The Soulwork Center



"Analysis" is the term C.G. Jung used to describe his form of healing work.  Jungian Analysis is designed to foster a particular type of wholeness, which Jungians call"Individuation".  Analysis is an interaction between the client and the therapist which is client-driven, but which also requires the reflection and direction of the analyst.  Analysis provides the tools by which it is possible to live more consciously and to understand more fully our life tasks.  Through analysis, we become better equipped to make conscious choices rather than living out of anger, depression, fear or compulsion.

When we do analytic work, we further our Individuation.  Jung said that we are not really "individuals" but "dividuals", persons divided within ourselves.  We say one thing and do another; we set goals and we sabotage our own success; we desire happiness and experience frustration.  All of these situations are indications of our inner division.  Through analytic work, it is possible to heal these divisions, and to move along our path as "undivided"  persons.  Hence the term "individuation" refers to this process of healing our inner divisions.

"Psychotherapy" refers to those aspects of analysis that are more problem-oriented.  As understood within a Jungian context, psychotherapy serves to address problems "right now", so that the individual can return to the bigger project of the work: the growth of consciousness and the furthering of Individuation.  

At The Soulwork Center our work is directed toward the larger horizon of individuation, but we also work to solve the day-to-day problems that we all encounter.  Because of this multi-layered approach to life, clients usually find that Jungian analysis is the most effective method for sustaining life-long well-being.