Analytical Psychotherapy

A Swiss State Recognized Postgraduate Training

Program

Copyright C.G.Jung Institut Küsnacht-Zürich

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General Information
In 1948, the C. G. Jung Institute Zürich, Küsnacht, was founded with the cooperation
of the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.
His Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy belongs to the psychodynamic thera-
pies, which attach great importance to the unconscious.
To the idea of the personal unconscious, Jung added the concept of the so-called col-
lective unconscious. In this, he recognized the primeval imprinting and basic patterns
of human life, which he called archetypes, and which are depicted, for example, in
myths and fairy tales. These basic patterns give rise to the development of complexes
that mirror our individual relationship experiences as well as personal experiences and
anchor them in our memories.
Jung’s theory of complexes helps to understand personality developments, relation-
ship conflicts and psychological maldevelopments, and, on this basis, helps to treat
them psychotherapeutically. Jungian Psychotherapy promotes the development of
one’s own resources and further regards a psychic problem as a challenge to an es-
sential personal development: individuation.
In practical psychotherapeutic work, the interpretation of dreams, typology, pictures,
sand play and active imagination, amongst others, are very important for an under-
standing of the conscious and unconscious psychic processes. Working with the un-
conscious means coming in contact with the essence of the soul and with the individual
creative possibilities. This is why Jungian Psychology and Psychotherapy touches
upon questions of meaning and spirituality.
The transcultural orientation of Jungian Psychology facilitates finding answers to the
challenges of a globalized world and of multicultural societies in an interdisciplinary
exchange.

To become a Jungian psychoanalyst, the C. G. Jung Institute offers three programs in

the Psychoanalysis training curriculum:
• The training program E for analytical psychotherapy with adults
• The training program K for analytical psychotherapy with children/adolescents
• The combined training program C for analytical psychotherapy with adults and
children/adolescents
The diploma received at the C. G. Jung Institute leads to the Swiss state recognized
postgraduate title Psychotherapy and enables to independently manage a psychother-
apeutic practice in Switzerland.
According to the Swiss Psychology Profession Act (PsyG Art. 38), every graduate is
entered in the professional register of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA).

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Objective
The main objective of this program is to enable the participants to practice as analytical
psychotherapists in Jungian psychology by receiving a diploma of the C. G. Jung Insti-
tute Zürich, Küsnacht. At the same time, the training program promotes the personal
and self-reflective development of each and every student.

Duration of studies
The minimum duration of study for this degree course is 8 semesters or 4 years re-
spectively. Leave of absence semesters are not included in the minimum number of
regular training semesters.

Admission Requirements
Those applying for the training must provide evidence of a Master’s degree in psychol-
ogy or medicine from a university or college, as well as enough credits in clinical psy-
chology and psychopathology (12 ECTS points).
Each applicant will be assigned three members of the Admissions Committee. The
admission interviews assess the personal aptitude of the applicant for the profession
of psychotherapist and decide about admitting them to the training program. The mem-
bers of the Admissions Committee accompany the students throughout the entire train-
ing.

Place of Study
The theoretical part of the training takes place at the C. G. Jung Institute Zürich,
Küsnacht. The Institute is within walking distance from the local train station, which can
be reached by train from Zurich main station in less than 15 minutes.

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Lecturers/Instructors/Analysts
Lecturers for the theoretical training generally are accredited members of the C. G.
Jung Institute Zürich, Küsnacht. Additionally, professionally qualified, and didactically
competent guest lecturers take part in the training as well.
The self-experience may be conducted with Training Analysts/Self-Experience Psy-
chotherapists1 accredited at the Institute.

Structure and Essential Elements of the Training

The training in two phases
The first phase of the training lasts at least two semesters and has as its goal that
students acquire the theoretical knowledge necessary to work with patients psycho-
therapeutically after they have passed the Intermediate Exam I “Fundamentals of An-
alytical Psychology”.
After passing the Intermediate Exam I “Fundamentals of Analytical Psychology”, the
students is appointed diploma candidate and is eligible to work with patients under the
guidance of a Swiss state recognized supervisor2 accredited at the C. G. Jung Institute,
and to visit lectures, seminars and courses that are reserved for diploma candidates.
The second phase of the training, as a diploma candidate, entitles the student to work
independently as a Jungian Analytical Psychotherapist.

