History of Analytical Psychology

The history of analytical psychology is part of the larger history of depth psychology and psychoanalysis, with which it is intertwined and yet separate. Analytical psychology has had different patterns of development from country to country. It has had a continual presence since the early 1920s in Switzerland, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Interest in C. G. Jung's psychology continued to grow, and the Analytical Psychology Club had neither the financial resources nor the personnel to meet the growing need. The analysts in New York, spearheaded by Esther Harding, decided to form a foundation that would serve as a central point for all activities concerning Jung's analytical psychology. The International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), with its many functions, has played an increasingly prominent role in the growth of analytical psychology with a primary mandate to accredit analysts and offering an organizational identification.