a month for the duration of the first two training years.
Experiential Process Group
The task of this group is to co-create a culture with norms of safety, trust, openness, non-judgmental feedback, cohesiveness, and encouragement. The creation of an effective group environment can reduce stress during analytic training and serves as a safe base from which to deeply explore the ways in which training is affecting each candidate, their relationship to their cohort, community, and their work with clients. This type of group experience can protect against institutional splitting and helps to create a cohesive community within our institute with the potential to lead to lifelong collegial relationships. Personal therapy is not the focus of this group, but the process may lead to personal discoveries that may be explored further in individual analysis. This group meets once a month.
Creative P
roject
The Creative Project offers the candidate an opportunity to pursue a personal interest in the field of Jungian psychology or to bridge an area of interest whose connection to Jungian psychology has fruitful possibilities. The project aims to facilitate the candidate’s learning and individuation process based on a calling or passion emerging from their psyche. Its purpose is to help the candidate formulate and respond to some compelling question or issue to do with the unconscious. The form the project takes is up to the candidate; anything from a formal paper to a public presentation to a performance. As such, the Creative Project aspires to be an adventure in organized curiosity.
Annual Theoretical Exam
The Annual Theoretical Exam is a means of evaluating a candidate’s ability to understand and communicate the basic constructs of Jung’s psychology and to demonstrate that they can apply their understanding to case material derived from either an actual case, a personal experience, or a literary/film source. Accordingly, the content of the exam is tied to the content of each of the seminars as offered in each year of training. The exam includes both a written and oral component. It is required for the first three years of training.
