Australian & New Zealand Society of Jungian Analysts

Members of ANZSJA are usually called ‘analytical psychologists’, ‘Jungian analysts’ or ‘Jungian psychoanalysts’. They have been trained to help people identify and engage with the unconscious forces that to some degree negatively impact on our life and relationships at some point.

ANZSJA members offer a range of clinical services that include individual analysis for depression and anxiety, post-traumatic stress and other trauma related issues, eating disorders, relationship issues, and life crises and change. Jungian analysts also offer psychotherapy for couples, consultations to organisations and corporations,and clinical supervision of practicing clinicians.

The work of Jungian Analysts is based on insights and theories about the nature of self as specifically formulated by Carl Gustav Jung and further elaborated by post-Jungian theoreticians and contemporary thinkers. The Jungian approach is particularly open to dream interpretation, artistic expression, the spiritual dimension of internal life, and the way in which our thoughts and feelings are expressed, while closely attending to the nature of the intricate dynamics encountered in the relationship with the analyst.

For example, if the issues of the analysand (client) are affecting them during a consultation, the analyst may take the opportunity to explore what it is actually like for the analysand to be talking to the analyst, thereby immediately accessing anxieties that the analysand is struggling with, rather than the analysand having to perform the sometimes difficult task of articulating their anxieties. This allows problems to be ‘worked through’ as part of the relationship with the analyst, leading to a more insightful understanding in the context of the analysand’s life experience.

Therapists who are registered under Australian & New Zealand Society of Jungian Analysts