Jungian psychoanalysis is the style of psychotherapy that I practice with individuals.

Other names for this can include depth-psychological psychotherapy, analytical psychotherapy, and sometimes, psychodynamic psychotherapy. It may be fundamentally explained as a mutual process of addressing what is both unknown to you and about you.

Jungian psychoanalysis tends to differentiate itself from other popularized psychotherapies (e.g., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR). Whereas many of those psychotherapies nobly aim at helping people cope with the noticeable effects related to life’s inevitable difficulties, Jungian psychoanalysis usually attempts to address symbolic patterns that give character to such difficulties. Making distinctions between this therapeutic discipline and others are however often unnecessary in practice. It is my goal for our work that I try to meet you where you are, with what you are expressing, by what is shared between us.

Advice-giving and direct guidance are not associated with this approach. You are instead encouraged to speak as openly as possible. Any thought or fantasy—any feeling or emotion—may be important to the process, even and especially if it is about me or the therapy itself. “In this house,” we work with dreams! (Though remembering and sharing night-time dreams is never mandatory. Venturing away from “the house” and into the proverbial woods might just be what our work calls for.)

What generally distinguishes Jungian psychoanalysis from psychoanalytic psychotherapy and other psychoanalyses, such as Freudian or Lacanian, appears through its appreciation for symbolic life and non-reductive stance toward distressing experiences. While considering it an important perspective to consider, Jungian psychoanalysis tends not to approach ailments like depression as mere products of early life disturbances. Such afflictions are rather seen from within the Jungian perspective as pointing to or opening the individual toward reflective depths thought to be important to the development of the entire person.

While the efficacy of Jungian psychoanalysis necessitates the building of trust and rapport between us, time commitments required for this work to be of benefit vary. Every person and every situation is rightfully unique. The goal for every analysis remains shared nevertheless: to deepen participation in psychological life. A hopeful side effect of this work is therefore a freedom to act for yourself, and downstream of that, a renewed sense of vitality.