Self-Experience
The self-experience practice with a Training Analyst/Self-Experience Psychotherapist
with Federal Recognition3 is the core of the training. It accompanies the entire course
of training, comprises at least 150 sessions and, like every analytical or psychothera-
peutic activity, is inherently subject to confidentiality. It is separated from all evaluative
functions. A training analysis session lasts for at least 45 minutes.

Theoretical knowledge
Over the course of their studies, students must provide evidence that they have accu-
mulated at least 500 credits of theory. One credit corresponds to a teaching unit of 45
minutes. In the first two semesters, a total of 125 credits must be earned in the basic
subjects and the Intermediate Exam I “Fundamentals of Analytical Psychology” must
be passed in order to be appointed diploma candidate with case authorization. After-
wards, the advanced courses must be taken. Those who study part-time can take
longer to take the Intermediate Exam I.
The lectures and seminars should impart the theoretical knowledge necessary to be
able to graduate and, additionally, offer insights into the areas of knowledge that are
relevant for Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy. Depending on the program,
several written papers must be completed that are evaluated by a main examiner,
training analyst/self-experience psychotherapist, supervisor candidate or supervisor.
However, neither the personal training analyst/self-experience psychotherapist nor the
members of the students own Admissions Committee are eligible to do this.

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Training Analyst/Self-Experience Psychotherapist are synonymous terms.
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Supervisors with a federally recognized psychotherapy title or a federal specialist recognition in Psychiatry and
Psychotherapy are referred to as “Supervisors with Federal Recognition”.
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Training Analysts/Self-Experience Psychotherapists with a federally recognized psychotherapy title or a federal
specialist recognition in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy are referred to as “Training Analysts/Self-Experience Psy-
chotherapists with Federal Recognition”.
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Clinical Experience
Clinical practice (at least two years full-time with 40 hours per week, part-time takes
correspondingly longer) aims to provide students with psychotherapeutic experience
across a broad spectrum of mental illnesses and disorders.
The clinical practice must be completed in psychosocial care facilities, with at least one
year working in a facility for outpatient or inpatient psychiatric/psychotherapeutic care.
Generally speaking, clinical practice is case-responsible employment (in the fields of
psychology or medicine), under the supervision of a psychologist or psychiatrist. The
2-year clinical practice required for the diploma studies is not sufficient for the Cantonal
Practice Permit for an Activity that is reimbursed by the Mandatory Health Care Insur-
ance (OKP). For such a license to practice at the expense of the OKB, every federally
recognized psychotherapist must provide evidence of 3 years of clinical practice at
100% activity according to the so-called “order model”4.

Intermediate Exams I and II

In all programs, the first part of the training concludes with the intermediate oral exam
I: “Fundamentals of Analytical Psychology”. It can be taken in the 2 nd semester at the
earliest. After this intermediate exam, the two oral intermediate exams II must be taken
within the following two semesters and at the earliest in the 3rd semester. For example,
in program E this would be: “Dreams in Adults from the Perspective of Depth Psychol-
ogy” and “Myths and Fairy Tales from the Perspective of Depth Psychology”.

Supervised psychotherapeutic casework with patients

Following the promotion to diploma candidate, at least 500 treatment sessions (case-
work) with patients are to be completed in all programs. At least 10 completed cases
must be demonstrated and each documented with a case report. One treatment ses-
sion lasts at least 45 minutes. The psychotherapeutic casework with patients within the
framework of the training is subject to the supervision of the Institute and must be
overseen regularly during the training by accredited supervisors with federal recogni-
tion (see list of Accredited Instructors with Federal Recognition).
The casework must be accompanied by a total of 150 supervision sessions. A mini-
mum of 50 sessions must be completed in an individual setting with at least two super-
visors and at least 70 sessions as group supervision (in program E and K in at least
two groups, and in program C in at least three). The remaining 30 sessions can be
completed either as individual or as group supervision. An individual supervision ses-
sion lasts at least 45 minutes, a group supervision session lasts 90 minutes.

