Simply put, Jungian analysis is an in-depth, analytical form of talk therapy. The primary objective of a Jungian therapist NYC is to help you achieve harmony between the conscious and the unconscious parts of the mind; to bring about balance and wholeness in a person. In other words, it is an attempt at uncovering the “real” self that is hidden under layers of complexes that a person possesses.
Who needs Jungian Analysis?
Using a Jungian therapist NYC can be of tremendous help to any of the following individuals
- One who feels that life doesn’t have much in store for him or her.
- Someone who finds it hard to maintain a relationship
- An artist or writer experiencing a block
- Someone who fears taking a step in a new direction because he is haunted by his past mistakes
- A person who is stuck in a behavioral pattern even when all it yields are negative results
- Someone who wants translation to a dream he believes is of significance to his life
- A person that always feels sad and depressed
What Jungian Analysis Entails.
Jungian therapy is a form of psychotherapy, only more advanced and way deeper. Psychotherapy basically involves speaking to a patient about his problem and discussing the possible ways for such patient to overcome or deal with the problem. Jungian therapy, however, might involve putting the patient under some kind of hypnosis and explore his unconscious to uncover the root cause of his problem.
In essence Jungian therapy helps you to achieve wholeness by making you come in agreement with your unconscious. This way, you can better understand why you might act the way you do about certain matters.
Your Jungian therapist will help you explore several means to encounter your unconscious. This might be through dream interpretation, word association, and your complexes or the world of art and symbolism.
How the Unconscious Affects Your People Skills
The unconscious houses your deep-seated feeling and attitudes, and this imprints itself on how you view the world and how you relate with others.
If those feelings and attitude are negative, like that of depression and anxiety, you tend to think less of yourself. This might result in difficulties in maintaining a good interpersonal relationship with others.
Jungian analysis opens you up to these deep-seated feelings by way of steady conversation between you and your analyst. In the long run, it will help you make the needed corrections so that your interpersonal relationships can experience a positive boost.
Carl Jung greatly believed in the ability of humans to change if only everyone were willing to undergo the analysis he talked about. He believed the strength and wisdom we require to change is locked deep down in our psyche and only if we take the time to go down the maze of our personality can we get the key to making the change.
The concepts he discussed such as Individuation, shadow, collective unconscious, Introvert and extrovert, anima and animus are very pervasive in the world today. You can find it in art, literature, and film. As a matter of fact, it is all around us.
