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Unitas

The IRSJA strives to uphold the values of Unitas in our teachings, in our practices, and in our organization. We welcome all qualified individuals to our community. We strive for sensitivity in listening, learning, and contributing to a greater understanding of each other. Furthermore, we endeavor to recognize, understand, and admit shadow into consciousness. We are therefore committed to act in accordance with the high value we place on affiliation, openness, interest in each other, and in our own internal worlds. When conflicts arise, we endeavor to resolve them in a transparent, conscientious, and caring manner.

Readings by Jungian authors on racism, cultural complexes, and diversity issues.

  • Brewster, F. (2017). African Americans and Jungian psychology: Leaving the shadows. Abingdon & New York: Routledge.
  • Brewster, F. (2020).  The racial complex: A Jungian perspective on culture and race. Abingdon & New York: Routledge.
  • Calland, R. (2019). Race, power and intimacy in the intersubjective field: the intersection of racialized cultural complexes and personal complexes. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 64,3,367-385.
  • Carter, C.J. (2021). Time for space at the table: an African American – Native American analyst-in-training’s first-hand reflections. A call for the IAAP to publicly denounce (but not erase) the white supremacist writings of C.G. Jung. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 66, 1, 70–92.
  • Cunningham, R.M. (2018). The march from Selma to Montgomery and the nonviolent movement in analysis, Psychological Perspectives, 61:3, 331-343, DOI: 10.1080/00332925.2018.1495512
  • Hernandez, L.(2021). Racial and cultural in-betweenness meet in the consulting room: the case of “Anna”. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 66,3,644-664.
  • Kimbles, S. (2014). Phantom narratives: The unseen contributions of culture to psyche. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Kimbles, S. (2021). Intergenerational complexes in analytical psychology: The suffering of ghosts.  Abingdon & New York: Routledge.
  • Singer, T. & Kimbles, S. (Eds).(2004). The cultural complex: contemporary perspectives on psyche and society. East Sussex & New York: Brunner-Routledge.

 

Training

Training Manual

Training Manual – 2024.06.01
Appendix D: IRSJA Candidate Transcript Instructions
Appendix E: IRSJA File, Header, Footer Conventions
Appendix F: Written Exam Assessment
Appendix G: Guidelines for Diploma Exam Chairs
Appendix H: Annual Training Calendar

IRSJA Reading List – 2009 Revision(#3)

Candidate Training Forms

Transcript Completion Procedures
Candidate Transcript Form – To be completed and submitted via Adobe eSign Only
Applicant/Candidate Waiver
IRSJA General Case Presentation Guidelines

Analyst Forms

Analyst Waiver
IRSJA Candidate Evaluation Form
IRSJA General Case Presentation Guidelines

The Hermes Fund in Support of Candidate Training

Require, Desire, and Inspire: Hermes Fund Grand Information

Member Handbook/Manual

Member Manual

For a copy of the Member Manual, please contact Kathrin Hartmann, IRSJA Secretary, and she will email a PDF to you.

Kathrinhartmannphd [at] gmail [dot] com

Money Matters

Hello Colleagues, 

Here you can find how much you owe for dues, how much exam fees are, and/or how much you will receive as a stipend for your committee work for IRSJA. These amounts for IRSJA have been determined and voted in by the membership and are what is current now for 2023. 

The IAAP dues are determined by IAAP and the negotiated exchange rate we agree upon with IAAP.  

DUES 

Active Members     $400.00
Newly Admitted Active Members     $200.00 (half year)
Emeritus (75-84)       $200.00
Emeritus (85+)     No dues payment required

Active Members who vote with IRSJA (as versus voting with AGAP or Chicago, for example)
Add Dues for IAAP         $260.00**

Candidates              $620.00
Newly Admitted      $310.00 (half year)

 (**Members over 75 years of age do not have to pay IAAP dues. You remain a member of IAAP but pay no dues after 75.)

