In addition to counseling and psychotherapy, I am trained as a Jungian Analyst in the use of psychoanalysis for the treatment of individuals. Psychoanalysis is the most intensive and in-depth form of psychotherapy. While the primary goal of any psychological intervention is to alleviate emotional distress and suffering, psychoanalysis has the additional goal of helping individuals to deepen their understanding of themselves and to accept and embrace who they are as unique individuals. In many instances, people entering into psychoanalysis are emotionally healthy and well functioning individuals who are seeking to find greater meaning in their lives by deepening their sense of self-awareness.
Psychoanalysis stresses the importance of uncovering the unconscious influences that are continually operating in our lives. The analyst works to guide and facilitate the process of identifying and understanding the impact these unconscious influences have on behavior, relationships, and feelings and emotions. The task of finding greater meaning and purpose in our life requires increased awareness of those aspects of our personalities that are unrecognized, unacknowledged or unrealized.