Jungian analysis is a specialised form of psychotherapy which works with the unconscious. The Jungian analyst and the client work together to expand the client's consciousness in order to move toward psychological balance, harmony and wholeness. Jungian Analysis examines deep motivations within the clients psyche, his thoughts and actions which lie beneath conscious awareness. The Jungian analyst will focus on the process of what happens within sessions, in addition to the experience of the inner and outer happenings of the client's life, to achieve deeper and more long lasting changes in the personality. At the heart of Jungian Analysis is the belief that realignment of conscious and unconscious aspects of the personality, with an ensuing creation of new values and purpose, brings relief and meaning to psychological suffering and pain.
Jung's approach to psychology has been profoundly influential in all aspects of countercultural movements across Europe and the United States since the 1960s. His emphasis on understanding our motivation through the psyche, facilitated through the exploration of dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy have shaped how we look at life today. Jung was trained as a theoretical psychologist and practicing clinician, but much of his life's work was centred upon exploring the realms of Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. He wrote extensively on the concept of archetypes, synchronicity and the collective unconscious.
Related UKCP modality sections:
Council for psychoanalysis and Jungian analysis (CPJA) |