ADMISSION FEES

Applying Analysts                            $200.00
Application for Candidacy              $500.00

EXAM FEES

Propaedeuticum Exams (all 5)       $800.00
Propaedeuticum Retakes (each)    $200.00
Thesis Exam                                      $850.00
Cases Exam                                       $850.00

 STIPENDS 

Executive Committee Members
President $1,000 per year
Vice-President $1,000 per year
Secretary $1,000 per year
Treasurer $1,000 per year
Director of Admissions $1,000 per year
Director of Training $1,000 per year
 Training Committees
Director of Training $1,000 (as per above)
     Training Committee Member $500 per year
Propaedeuticum Committee

Chair

 $50 per exam, up to $250
Propaedeuticum Examiner $50 per exam, up to $250
Substitute Propaedeuticum

Examiner

 $50 per exam, up to $250
Thesis or Cases Committee Chair $350
Reviewer Thesis or Cases

Committee

 $250
Review Committee Chair $50 per interview, up to $250 + $50 for being Chair
Review Committee

Member

 $50 per interview, up to $250
Review Committee

Substitute

 $50 per interview, up to $250
Other Committees
Admissions Committee Chair $1,000 (as per above)
   Admissions Committee Member $50 per interview, up to $250
Ethics Committee Chair $500 per year
   Ethics Committee Member $125 per meeting
Membership Committee Chair $250 per meeting
   Membership Committee Member $50 per applicant, up to $250
Nominations & Elections Committee Chair $200 per election
   Nominations & Elections Committee Member $50 per election
Continuing Education Committee (committee as a whole) $500 per year
   Continuing Education Committee (per meeting) Free CE’s plus $100 per report if doing an APA or NCC report or other reports/audits
 
Other Positions
Parliamentarian (per meeting) $125 per meeting
Newsletter Editor $250 per year
Facebook Coordinator $500 per year

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me:

Brenda Bunting
IRSJA Treasurer

1-416-807-1878
irsja.finances@gmail.com

Hermes Fund

The Hermes Fund in Support of Candidate Training

Thanks to the generosity and vision of a major donor, IRSJA is piloting The Hermes Fund (Fall 2024). This fund will assist candidates in emergency hardship situations and support enhanced training opportunities through grants. If a pilot year meets expectations, an endowment will be funded in perpetuity, providing emergency hardship relief and annual grants to candidates. The Hermes Fund will support our candidate colleagues in reaching their full potential and making their unique contributions to our field.

The Hermes Fund has three categories of funding:

  1. Require: Emergency financial hardship assistance (up to $5,000*)
    Where recent hardship or extraordinary circumstances require significant sacrifices to achieve minimum training requirements, the Hermes Fund offers immediate financial
    support so that training activities may continue.
  2. Desire: Training enhancement grant (up to $2,500)
    Where financial constraints limit optimal training goals and the development of original ideas, grant awards will assist candidates with their training, clinical development or
    psychological growth toward a unique analytical standpoint.
  3. Inspire: Grants to support work with unique potential for community significance (up to $10,000)
    Where a special project, research idea and/or publishing effort promises an advance in theoretical or clinical understanding for the IRSJA and Jungian communities.

Require, Desire, and Inspire: Hermes Fund Grand Information & Application Process
      updated 2025.09.04

Donating to IRSJA

Dear Colleagues,

Please find information here on the benefits of three options for how you can help IRSJA thrive in the future.

  1. Check out the new Donate Button on our website
    Your tax-deductible donation to the IRSJA makes it possible for our society to sustain its purpose to train new analysts and offer Jungian analysts a vital and nourishing professional community well into the future. Some of our colleagues choose to donate their stipends back to IRSJA. Any amount is appreciated! You will receive a tax receipt from the treasurer and a written acknowledgment and appreciation from our President.
    The steps for donating your stipend back to IRSJA are [1.] to accept your stipend, and [2.] to donate the amount you wish back through our donate button. These steps are necessary if you wish to receive a charitable tax receipt.
  2. Take advantage of tax savings through an IRA charitable distribution to IRSJA.
    Some of our colleagues take advantage of transferring pretax IRA dollars to IRSJA to get the maximum tax benefit from their IRA withdrawals. This is a special opportunity for those 70½ years old and older. You can give any amount (up to a maximum of $100,000) per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity such as IRSJA without having to pay income taxes on the money. Gifts of any value of $100,000 or less are eligible for this benefit and you can feel good knowing that you are making a difference to the IRSJA. This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollover, but you may also see it referred to as a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD for short. Beginning in the year you turn 73, you can use your gift to satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution (RMD). The transfer generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so you benefit even if you do not itemize your deductions. Since the gift doesn’t count as income, it can reduce your annual income level. This may help lower your Medicare premiums and decrease the amount of Social Security that is subject to tax.
  3. Join our colleagues who have chosen to make a lasting impact by creating a legacy gift to IRSJA
    I was very touched when someone at the spring meeting told me they had done this and thought that others would want to consider it. Honour an esteemed colleague, friend or loved one with your legacy gift. A gift in your will is a powerful way to leave a lasting impact on IRSJA and ensure that the analytical training and warm fellowship we all value will endure for many years into the future. You can decide how you want that money to be directed, according to the activities of the IRSJA that you most value. Perhaps you want to create a scholarship for candidates who need financial support to complete their training and contribute to our organization and the field of Analytical Psychology. Legacy gifts can come with tax breaks. Making a gift to the IRSJA in your will can reduce federal state taxes for heirs. Talk to your estate planner for the best advice on getting the maximum benefit from your planned giving.

