ABSTRACT
Jung was the first to recognize the necessity of the training analysis, and did so while still a Freudian psychoanalyst. The importance of the personal analysis for analytic training was central for both Freud and Jung from the beginning, before World War I. In the field of analytical psychology, before the formation of training institutes, the way to become a Jungian analyst was through personal analysis with Jung and/or one of his assistants. Prior to entering training, the potential candidate's analysis is qualitatively not different from other therapeutic analyses. This chapter describes some of the complexities of the personal training analysis as a candidate goes through the training process. It is not easy for a candidate in training to have a successful analysis, and we may marvel that it works as often as it does. The personal analysis is the groundwork of being an analyst, and one needs to protect it from the institutional demands of training.
