Jungian analysis (analytical psychology) is a depth approach founded by the Swiss psychiatrist C. G. Jung, built on the personal and collective unconscious, complexes, archetypes and individuation. The work draws on dreams, active imagination and images.
Primary sources: IAAP: analytical psychology, IAAP: history of the association, IAAP: group members with certified training
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IAAP, international
The association’s list of societies permitted to train candidates in Jungian analysis, grouped by country. Training status is confirmed by a vote of the Meeting of Delegates at the triennial congress.
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C.G. Jung Institute Zurich, Küsnacht
A part-time diploma of at least 8 semesters for psychologists and physicians, with tracks for adults, for children and adolescents, or for both. German courses run on three days a week; English courses run three times a year as three-week intensive blocks. The programme page is in German.
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Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA), London
Post-qualification training for psychotherapists: 20 weekend modules over two years, with work with two training patients in person in the UK. Successful completion leads to membership of AJA and the IAAP.
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Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP), London
A one-year international online course for practising clinicians: 10 Saturday meetings and 30 hours of presentations and supervision masterclasses, in which a presenter works in front of the group with a participant on that person’s case. The page names no certificate or qualification.
C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
Four years of weekly seminars and case conferences, with personal analysis and supervised analysis alongside; leads to certification as a Jungian analyst. In person only, and only applicants within about 150 miles of the San Francisco Bay Area are considered.
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Channel: Association Jungian Analysts · Checked: November 1, 2026
Robert Tyminski, an analyst of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, on boys and young men who spend hours on screens: how cyberspace can become an alternate container for those in distress, and what psychic containment means for the therapeutic challenges that follow.
Open on YouTube ↗Channel: Association Jungian Analysts · Checked: November 1, 2026
A seminar on dreams by Dale Mathers, published on the channel of the Association of Jungian Analysts. The video has no description.
Open on YouTube ↗Channel: Association Jungian Analysts · Checked: November 1, 2026
A presentation by Ruth Williams on spirituality in Jungian psychology. The description is a single line, so there is no summary or chapter list.
Open on YouTube ↗Practitioner registries, training standards, conferences. The links go to official sites; the descriptions are ours.
international
Founded in 1955, it recognises 81 group societies worldwide. Its site lists the societies with certified training, an analyst search, calendars of congresses and online lectures, and video recordings.
United Kingdom
A London society, an IAAP group member since 1977. It runs a post-qualification Jungian analytic training and a programme of talks, workshops and a Foundations course, and keeps directories of analysts, supervisors and training analysts.
United Kingdom
A London society that says it has run professional Jungian training for over 75 years. Its courses range from introductory ones to adult analytic training and courses for practising clinicians, including an online one.
Switzerland
A training institute founded with C.G. Jung’s participation and listed as an IAAP group member. It offers diploma training in analytical psychotherapy and in psychoanalysis, a CAS in Analytical Psychology and introductory courses.
Analyst training is run by IAAP group societies that hold training status, and the IAAP publishes the list by country. Compare what each requires before entry (a prior psychotherapy qualification, hours of personal analysis and supervision), whether teaching is in person or online, and how long the programme runs.
Jung broke with Freud in 1913 and built his own approach. The IAAP says analytical psychology shares an early-life focus and some concepts with psychoanalysis, but understands dreams and the deep psyche differently, adding the collective unconscious and archetypes.
Yes. Several societies run shorter courses for practising clinicians, for example the one-year online course on clinical practice from the Society of Analytical Psychology. Its page names no certificate or qualification, so check what any course certifies before you enrol.
Usually yes, and the details depend on the country and the society. The AJA in London asks for a UKCP- or BPC-recognised psychotherapy training, the Zurich diploma asks for a master-level degree in psychology or medicine, and the San Francisco institute asks for a California licence. Read the entry requirements of the programme you plan to apply to.
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