Friends of Jung-South (FOJS) was founded in the early 1970s in Birmingham, Alabama, sparked by the interest of people who wanted to learn more about the teachings of Swiss psychoanalyst, Dr. C. G. Jung. In the pioneering days of discovering the unconscious, Jung was a member of Freud’s inner circle. Using the Freudian foundation, Jung responded to his own growing understanding of the unconscious. In developing his own ideas, he went on to found the school of depth psychology known as analytical psychology.

FOJS patterned its organization and name after the Friends of Jung group in San Diego, California. Some of the early leaders were Anne Sharman, Robert Collins, Valerie Peake, Glenda Elliott, Frances Tucker and Marion Johnson.

FOJS was the first Jungian organization in the Southeast and drew participants from all surrounding states, with program attendance sometimes exceeding 800 people. Speakers in those beginning years included such luminaries as June Singer, Al Huang, Jan Clanton, Tom Kapazinski, Brad Tapaski, Robert Woolger, and Jean Shinoda Bolin.