Robin van Loben Sels trained in Zurich and then New York, graduating from the C. G. Jung Institute of New York in 1980. Later, she completed her doctoral work at Union Theological Seminary. Robin held many dream seminars as part of the Public Education Program of Wainwright House, and served as a faculty member of the Professional Enrichment Program in Jungian Theory and Practice (now called The Center for Advanced Studies in Depth Psychology). From 1996 until 2003, Robin co-edited Quadrant: The Journal of the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology.