Jung’s autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections was the spark that set me on my path to becoming a therapist. Though my formal training followed the traditional route of clinical psychology, I have been deeply immersed in Jungian and depth psychological work for the last decade.
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To clarify the terms: Jungian analytic psychology goes beyond the personal unconscious and its complexes to explore the collective unconscious—a deeper layer of the psyche that we all share, containing archetypes, symbols,
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mythic themes, and universal emotional patterns that shape human experience across cultures and time. Depth psychology more broadly refers to any approach that engages with the unconscious, though today it is often associated with the rich body of work that followed in Jung’s footsteps.​​
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If you feel drawn to explore these deeper layers, I might invite you to begin by working with your dreams. There is no place where the unconscious and what Jung called the Self speak to us more directly. Every night, the dreammaker reaches out in its native language of image and symbol. In our sessions, we would learn how to listen to that voice and weave its messages into your waking life.