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Internship
The Internship Program is currently under review. Updated program details and application materials for the 2027-2028 internship year will be posted in January 2027.
The information below describes the internship as it has been offered in recent years and is provided to give prospective applicants a sense of the program’s scope. Eligibility requirements, schedule, and benefits may change as part of the review.
If you’ve completed a master’s degree in psychology or social welfare, or you’re currently enrolled in a clinical psychology doctoral program, this unpaid internship is where you’d bring Jungian depth psychotherapy into your clinical training. It runs one year, renewable for a second, from early September through August 31 of the following year, and internship hours can count toward MFT, LCSW, LPCC, or psychology licensure.
Before you apply, you’ll need two years of clinical experience and 50 hours of your own depth psychotherapy. Once you’re in the internship, you’re expected to continue in weekly personal analysis with an IAAP-certified Jungian analyst in good standing at our institute.
The internship is half-time, 20 hours a week, including:
- One hour a week of individual, face-to-face supervision with a Jungian analyst
- Two hours a week of group supervision with a Jungian analyst
- Two hours a week of didactic coursework
- Ten hours a week conducting individual psychotherapy with clinic patients
Interns also handle the administrative side of clinic work:
- Intake interviews with prospective clinic patients, plus a written report on each
- Ongoing progress notes for every session, turned in at the end of each month
- A report on each patient who terminates treatment
- An annual report summarizing each patient’s progress over the year
- Monthly collection and submission of clinic fees to the Institute bookkeeper
Interns receive free membership in the Max and Lore Zeller Library for the length of the internship, free admission to every public lecture the Institute offers except fundraising events, and the option to attend some elective seminars and workshops from the Analyst Certification program.
Goals of the Internship
The internship trains psychologists and psychotherapists in depth-oriented psychotherapy, using the theories and methods developed by the Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung. Jungian analysis investigates the conscious and unconscious psyche to help remove or ease the symptoms that block a healthy, fulfilling life. Jung believed most symptoms and blocks originate in the unconscious, so this work pays close attention to what the unconscious has to say through dreams, associations, and fantasies, alongside conscious thoughts, feelings, and the everyday texture of a person’s life. Jung never prescribed a rigid technique. He believed psychological development is unique to each person, so Jungian depth-oriented psychotherapy varies with each client’s needs.
Like other psychoanalysts, Jungian analysts look for the roots of present difficulties in childhood, past experience, and the personal unconscious. But they also look for meaning hidden in current problems, meaning that can point toward direction in a person’s life and connection to something larger. Jungian analysts work with both the personal and the collective unconscious.
Interns build competence in diagnostic formulation, treatment planning, case conceptualization, and psychotherapeutic technique. Individual and group supervision with certified Jungian analysts helps them develop awareness of diversity issues, developmental issues, transference and countertransference, frame, and work with dreams and other symbolic material.
Throughout the internship, interns learn to relate to unconscious material by expanding their awareness of the diffuse quality of the inner and outer world. We support the development of each intern’s own skills and aptitudes, building their confidence as clinicians. Interns are expected to build a working understanding of Jungian concepts and how they show up in clinical work, along with a basic grasp of the analytic attitude and how to begin embodying it. The internship’s educational programming is built around both goals.
Clinic Procedures
Before the internship begins, usually over the summer, new interns receive a packet with the clinic manual, a clinic agreement form, and a personal information form. Both forms are due before the internship starts, and the clinic manual should be read in full. California requires a health screening, including a TB test, for everyone working in a licensed clinic; a note from your physician confirming you’re non-contagious must be on file before you begin.
Vacation
Interns aren’t required to work on major holidays: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur if you observe them. The clinic closes between Christmas and New Year’s. You can also take one week of vacation in the spring, plus one more week of your choosing, either of which can combine with the winter or spring break. If you already know you’ll need time away, use your week of choice for that. Anything beyond it needs to go through the clinic director in advance.
Application
Applications are due March 1st. We’ll still consider applications received after that date if internship vacancies remain open. Once we’ve reviewed your application, we’ll schedule a personal interview with the Admissions Committee and reach out as soon as we can after the deadline.
Email your completed application and supporting documents to administration@junginla.org.