Thank you to members who have been generous and thoughtful in making contributions, and thank you to those of you who are considering how you can help IRSJA stay vibrant for another 50 years. We greatly appreciate it!

Upcoming Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

Fall 2025

October 25- November 1: Embassy Suites
Omaha, NE
Group room rate: $175

SPRING 2026

April 22- 25: Embassy Suites
Boulder, CO
Group room rate: $219

Fall 2026

October 17-24**: Embassy Suites
Covington, KY
Group room rate: $193
**This will be an Invitational Conference

Papers

Conference Papers

Spring 2024

Spring 2023

Spring 2017

Fall 2016

 

Fall 2015

Spring 2013

Fall 2011

Spring 2011

Spring 2010

Fall 2009

Spring 2009

Fall 2006

Other

History & Archives

History of the Society

The Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts was established in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 15, 1973. The Founding Members were James Hall, Tom Kapacinskas, Linda Leonard, June Singer, Murray Stein, Arwind Vasavada, Joseph Wheelwright, and William Willeford. Louise Bode and William Walker were present as participating observers. Harry Wilmer was the first Analyst admitted into the Society at the Spring IAAP Congress in London in 1974.

The Inter-Regional Society came into being in order to facilitate mutual professional analytic fellowship and provide training for those students wanting such but not being able to participate in one of the already-established training programs of the IAAP. The idea of the Inter-Regional Society was discussed between June Singer (Chicago), James Hall (Dallas), and William Walker (Memphis) as early as 1972. Both James and June saw the need for a training program to serve those persons not in the area of other institutes. They laid the plans for the Inter-Regional and became the key forces in its inception. The New York Society provided a grant in order to aid the I-RSJA in its petition to become a Society with the IAAP. Joseph Wheelwright, a member of the International Executive Committee, was present and carried the cause of the l-RSJA to the IAAP and helped shepherd our application.

The first formal meeting of the Society, after being approved by the International, took place in Chicago at the Hotel Belmont, October 5-6, 1974. There Werner Engel met with the Society and became one of the key figures in the examination process of the Institute. At that meeting Louise Bode and William Walker became the first Control candidates. Walker transferred from the Zürich training program and Bode was associated with June Singer in the Chicago program and had passed her Propaedeuticum Exam in Zürich. Dr. Hall proudly announced that the following had become the first candidates to pass the Inter-Regional Propaedeuticum:  Harvey Honig, Gary Malek, and Conrad Muehling. The following candidates were admitted to the training program: Anne Avery, Virginia Cowger, Virginia DiCicco, John Giannini, Lois Khan, Sally Parks, Leland Roloff, and Martha Wolf.

Louise Bode and William Walker were the first persons to take and pass the Final Exams and become graduates of the Inter-Regional Society Training Program. This took place at the Spring meeting at Carmel, California, in 1976.

The first officers of the Inter-Regional Society were James Hall, President; June Singer, Vice President; Thomas Kapacinskas, Secretary; and Murray Stein, Treasurer. The Training Committee was chaired by June Singer and was composed of James Hall, June Singer, and William Willeford, with Murray Stein as alternate.