Application to the IAAP Program

Admissions Guidelines

The JPA invites applications for training from individuals with a graduate degree, Master’s level or higher, from a registered degree-granting program in New York State or another recognized program. A degree in a mental health discipline is preferred, but applications from potentially qualified individuals with a graduate degree in other disciplines will be considered.

The JPA prefers, but does not require, the following:

• Prior experience in the mental health field, preferably supervised experience as a psychotherapist.
• Prior analysis, preferably with a certified Jungian analyst. Although applicants are not required to have had analysis before entering the program, if they have had Jungian analysis prior to enrollment, those hours will be evaluated and if found acceptable, may be counted toward the 300 hours of Jungian analysis required for graduation from the JPA program. However, regardless of previous analytic hours, candidates must be in Jungian analysis during their entire training with the JPA

Admissions Process

We have two application periods, one in the Fall and one in the Spring. Both periods admit for the following Fall. Application dates and deadlines are listed below.

To apply for training with the JPA, first please contact Andrea Hunt, director of admissions, to schedule a preliminary interview. She can be reached at (212) 545-1496.  You may also e-mail her at admissions@nyjung.org. The preliminary interview will establish if the applicant is qualified and whether an application would be appropriate. If so, the applicant will fill out a form and return it to the director.

The director then establishes a panel of three JPA analysts who meet individually with the applicant. Upon recommendation by the panel that the applicant be considered for admission, the applicant is invited to participate in a portion of one of our weekend colloquium meetings, to give the applicant a sense of the learning community in action. The panel makes the final decision about acceptance after that meeting.

If the Admissions panel decides that it is advisable, it may require an applicant to complete additional preparation and/or submit additional materials prior to admission to the training program.

If the applicant is accepted, then 2 of the three members of the admissions panel, plus one other analyst chosen by the candidate during the first year of study becomes his/her advising committee. The advising committee follows and works with the candidate for the length of the program, serving as an advising, mediating and support group for the candidate.

Individuals who have already completed part of another training program in psychoanalysis and who wish to apply to the JPA program will be considered on a case-by-case basis and may be granted advanced standing.

The JPA administers its admissions policy without regard to race, religion, national origin, marital status, age, sex, or sexual orientation, as well as without regard to a person’s disability as designated by applicable law.

If you wish to apply for admission to the JPA training program for the Fall of 2011, you may do so in one of two time periods. You may apply either to the First Application Period (if you want an “Early Decision”) or to the Second Application Period.

The two application periods and all of the deadlines are as follows:

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