About BSAP
Drawing the Circle
Every meaningful community begins with a shared purpose.
The Bangalore Society of Analytical Psychology was established to create a home for the study, teaching, and advancement of Analytical Psychology in India. It is a place where ideas are explored with curiosity, where learning is rooted in dialogue, and where the symbolic dimensions of human experience are taken seriously.
As a Society, BSAP brings together people from diverse professions and backgrounds who share an interest in understanding the psyche through the lens of Jungian psychology. While our work is grounded in the tradition of Analytical Psychology, it is equally enriched by meaningful engagement with India's diverse cultural, philosophical, artistic, and symbolic traditions.
Who We Are
About BSAP
The Bangalore Society of Analytical Psychology is dedicated to fostering the understanding, practice, and development of Analytical Psychology in India.
Our work spans public education, professional development, scholarly exchange, and community engagement. Through lectures, workshops, reading groups, conferences, supervision, and educational programmes, we seek to make Jungian psychology accessible, relevant, and intellectually engaging.
BSAP welcomes mental health professionals, educators, researchers, students, artists, and anyone interested in exploring the symbolic life of the psyche. We believe that the study of Analytical Psychology is enriched when it brings together different disciplines, perspectives, and lived experiences in thoughtful conversation.
History
Our Story
Analytical Psychology continues to grow across the world as a rich tradition for understanding the human psyche. In India, questions of meaning, symbolism, mythology, spirituality, creativity, and transformation have long occupied an important place in cultural life. This creates fertile ground for engaging Jungian thought in ways that are rigorous, culturally relevant, and responsive to contemporary life.
BSAP emerged from this aspiration.
At the heart of its founding was an understanding that learning in Analytical Psychology is itself part of a developmental process.
Training reflects the principles and philosophy of individuation itself, an increasing capacity for both interiority and relationship, with the personal and professional held as one continuous dialectic. BSAP founding concept note
This understanding continues to shape BSAP's approach to learning. From a first encounter with Analytical Psychology through a public lecture or reading group to deeper professional study and the formal training of analysts, learning is understood as an engagement with ideas, with oneself, with others, and with the wider world.
Established as an Affiliated Developing Group of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), Zürich, BSAP seeks to nurture a vibrant Jungian community in India while contributing Indian perspectives and experience to the wider international conversation in Analytical Psychology.
Over the years, BSAP has brought together distinguished international and Indian speakers, created opportunities for professional learning and scholarly exchange, and fostered a growing community committed to the exploration of the psyche.
Our Vision
Towards greater consciousness
To nurture a vibrant community for the study, practice, and advancement of Analytical Psychology in India, engaging with Jungian thought and scholarship from around the world and India's diverse psychological, philosophical, spiritual, and symbolic traditions, towards greater consciousness in individuals and communities.
Our Mission
What we set out to do
Our mission is to:
- Advance the study, understanding, and practice of Analytical Psychology in India.
- Create opportunities for education, professional development, research, and scholarly exchange.
- Engage with Jungian thought, research, and scholarship from around the world.
- Bring Analytical Psychology into dialogue with India's diverse psychological, philosophical, spiritual, cultural, and symbolic traditions, contributing Indian perspectives to the wider Jungian conversation.
- Foster interdisciplinary dialogue across psychology, philosophy, mythology, literature, the arts, culture, and contemporary life.
- Support the development of Jungian practitioners and future analysts in India.
- Build an inclusive community that encourages thoughtful inquiry, psychological growth, and greater consciousness.
Our Values
What guides our work
Depth
We value careful reflection and sustained inquiry. Understanding the psyche requires patience, openness, and a willingness to engage with complexity.
Dialogue
We believe that meaningful understanding develops through conversation across disciplines, cultures, and perspectives.
Scholarship
We are committed to intellectual rigour, continuing education, and the responsible development of Analytical Psychology.
Community
We believe that learning is strengthened through participation, collaboration, and shared exploration.
Integrity
We seek to uphold ethical practice, professional responsibility, and respect for diverse experiences and viewpoints.
Our People
A community of practitioners and inquirers
BSAP is guided by an Executive Committee and supported by a growing community of members, faculty, collaborators, and volunteers.
Our community includes Jungian analysts, psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, educators, researchers, artists, writers, students, and individuals from diverse fields who share an interest in exploring the psyche and its symbolic expressions.
Together, they contribute to the educational, scholarly, and community life of the Society.
IAAP Affiliation
Part of a global network
The International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), headquartered in Zürich, is the international professional organisation representing Jungian analysts and affiliated societies around the world.
As an IAAP Affiliated Developing Group, BSAP is part of this global network and is committed to supporting the development of Analytical Psychology in India through education, professional training, collaboration, and international exchange.
This affiliation reflects BSAP's commitment to maintaining high standards in Jungian education while contributing to the continued growth of the field within the Indian context.
Looking Ahead
A living psychological tradition
BSAP continues to grow as a place for learning, dialogue, scholarship, and community.
As interest in Analytical Psychology expands across India, we remain committed to creating spaces where people can study, question, teach, learn, and contribute to a living psychological tradition.