Depth Psychology serves as the theoretical foundation for our sessions, based on the belief that we are all connected to a collective unconscious that influences our everyday lives. We can access this unconscious realm through our emotions, symptoms, dreams, and imagination by thinking in mythopoetic, archetypal, symbolic, and metaphorical terms. In therapy, we might explore dream or image analysis, connect with meaningful mythic figures, and engage with the living archetypes that underlie human experience.

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• Individuation: This is the process of becoming aware of oneself, integrating various parts of the personality, and achieving a sense of wholeness.

• Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious: Jungian therapy involves exploring universal symbols and themes (archetypes) that reside in the collective unconscious, a shared reservoir of human experiences and knowledge. Archetypal Astrology offers a way of looking at transits to the birth chart to understand archetypal resonances operating in one's life at any given time.

• Dream Analysis: Dreams are considered vital in revealing the unconscious mind. Jungian therapists help clients interpret their dreams to uncover hidden thoughts, feelings, and motivations.

• Symbolism and Mythology: This approach often uses symbols, myths, and stories to help clients understand their inner world and life's challenges.

• Shadow Work: The "shadow" refers to the unconscious parts of the personality that a person may deny or reject. Therapy involves acknowledging and integrating these aspects to achieve balance.

• Active Imagination: This technique involves using imagination to engage with and explore unconscious material, often through visualization, drawing, or writing.

• Transference and Countertransference: The therapeutic relationship itself is an important tool. Feelings and attitudes projected onto the therapist (transference) and the therapist’s reactions (countertransference) are explored to understand the client's inner world.

• Personal and Spiritual Growth: Jungian therapy often incorporates a spiritual dimension, encouraging clients to find meaning and purpose in their lives.

INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS

In therapy, we will explore the various parts of your inner world, revealed through your patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. These parts constitute your unique internal family. Using Internal Family Systems (IFS), we adopt a trauma-informed approach and psychological framework to cultivate Self-awareness. Our work will focus on grounding and centering you in your body and Self energy, employing re-parenting techniques and attachment theory to heal your inner children, and developing new attitudes towards these parts so they can express their innate wisdom.

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• Parts Work: IFS identifies and works with different "parts" of the self. These parts are categorized into three main types:

  • Managers: Parts that attempt to keep the person in control and protect them from harm.

  • Exiles: Vulnerable parts that hold pain, fear, and trauma, often pushed away or suppressed.

  • Firefighters: Parts that act impulsively to extinguish the pain of the exiles, often through behaviors like substance abuse or self-harm.

• Self-Leadership: At the core of IFS is the belief in a true Self, which is calm, curious, compassionate, and capable of leading the internal system. Therapy focuses on helping clients access their Self to heal and integrate their parts.

• Healing Relationships: IFS therapy involves developing a healing relationship between the Self and the parts. The therapist helps clients listen to and understand their parts, fostering internal compassion and cooperation.

• Non-Pathologizing: IFS does not pathologize any part of the person. Every part is seen as having a positive intention, even if its methods are maladaptive. The goal is to understand and transform these methods rather than eliminate the parts.

• Unburdening: This process involves helping parts let go of their extreme roles and painful feelings (burdens) they carry, allowing them to return to their natural, healthy states.

• Integration and Harmony: The ultimate aim is to achieve a harmonious internal system where the Self leads, and the parts work together collaboratively, resulting in increased emotional well-being and inner peace.