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Overview

The Clinical Training Program (CTP) in Analytical Psychotherapy is a two-year certificate program offered by the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago utilizing a depth psychological approach to analytical psychotherapy. It is currently in its two-year cycle. Applications are being accepted for October 2008 with an August 1, 2008 deadline.

Analysts of the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts (CSJA) will lead courses and case group seminars. Analytical Psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach that applies a symbolic attitude within the context of a highly personal interactional field. It utilizes unconscious material from dreams, fantasies, the body and various imaginal art forms and draws on the seminal work of C.G. Jung and other analytical psychologists. The CTP provides a space for therapists to receive training in Jungian methods, furthering the mission of the institute by extending the impact of Jung’ s work into the larger community, support and community building amongst participants, and networking potential.

The C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago, founded in 1976, seeks to advance the understanding of the human psyche initially developed by Carl Gustav Jung, M.D. and identified as Analytical Psychology. The International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) charters the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts (CSJA).

Elements

Tuition for the program is $2700 per year. Payments of $900 must be received before the opening class of each quarter. Continuing Education Unit’s (CEU) will be available for applicable disciplines at an additional charge of $15 for processing the application of CEU’s for each class for which credit is requested.

Students are required to have access to a computer and have an email address. The training program will have a web page that provides information about courses, advance additional discussions of course topics, and allow for networking amongst participants.

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Curriculum

The program will be offered the first weekend of the month on Saturday and Sunday beginning in October and ending in June. The curriculum consists of the following:

Two Class Periods (9:00 to 11:00 and 11:15 to 1:30)
The classes present the fundamentals of an analytical psychotherapeutic perspective to clinical work.

The program covers five analytical areas over a two-year period:

1. The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche

Topological Divisions: Jung used certain terms to describe the different parts of the psyche. There are the two basic topological divisions of consciousness and the unconscious. The unconscious is itself further divided into the personal unconscious and the objective psyche.

Structures within the Conscious Sphere: The ego with its typological predispositions of introversion, extraversion, thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition; and, the persona.

Structures within the Personal Unconscious: The shadow and the syzygy of the animus/anima

The Objective Psyche: In the objective psyche, or collective unconscious, are the archetypes and archetypal images, including the central archetype of order, the Self.

2. The Therapeutic Relationship in Analytical Psychotherapy

Analytical Psychotherapy entails a thorough understanding of the conscious and unconscious components of the therapeutic interaction. This section of the training program emphasizes a working knowledge of the transference and countertransference situation involved in depth psychological work.

3. Activation of the Unconscious

The major methods used in a depth psychological perspective are dream interpretation and the various forms of active imagination. Students will learn the fundamentals of these methods in this section of the training program.

4. Amplification of Archetypal Themes

Amplification involves the use of mythic, historical and cultural parallels in order to clarify the metaphorical content of unconscious imagery. This is the basis of Jung’s synthetic method as opposed to the traditional reductive approach. In this section students will learn to identify archetypal patterns such as those expressed in Greek mythology, fairytales and alchemical symbolism. Students are also required to find and develop their own symbol system by extra-curricular reading.

5. Other Issues and Termination

The individuation process is a process whereby an individual consciously attempts to understand and develop the innate potentialities of his or her own psyche. Jung and other theorists have noted the “spiritual nature”, often called the religious function, of this endeavor. The body, an often-neglected aspect of the individuation process in therapy, is an overall important counterbalance to a too intellectualized psychotherapy. It is the “other side” of the spiritual perspective. In this section of training students will cover these important facets of analytical psychotherapy. Termination will be covered in relation to the overall individuation process. This issue also will be covered in the context of ending the training process itself.

Lunch (1:30 to 3:00)

The lunch period is seen as a time of community building. From time to time additional lectures and presentations may be given during this time. Lunches will be provided by the institute at an additional charge at those times so that the student body remains together.

Case Group Seminar (3:00 to 5:00)

Participants will be organized into groups of a maximum of 7 members. Each group will be lead by a senior analyst. Case groups are designed to be the core of the training program providing a space to: 1) disseminate information about the program; 2) get feedback from the participants for on-going program evaluation; 3) integrate class content with clinical issues; 4) formulate clinical material into an analytical psychotherapeutic perspective; 5) form a support group while in the program, as well as after completion of the program; 6) develop networking systems for participants, as well as for the institute itself, i.e., community outreach to mental health agencies for consultation and/or in-service seminars.

Client confidentiality will be maintained throughout the training process.

Final Paper

Students will be required to pick a symbol system that particularly interests them. They will be required to write a 30-page paper on it before receiving their certificate.

Certificate in Analytical Psychotherapy

Students who have completed the requirements of the program satisfactorily will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Participation in this program will not provide the participant with a degree or a license to practice psychology. Acquiring legal status to practice as a psychotherapist remains the personal and ethical responsibility of the individual. The laws governing professional certification vary in different states, and it is the participant's responsibility to meet the legal requirements of the state in which s/he intends to practice psychology. Completion of this program qualifies the licensed psychotherapist as a certified Jungian Psychotherapist or Analytical Psychotherapist, not as a Jungian Analyst or Psychoanalyst.

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Admissions

The Clinical Training Program in Analytical Psychotherapy is open to mental health professionals from psychiatry, psychology, social work, counseling, pastoral counseling, and psychiatric nursing. All participants must be licensed and/or certified to practice psychotherapy in the state in which they practice and have malpractice insurance coverage for their psychotherapy practices. Students who are in the process of fulfilling the requirements for licensure should provide proof from their therapeutic setting.

Applicants will be interviewed before admission.

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Application

To apply, download, complete, and mail the CTP application form (pdf format) to

Co-Directors of Training
August J. Cwik, Psy.D.
Jane Kamerling, L.C.S.W.

Attn: CTP

C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago
203 N. Wabash Ave.
Suite 1618
Chicago, IL 60601

312.701.0400 ext. 203

Commitment to Diversity

The C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago welcomes trainees of any race, gender, creed, national and ethnic origin, or sexual orientation to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities of the Institute.

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