The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles offers an unpaid, one-year (renewable for a second year) half-time internship to individuals who have completed a masters degree in psychology or social welfare, or are enrolled in a clinical psychology doctoral program. Applicants are required to have completed two years of clinical experience and 50 hours of depth psychotherapy; analysis continues during the internship. Internship hours may count toward MFT, LCSW, or psychology licensure. The internship program is a member of the California Psychology Internship Council (CAPIC). The internship begins mid-September and ends August 31 of each academic year.

The half-time internship is 20 hours per week, including one hour per week individual face-to-face supervision with a Jungian analyst, two hours per week group supervision with a Jungian analyst, two hours per week of didactic courses held on Saturdays, and 10 hours per week conducting individual psychotherapy with clinic patients. Interns are responsible for conducting intake interviews with potential clinic patients and a written report of the interview; ongoing progress notes of each psychotherapy session turned in at the end of each month; reports on each patient who terminates treatment; annual reports summarizing the progress of each patient seen during the year; collection of clinic fees and submission of clinic fees to the Institute bookkeeper on a monthly basis.

Interns are granted free membership in the Max and Lore Zeller library at the C.G. Jung Institute for the duration of their internship. Interns are also invited to attend all public lectures offered by the Jung Institute for free, except for fundraising events, and may attend some elective seminars and workshops offered by the analyst training program of the Jung Institute.

GOALS OF THE INTERNSHIP

The internship program at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles aims to train psychologists and psychotherapists in depth-oriented psychotherapy, utilizing the theories and methods developed by the Swiss psychiatrist, Dr. Carl Gustav Jung. Jungian analysis or psychotherapy investigates the conscious and unconscious psyche in order to help remove or mitigate troubling symptoms blocks to a healthy and fulfilling life. Jung believed that the origin of most symptoms or blocks lies in the unconscious, therefore, an attempt to access what the “unconscious has to say” through dreams, associations, and fantasies is an important aspect of this kind of psychotherapy. Attention to conscious thoughts and feelings and to the everyday aspects of one’s life are also important areas of focus. Jung did not promote rigid techniques; he believed the process of psychological development to be unique to each individual. Therefore, Jungian depth-oriented psychotherapy will vary considerably according to the needs of each client.

All psychoanalysts, including Jungian analysts, look for the cause of one’s present difficulties in childhood, past experiences, and in the personal unconscious. In addition, Jungian analysts look for meaning hidden in current problems as help in finding direction for one’s ongoing life and to connect with the larger meaning of life. Jungian analysts investigate both the personal and the collective unconscious.

Interns are expected to become competent in diagnostic formulation, treatment planning, case conceptualization, and psychotherapeutic techniques. Through individual and group supervision with certified Jungian analysts, our interns develop the skills necessary to bring awareness to diversity issues, developmental issues, transference and countertransference, frame, and working with dreams and other symbolic material.

Throughout the internship, interns are taught how to relate to unconscious material through expanding their awareness of the diffuse quality of the inner and outer world. We help interns develop confidence in their clinical abilities by supporting the development of their unique skill sets and personal aptitudes. Interns are expected to develop a basic understanding of Jungian
concepts and the ways in which these concepts manifest in clinical work. Interns are also taught a basic understanding an “analytic attitude” and foster ways so that the intern begins to embody this attitude. To this end, the internship provides educational programs pertinent to clinical work
and adds to their understanding of Jungian psychology.

CLINIC PROCEDURES

Prior to the beginning of the internship, usually in the summer, each new intern will receive a packet with a copy of the clinic manual, a clinic agreement form, and a clinic information form for personal information about the intern. The two forms must be returned before the beginning of the internship and the clinic manual must be read thoroughly. A Californian state requirement is that all people working in a licensed clinic must have a health screening by a physician, including a TB test. A note from the physician that the intern in found to be non-contagious must be on file at the clinic before the beginning of the internship.

VACATION

Interns may choose not to work on all major holidays: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as well as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur if these holidays are celebrated. The clinic will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day to allow interns vacation time. Interns may also take a one-week vacation in the spring and any one other week of their choosing. The week of choice may be combined with the winter or spring vacation. If interns are aware of circumstances that require time away from the clinic, they should try to use the week of their choosing for such situations. If more time is needed, it must be discussed with the clinic director in advance.

APPLICATION

Applicants must currently be enrolled in a doctoral program (pre- or post-doc) in clinical psychology or have already completed a master’s degree. Internship hours may be counted toward the psychology license or toward the M.F.T. or L.C.S.W. license. Applicant must have completed 50 hours analytic or depth psychotherapy and have had two years of clinical experience before beginning the internship. In addition, the intern must continue to be in weekly personal analysis with an IAAP-Certified Jungian analyst in good standing from within our community during the internship.

For master’s students, please complete the application form, verification of analytic or depth psychotherapy hours, obtain three personal references and have them send letters directly to the Institute. At least one letter must be from your current or a previous supervisor. In addition to those letters, please have your personal analyst sign the verification of hours of analysis form.

For doctoral students, due to the sunsetting of CAPIC, we are in the process of revising our application forms.  They will be available shortly.

Deadline for all application material: March 1st.

Applications received after March 1st, will be considered if internship vacancies exist.

Please email completed application to: clinic@junginla.org

A personal interview with the Admissions Committee will be scheduled after review of your application. You will be contacted regarding this interview as soon as possible after the application deadline.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact

Lori Tyler, Ph.D. & Lynn Easley, LCSW
Co-Directors of the Kieffer E. Frantz Clinic
c/o the C. G. Jung Institute
clinic@junginla.org
Phone: (310) 556-1193 ext 225