ABSTRACT
The author work as an analyst revolves around the developmental perspective in analytical psychology. He was initially drawn to analytical psychology by Jung’s focus on dreams, the dialectic between consciousness and the unconscious, and the spiritual dimension of life. All models of psychoanalysis share a fundamental aim of engaging with unconscious processes, despite theoretical differences in how the unconscious is understood. The emphasis on spiritual experience and the broad cultural and anthropological perspectives brought in through archetypal themes in analytical psychology also remain significant to him. In many respects, analysis is the construction of the narrative the patient is living out, but it should also serve to familiarize the patient with how their psyche functions. The author utilizes Jung’s concept of archetypes as a way of speaking about universal elements of human experiences rather than as innate encoded patterns waiting to be activated.
