Why I decided to have analysis with an Jungian Analyst
This is my very first Blog, and out of so many things that I find important to share with you all, I picked the reason why I decided to see a Jungian Analyst.
For starters I want to take the stigma out of psychoanalysis, you can be a high functional individual in our so called society, and still get to check in with your own psyche with the help of someone you can trust and also with the required skills for what you goals are.
Secondly another reason why I have decided to this, it is because after researching so many branches of Psychology, counselling, life coaching, Psychoanalysis, etc. I found out for example, that to become a clinical Psychologist you don’t need to do any analysis on yourself. So when you are treating someone, you are already assuming that person has a problem that you don’ t have and cannot relate to, like as if you have a perfect mind and your client does not.
Depth Psychology from Carl Jung for example has a very different approach. To be accepted in the Jungian program you need to have already finished at least a degree in any area from Psychology, Counselling, nursing etc. You also need to have done 100 hours of your own analysis even before you start the process to become a Jungian Analyst, then you have to have 2 sessions per week for the entire duration of the course, which is at least 5 years but it could take longer.
Jungian Analysts do not see themselves as any different from their clients. They know we all have complexes and shadows that we must work with and integrated before you treat someone. Otherwise you will be projecting your own mind dramas into you clients. This approach makes so much sense to me, and there is why I decided to start the process on myself, so I can be the best mentor/coach I can be for anyone that seeks to gain direction from my own life experiences and skills.
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. ... ”
I am a very resourceful person generally, and when I was looking for an Analyst for myself, I made sure that person would be a seasoned professional with the wisdom of a Mystic Sage, with an Alchemical energy about him/her. This person is going to be my mentor for the my second half of life after all, I thought to myself.
I was very lucky and happy to find out that one of the most experienced analysts in Australia lived and worked in my home town. This fact definitely got me excited, but it did take me over a year to finally make the call to contact him. I followed my intuition and waited until my gut feeling wouldn’t stop telling that I was ready and my time was now to reach out to him. So I did.