How to Become a Jungian Analyst in Canada, Part 2

Yesterday I took a deep dive into the various tracks to becoming a Jungian Analyst in Canada (these are all 2024 numbers). To sum up our findings, we found that it is:

1. Expensive.

If you have even more money, here are some other options for English-speaking Canadians:

Association of Jungian Analysts- United Kingdom

The Society of Analytical Psychology- United Kingdom

So you don’t have to have a professional qualification, but you do need professional experience. Oh lordy. Next.

Association of Jungian Psychoanalysts of Quebec

The AJPQ has a website in French and English! However, this is a small organization with only 7 members listed and they don’t provide training. I looked to see where their analysts received their training, and they have trained at the following schools:

So obviously we have to look at this diploma at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich.

C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich

Their program is the same as everywhere else we’ve looked so far- the diploma program is 8 semesters long or 4 years, but here, you can do a specialization in:

Note that these costs don’t include costs for travel, meals, accommodation, and study materials like books, etc.

The C.G. Jung Institute only has the one track when it comes to getting in, no exceptions; you have to have a Master’s first, but at least you don’t have to be a psychoanalyst or psychologist first! They just want a Masters. Here are their prerequisities:

• Minimum age: 25 years
• Completed academic studies (Master Level, University or Advanced Technical College) in all fields.
• 50 hours Jungian self-experience Analysis within the framework of a Jungian Analysis with a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology, IAAP.

At first glance, the four benefits to doing it here are:

• You don’t have to be a psychologist (or psychoanalyst?) first
• You’re going straight to the source of the wisdom
• You can focus on children or adolescents
• You can start application at age 25 instead of 30 like with OAJA, and you only need 50 hours of analysis before applying instead of 100.
• There seems to be more flexibility with taking time off in between years (you’ll have to look into that yourself).

Obviously the draw-back is that it’s the most expensive (in terms of tuition. Pacifica is the most expensive if you live far away).

Fortunately, there are other options if you speak French. In French, the two stages are called Didactique and Contrôle.

Société Française de Psychologie Analytique- France

1. have actively participated in the teachings of the CG Jung Institute throughout the duration of the didactic stage; he must notify of his absences.
2. have the title of psychologist or doctor of medicine or psychotherapist
3. for people not meeting the criteria of point 2), provide proof of training in psychopathology (DU type of psychopathology, FPP, CNAM, EPhEP type training, etc.) and attesting to at least 500 hours of training in internships in institution.
   Any request for exceptional exemption will be examined by the Admissions Council.;
4. have demonstrated sufficient knowledge of the work of CG Jung, analytical psychology and psychoanalysis;
5. have been in charge of analysands for at least two years, under the supervision of a supervising psychoanalyst from the SFPA;
6. have participated in a clinical working group.

SFPA website, Becoming a Jungian Psychoanalyst, translated from French with google

I looked up what those abbreviations mean- I’ll translate them directly from French:

Type DU de psychopathologie. DU = diplôme d’université = university diploma. For example, here is a 400-hour diploma in psychotherapies and developmental psychopathology. It’s in the Health Faculty of Université de Paris Cité. However, in order to get in, you need to be a doctor, psychologist, nurse, doctoral student in psychology, medical-social professional, professional with an orientation in their practice toward psychotherapy, psychologist in training, psychiatrist intern, or be a candidate who is judged to be capable of following the teachings by the director of learning and authorized by the pedagogic council.

Formation de type FPP. FPP = Fédération française de psychologue et de psychologie. Basically, are you taking any of the training available through the French regulatory body of Psychologists and Psychology?

Formation de type CNAM. CNAM = Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. According to Wikipedia, this is a French equivalent to American ivy league schools.

Founded in 1794 by the French bishop Henri Grégoire, CNAM’s core mission is dedicated to provide education and conduct research for the promotion of science and industry. With 70,000 students and a budget of €174 million,^[15] it is the largest university in Europe in terms of Budget for distance learning and continued education, and in terms of enrolment, slightly ahead of the University of Hagen.

Wikipedia, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers

Here is a list of programs with CNAM that you can do in the field of psychology, and some of them are online. But do they let in Canadians? What are the fees? I’ll let you look that up.

Formation de type EPhEP. EPhEP = École pratique des hautes études en psychopathologies. According to Wikipedia, this is a French post-graduate top-level educational institution. I’ll let you look that up if that sounds like it’s for you.

Basically, if you are Canadian, the French Jungian chapter is probably not the route you want to take if you don’t have – and don’t necessarily want to – go the Medical Professional route.

It should be noted their school lets you do a specialization in children and/or adolescents there as well.

Belgian School of Jungian Psychoanalysis

1. Therapist 1: Master of Education, Registered Psychologist- charges 200$/session
2. Therapist 2: MEd from University of Regina, Psychologist- charges $170/session
3. Therapist 3: Doctorate of Clinical Psychologist from University of Regina
4. Therapist 4: Masters at the University of Regina (in Counselling?) (still in practicum)- charges 90$/session
5. Therapist 5: Registered Social Worker- charges 180$/session
6. Therapist 6: Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Regina- charges 150$/session
7. Therapist 7: Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University (still qualifying)- charges 150$/session
8. Therapist 8: Masters of Clinical Social Work from the University of Calgary
9. Therapist 9: Masters in Social Work from Charls Sturt University, Australia- charges 150$/session
10. Therapist 10: Masters in Occupational Therapy from University of Manitoba- 140$/session
11. Therapist 11: Master of Education (Educational Psychology) from University of Regina- charges 140$/session
12. Therapist 12: Master of Arts from Yorkville University, Graduated in 2014 but still a pre-licensed professional- charges 140$/session
13. Therapist 13: Masters of Clinical Social Work from the University of Calgary, charges $150/session
14. Therapist 14: Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Regina
15. Therapist 15: Bachelor of Social Work
16. Therapist 16: MA- charges $135/session
17. Therapist 17: Master of Education from the University of Regina- charges 180$/session
18. Therapist 18: Master of Science from the University of Regina, Registered Provisional Psychologist- charges 180$/session
19. Therapist 19: Masters in Counselling from the University of Lethbridge, currently working on doctorate in Psychology- charges $200/session
20. Therapist 20: Masters in Education from the University of Western Ontario, Registered Psychologist- charges 200$/session.

If one wanted to practice counselling in Saskatchewan and make $72,500 gross, they’d have to make $278/day, working 5 days a week. That means, if they have 2 clients/day, each client needs to be paying them $140. They’d have to find a way to distinguish themselves from the 200 other psychologists and counsellors in Regina. Could they do that with Jungian approach, astrology, and the Enneagram? Possibly.

I wanted to talk about one more Masters program. This one doesn’t even get you Counsellor status, but it could have an advantage. I was thinking about OAJA’s qualifications, and they just want a Masters, so by the sounds of it, you could do any Masters, and not only is this one fairly affordable, but it’s all about Jung!:

University of Essex- United Kingdom

The downside is that you only get about two hours of contact time with the professor per week, but if you want a Masters to get into OAJA’s Jungian program, this is super relevant. I mean, one would think there would be a ton of overlap between the two schools, but there is more than two years’ worth of reading of Jung’s materials- it can’t possibly all be covered in one year. If this interests you and you’re interested in applying to a Jungian society afterwards, check with them to make sure they’d accept it first.