Jungian Analytical Psychology and the Process on Individuation

The process on individualisation is central to Jungian analytical psychology, as Jung believed that individualism is the driving force behind humans desire for completeness within the human experience, and the search for wholeness (Russell, & Ryback, 1996, p. 2) in their life-long conquest to achieve a distinctive but coherent and balanced personality.Besides the genetics and the psychosocial environment, Jung believed that a 3rd force influences the dynamic formation of human individuality and that is the collective memory of previous civilizations, memory stored and available to humans, in the collective unconscious (Munteanu, 2012 Douglas, 2011). While ponderous to prove scientifically, quantum physics does not refute this concept (Science Channel, 2011 Munro, 2011).As a therapist, I believe that I should be the open-minded guide and facilitator of clients personalised explorations and life experiences, supporting clients pursuit of holistic self-realization guiding clients e xploration of his/her archetypes, the attitudinal type and the preferential decision devising mode, would facilitate clients understanding of own psychic energy flow, and would empower the client to address and develop his/her unconscious/conscious balance, advancing the individuation process (Munteanu, 2012 AtheneWins, 2011 Russell, & Ryback, 1996).The counselling methods I would use to sustain this process, while client centred, would also need to be very creative and interactive on my part, as the counsellor I would be making use of a variety of strategies within an environment of customised but constantly challenging and supportive at the analogous time.I would need to maintain myself on an perpetual self-development and self-reflection carousel, in order to ensure that I continuously upgrade my skills to the levels required to provide that balance of contend and support, to all of my clients within my practice, I would use a variety of methods, such as instructional interven tions, questioning, clarifying, hypothesising, silences if/as required (to allow the process of assimilation and internalisation), romance interpretation or sequential drawings, journaling, art and sand therapies (especially for clients who have difficulties verbalising feelings), mandalas, mask making, etc.I could see how my teaching experience will serve me well in Jungian counselling, since I already use many of these methods, to provide personalised learning, to my students. I have always thought of myself as work in progress, and wherefore I learn something new every day from my students hence, learning from and alongside my clients I see it as a continuation of my own holistic individuation (Dehing, 1992 Russell, & Ryback, 1996).