About the Institute
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Building on More
Than Fifty Years
of Analytic Training
Benefits
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Lasting Change
Through Analytical Work
Jungian analysis offers a different path from standardized therapy approaches. Rather than focusing solely on immediate symptoms, analytical work creates space for deeper understanding and lasting transformation.
History
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Our Legacy
The Institute emerged from the Analytical Psychology Club of New York in 1962. The acquisition of our Manhattan brownstone in 1973 established a permanent center for clinical practice, training, and research. Each decade has brought careful evolution of our programs while maintaining connection to analytical psychology's essential insights.
About Us
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A Living Lineage:
From Jung to New York
C.G. Jung and the
Birth of Analytical Psychology
1875–1961
Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) developed the foundational ideas of Analytical Psychology — archetypes, the collective unconscious, shadow, and individuation. His life’s work was not merely theoretical but rooted in personal experience, spiritual depth, and profound engagement with myth, alchemy, and psyche. His Zurich-based teaching created a lineage — one meant to be carried on, deepened, and lived.
From Zürich to New York:
The Training of Our Founders
1930s–1960s
The founders of our Institute were directly trained by Jung or his closest collaborators at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich. Foremost among them were Dr. Mary Esther Harding and Dr. Eleanor Bertine, both of whom studied extensively with Jung and played a seminal role in bringing his work to New York. Harding was the first Jungian analyst to practice in the U.S. and became a central figure in establishing a formal Jungian presence in the city. Bertine, a pioneering psychiatrist and Jungian, worked alongside her to build a clinical and symbolic framework true to Jung’s teachings. Together, they founded the first Jungian training program in the United States.
The Founding of the
C.G. Jung Institute of New York
1962
In 1962, under the leadership of Dr. Mary Esther Harding and Dr. Eleanor Bertine, the C.G. Jung Institute of New York was formally founded. Their vision was to create a center for training that preserved the integrity of Jung’s analytical psychology through rigorous clinical preparation and symbolic understanding. Dr. Edward Edinger and Dr. Edward Whitmont were among the first cohort of trainees.
In 1973, Dr. Harding purchased the Wanamaker mansion at 28 East 39th Street to house the Institute, the Jung Foundation, the Analytical Psychology Club, and eventually the New York Association for Analytical Psychology, the Kristine Mann Library, and ARAS ( the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism). The Institute became a key link in the Jungian lineage — not merely inspired by Jung, but directly descended from his analytic circle.
Accreditation and State Recognition
1990s–2000s
The C. G. Jung Institute of New York was chartered by the New York State Board of Regents in 1975 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational institution. In the 1990s, the C.G. Jung Institute was accredited by the American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis (ABAP).
Subsequently, it became one of the few Jungian institutions approved by the New York State Education Department to train students for licensure in psychoanalysis. These milestones affirmed the Institute’s commitment to excellence, clinical rigor, and public trust — ensuring that Jungian training continues as a professionally credible and state-recognized pathway.
Continuing the Lineage
A Home for Jungian Work Today
Beyond
The Institute remains a vital and evolving center for Jungian training. Our faculty today are part of an unbroken chain of transmission reaching back to Jung himself. As interest in Jung surges in our culture, we serve as a trusted source of depth, clinical integrity, and symbolic understanding — the living home of Analytical Psychology in New York and beyond.
Professional Formation
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About the Institute
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Key Personnel
Administration
Co-Directors of the Affordable Therapy Center
Irina Doctoroff, MS, LMFT, LP – (212) 867-8461
Royce Froehlich, Ph.D., MDiv, LCSW-R
Executive Administrator – Ms. Navarro – (212) 986-5458
Director of Training – Martha Harrell, Ph.D.
IT Department
Jerry Strauss
Officers and Members of the Board of Directors
Christopher Cooper, MS, LP, NCPsyA – President
Laurie Schapira, RN, MSN, LP – Vice President & Director of Admissions & IJCP
Hilda Guttormsen, MFA, LP – Trustee & Curriculum & Faculty Chair
Irina Doctoroff, LMFT, LP – Trustee
Charles Hall, MA – Treasurer
Cory Douglas – Secretary
Bohdan Hoshovsky, PhD. – Trustee, Review Committee Chair
