The McMillan Institute

for Jungian Studies

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The Frank N. McMillan, Jr.

Institute for Jungian Studies

Compassionate, ethical action depends on knowing oneself. We create community best when we are able to discern our unconscious motivations, and confront the ways we imagine the world we live in. Each of us must walk our own paths – no one can tell us who we are, or what we must be. Home to The Fay Lectures Series, The McMillan Institute is a unique resource that features lectures, workshops, conferences, and other learning opportunities that lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves, the world around us, and our imaginations of both.

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What Is Jungian Analysis And Psychotherapy?

While The Jung Center does not operate a clinic nor formally endorse psychotherapy with particular therapists, we often receive questions about the therapeutic resources available in Houston. Many types of therapy apply the ideas of Carl Jung. Jungian analysis involves in-depth work with an individual trained in a formal analytical program, such as that offered in Zurich, Switzerland, where Jung loved and developed his ideas. There are regional and interregional training programs in the United States which also train individuals to become analysts. The format of analysis varies based on the needs of the client as well as the preference and experiences of the analyst. Jungian-inspired work is also offered by individuals trained and licensed as psychologists, professional counselors, social works and marriage and family therapists. Dr. Jung’s ideas have germinated a variety of treatment modalities such as dream work, active imagine, sand tray, movement and dance, body-centered therapies and transpersonal therapies which integrate practices from spiritual traditions of both the Eastern and Western traditions.

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Houston-Area Jungian Analysts And Psychotherapists

Due to frequent requests, The Jung Center provides the following list of Jungian analysts, psychologists and therapists who are in some way affiliated with The Jung Center. The Center does not recommend clinicians and it is often wise to interview two or three different individuals in making a decision of who might be most helpful for your particular issues and need.



The C.G. Jung Page

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Since 2005, The Jung Center has maintained The Jung Page, which includes articles, film and book reviews, out-of-print books, audio, reference works and a large collection of links to like-minded organizations.

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Jungian Societies and Professional Organizations

Frank N. McMillan III on the McMillan Institute

Every night as they have for over 100 million years, gifted as a legacy from our evolutionary forbearers, dreams emerge from the unconscious depths bearing clues to unlocking the labyrinth that is our waking existence.


Understanding them to be spontaneous products of nature, the famous Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung viewed dreams as creative and healthy messages that employ symbolic images to help guide us along our path of self-realization.


As a boy growing up in depression-era Texas, my late father experienced his own numinous encounter with a majestic dream lion that came to him in the night and inspired by this powerful summons from the unconscious, and true to the promptings of his own intellectual integrity, as an adult he set out on a spiritual quest that soon transcended the limited cultural horizons of his traditional rural upbringing. Somewhere along the way, however, he became lost and fell into an existential crisis. And then, on the very edge of the abyss, in an uncanny meeting with an eccentric stranger in a moment of synchronicity at a cross-roads cafe that was too magical to be anything but true, he heard the name Carl Jung for the first time. As a consequence, he was psychologically reborn in every possible dimension he could be and his life path was guided towards that far horizon where meaning beckons. He put it best in his own words: “Jung saved my life.” This renewed inner journey soon led him to the door of The Jung Center in Houston, Texas.


The Frank N. McMillan Jr. Institute for Jungian Studies is the culmination of my father’s vision that individuals from around the world, seekers from every nationality, age, ethnicity, gender, orientation, and spiritual tradition, may find a safe and intellectually nourishing place that nurtures and supports their own inner explorations through the provision of resources, materials, and space for meaningful personal encounters that will prepare, enlighten and encourage them for their ongoing voyage into that last great wilderness, the inner universe of the psyche. In my opinion, there is no better spot to experience this most significant of journeys than The Jung Center. May the consciousness that is created here forever enable our own dreams to walk the earth as we seek to heal both the planet and ourselves.


- Frank N. McMillan III

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