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Federally recognized psychological psychotherapists with a practice permit will be able to work independently
and on their own account at the expense of the mandatory health insurance (OKB) from July 1, 2022. The re-
quirement is a doctor’s order.
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Diploma Exams
The second phase of the training ends with three diploma exams in the programs E
and K and with four exams in program C. These diploma exams can be taken in the
7th semester at the earliest.
In program E, for example, the following fields of study are examined orally: “Individual
Case Examination of an Adult including the Understanding of Dreams from the Per-
spective of Depth Psychology”; as well as “The Understanding of Pictures or Sandplay
Processes in Adults from the Perspective of Depth Psychology and Clinical Practice”.
In addition, a written exam must be taken on topics from the module “Existential Ques-
tions and Societal Challenges and their Relevance for Psychotherapy”.

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 Timeline Analytical Psychotherapy Program A tabular overview of the examinations and requirements in the
respective programs can be found at the end of the Continuing
Education Curriculum Analytical Psychotherapy on the Institute's
website.
intermediate
intermediate exams II diploma exams
exams I

word association test

seminar paper
admission interviews

diploma interviews
intermediate inter-

lector part 2
lector part 1
view
1 2 3 4
training candidate diploma candidate

125 credits in the basic sub- 375 credits in the advanced subjects
jects

500h casework

150 sessions supervision

75h training analysis (self-experience) 75h training analysis (self-experience)

clinical experience, 2 years full time

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Costs of the training
Approximate costs for program E and K (as of January 2022):

enrollment, admissions committee, exam fees and fees for the BAG-diploma 3‘790 CHF
semester fees 25’600 CHF
self-experience (per session/45 mins: 135 CHF5) 20‘250 CHF
individual supervision (per session/45 mins) 6750 CHF
group supervision (per session/90 mins: 50 CHF) 3’500 CHF
30 sessions individual or group supervision 1‘500 – 4‘050 CHF
Total (at least) 61’390 CHF
Similarly, program C has costs of at least 61’740 CHF

This fee summary does not include travel, board, accommodation costs and individual
study materials that may be required as well as possible additional fees (e.g. entry into
professional register, practice license etc.).

Dates
Courses in German are offered during the regular semester on Thursdays, Fridays,
and Saturdays. Lectures and seminars in English are offered in three-week (English)
blocks 3 times a year (February, June/July, and October/November). Exams will be
held in February and June.

Application and selection procedure

Once all the documents have been sent to the C. G. Jung Institute, the selection pro-
cedure can last up to two months. The application should, therefore, be submitted at
least three months before the intended beginning of the training. The training can be
started in April and October, at the beginning of each semester.

Please send the following documents along with your application form 6 by email to the
administration of studies for the attention of the Admissions Committee:
• A recent photo
• A photocopy of the academic diploma
• A brief biography (5 to 10 pages), in which the most important moments and
personal, inner experiences are described: especially analyzing conflicts, crises
or problems in different periods of life, as well as describing encounters with
Jungian Psychology, and outlining the reason and motivation to study it
• Payment of the application fee (CHF 320.00, no refund)

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Average fee in Switzerland.
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The application form can be found under www.junginstitut.ch.
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Contact
C. G. Jung-Institut Zürich, Küsnacht, Hornweg 28, CH-8700 Küsnacht
Phone +41 44 914 10 40
URL www.junginstitut.ch
E-Mail [email protected]

Natascia Quaglia (Administration of Studies)

E-Mail [email protected]

Dr. phil. Lea-Sophie Richter (Director of Studies)

E-Mail [email protected]

12/2022

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