Certified Jungian Analysts - Licensed Mental Health Professionals
The Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts (PNSJA) is comprised of licensed mental health professionals who have received specialized training in analytical psychology and are certified as Jungian Analysts. The society exists to guide and support the practice of analytical psychology within its region of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada. PNSJA is a member society of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and Council of North American Societies of Jungian Analysis; and partners locally with Portland-based Oregon Friends of Jung.
Analytical Psychology is a widely established form of depth psychology pioneered by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (1875 -1961) and further developed by Marie-Louse von Franz, Edward Edinger, James Hillman and others in the US and abroad. Analytical psychology considers the unconscious a source of creative solutions to resistant problems. Analysts help clients explore their dreams, spontaneous expression of emotions, bodily symptoms, and synchronistic events for what they may hold for a path leading to healing and growth known as individuation.
Analyst training. All PNSJA analysts have engaged in post-graduate analytical training that builds upon licensure within their respective clinical fields. All analytical training programs require candidates to undergo personal analysis, passage of exams in core curriculum areas, supervision of work with clients and more.
Continuing education. Analysts engage in an ongoing program of professional d evelopment as a regular component of the Society’s fall, winter, and spring meetings. Through outside expert presentations and members’ own study/research, analysts continue to explore the key insights of analytical psychology and age-old sources of wisdom for understanding the problems that attend the human condition.