In the 1980s, as the economic growth gradually slowed down in Taiwan, the activities related to body, mind, and spirituality became more prosperous. There were some Chinese translations of Jung's works since 1965, however the related workshops and clinical activities had not been present only until in 1985. In the 1980s, as the economic growth gradually slowed down in Taiwan, the activities related to body, mind, and spirituality became more prosperous. There were some Chinese translations of Jung's works since 1965, however the related workshops and clinical activities had not been present only until in 1985.
In 2007, Thomas Kirsch and Jean Kirsch came to Taiwan to give a workshop with the invitation of Jenny Chen and Steve Chang, two of the founders of Trend Micro. Thomas was impressed then and meanwhile suggested the professionals they met to apply to IAAP to be a developing group. Under such encouragement, there was a group of people, having involved with Jungian psychology, began to gather monthly. Hence, this small group decided to follow the suggestion from Thomas Kirsch to apply as a developing group of IAAP. On 16 th April 2009, IAAP took a site visit to the Taiwan Institute of Psychotherapy (TIP) in Taiwan and in February 2010 the Taiwan D.G. was officially announced. Thomas B. Kirsch is our first Liaison person, from 2010 to 2016, then Chie Lee succeeds as second Liaison person from 2016 till now. During the period, Jean Kirsch is our first visiting analyst, later served by Liza J. Ravitz. Marta Tibaldi, who is also a Liaison person of the Hong Kong developing group, is also our visiting analyst till 2017 during her term.
From 17th to 20th October 2013, the International Jung Conference: Jung Across Cultural Borders had been held in Taiwan. There were many Jungian analysts and therapists overseas like Paul Brutsche, Angela Connolly, John Hill, Toshio Kawai, Jean Kirsch, Thomas Kirsch, Chie Lee, Shirley Ma, Lucienne Marguerat, Dariane Pictet, Liza Ravitz, Christa Robinson, Murray Stein, Marta Tibaldi, Lan Guo, Bou-Yong Rhi, Heyong Shen, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Boseop Lee, and Bettina Wilhelm. They've presented and dialogues with Taiwanese representatives, such as the psychotherapists Pei Yang, Claire Teng, Hao-Wei Wang, Sara Lu, the Sinologists Fabian Heubel and Rur-Bin Yang, the anthropologist Panay Mulu and Terry Hu, the Artist Yuki Pan, the Chinese Philosopher Kuei-San Lai and Shen-Chon Lai, the Theologist Fong-Mao Lee, and Chin- Ming Hsiao, and also the first Jungian analyst from Taiwan Ann Li. The conference received a very enthusiastic response At the same time, 1999, International Sandplay Therapist Grace Hong came back to Taiwan and began to promote Sandplay Therapy. 2002, the Taiwanese Society for Sandplay Therapy (TSST) was established, which has become a group member of ISST in 2013. There are some of the fellows from TSST, are also interested in sandplay therapy and analytical psychology. After the establishment of the Taiwan D.G., it also attracted some of them to join the group. From 17th to 20th October 2013, the International Jung Conference: Jung Across Cultural Borders had been held in Taiwan. There were many Jungian analysts and therapists overseas like Paul Brutsche, Angela Connolly, John Hill, Toshio Kawai, Jean Kirsch, Thomas Kirsch, Chie Lee, Shirley Ma, Lucienne Marguerat, Dariane Pictet, Liza Ravitz, Christa Robinson, Murray Stein, Marta Tibaldi, Lan Guo, Bou-Yong Rhi, Heyong Shen, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Boseop Lee, and Bettina Wilhelm. They've presented and dialogues with Taiwanese representatives, such as the psychotherapists Pei Yang, Claire Teng, Hao-Wei Wang, Sara Lu, the Sinologists Fabian Heubel and Rur-Bin Yang, the anthropologist Panay Mulu and Terry Hu, the Artist Yuki Pan, the Chinese Philosopher Kuei-San Lai and Shen-Chon Lai, the Theologist Fong-Mao Lee, and Chin- Ming Hsiao, and also the first Jungian analyst from Taiwan Ann Li. The conference received a very enthusiastic response At the same time, 1999, International Sandplay Therapist Grace Hong came back to Taiwan and began to promote Sandplay Therapy. 2002, the Taiwanese Society for Sandplay Therapy (TSST) was established, which has become a group member of ISST in 2013. There are some of the fellows from TSST, are also interested in sandplay therapy and analytical psychology. After the establishment of the Taiwan D.G., it also attracted some of them to join the group.
August 2019, Taiwan Society of Analytical Psychology (TSAP) is formally affiliated with the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP).
.
.
The Vienna General Assembly voted on the establishment of TSAP