DANA SAMPERIO M.A.

Analytical counseling and Jungian analysis derive from classical psychoanalysis. In both views, symptoms are merely the outward manifestations of complex psychological processes within the patient's inner world that are largely unconscious. In the psychoanalytical approach, it is important not only to determine the causes of the reported problems and symptoms but also to understand their purpose.

 

The premise of psychoanalytic therapy is to take a closer look at the psyche and discover the common denominator between the external and internal worlds of the patient. Psychoanalytical research shows that learning about and explaining what is unconscious have therapeutic significance. The fundamental goal is to achieve psychological healing and wellness by aligning conscious and unconscious aspects of the personality.

 

The psychoanalytical approach is not a directive or advisory method. The psychoanalyst perceives the patient's problems that brought them to therapy as an expression of the process of becoming fully themselves, through which the patient realizes their potential. The Jungian approach also assumes that the psyche has natural self-healing properties that enable us to restore mental balance.

 

The aim of analytical work is, therefore, to create an appropriate environment in which the mechanisms of self-regulation can express themselves. This process allows not only the symptoms to subside but also facilitates a profound change in the personality, resulting in the patient functioning better and experiencing a deep sense of life's meaning.