Introduction
The C.G. Jung Institute–Boston was established in 1977. Its aims are to advance the ideas of Carl Gustav Jung and to train carefully selected people to become Jungian analysts.
The Jung Institute–Boston is one of only a few post-graduate psychoanalytic training programs that do not require previous clinical training. Instead, and in keeping with Jungian tradition, the Institute includes both licensed clinicians and talented people with graduate degrees from other academic disciplines. We believe that such diversity enriches the learning process of each individual candidate, as well as the depth and quality of the training program.
Analytic training provides a deep understanding of the symbolic language and imagery of the unconscious, along with a thorough knowledge of analytic theory and methods. A rich mixture of courses in dream interpretation, mythology, anthropology, religion, the study of literature, and the arts, as well as psychopathology, psychopharmacology, and ethics, is woven into the foundation that informs the professional work of Jungian analysis.
The breadth and depth of the training program has special value in today’s world. We consider it essential that candidates learn to address the whole person and are able to help those in their care to not only relieve symptoms but also integrate all aspects of the personality. We regard the assimilation of the psychological, intellectual, creative, and spiritual components of the personality to be vital in the process of psychotherapeutic work.
The training program is overseen by the Institute’s board of directors, known as the Training Board. The Training Board writes and revises the regulations of the training program and is responsible for the curriculum, administration, and financial management of the Institute. The Training Board appoints other analyst members of the Institute to serve on various committees to help implement the Institute’s programs.