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Copernicus Looking into Infinity This old woodcut aptly conveys the spirit of the Jungian approach. Just as Copernicus looks beyond the earthly sphere to the forms in the Beyond which structure it, so Jungian analysis attempts to see the events of the day and of our usual ego's life from the point of view of what is variously called the objective psyche, the collective unconscious, the archetype, and the Self.
Jungian analysis: Jungian analysis emphasizes two relationships: that between the analyst and the patient, and that between consciousness and the unconscious. The distinctly "Jungian" element resides in how the inner life is conceptualized. Jungian analysts regard the psyche as a most important shaping factor in how we experience our lives. Drawing upon this perspective, they interpret dreams, symptomatic suffering, the here and now of analytic sessions, and the various scenarios of everyday life with reference to the light these shed upon the patient's unfolding individuation process.
Urobouric Dragon, Alchemical Etching
"This surely is a great miracle—that in a venomous dragon there should be the great medicine."
Analytic Psychotherapy:
Jungian analysis is not only for those interested in Jungian psychology, personal growth, and dreams. Indeed, most people who come for analysis do so because they need help with anxiety, depression, insoluble conflicts, characterological problems, relationship difficulties, or the aftermath of abuse. In his practice of analytic psychotherapy, Mogenson draws upon many models of psychotherapy and his many years of experience, integrating these with the perspectives of analytical psychology.
The light of our conscious outlook beset by the shadowy, antagonistic figures of the unconscious that are in conflict with it. From a cover of Spring Journal.
Martial Psychotherapy: Mogenson works with couples in both short- and long-term psychotherapy. Some couples seek help for difficulties in their relationship, some for problems manifest predominantly in one partner, and others because of child-rearing and other family life-cycle concerns. As a couples therapist, Mogenson combines family systems perspectives (Bowenian, structural, strategic) with psychoanalytic perspectives (Jungian, object relations, self psychology). While he no longer works with whole families or with children directly, he does consult to couples regarding matters pertaining to children and/or aging parents.
This picture of a couple fused together at the waist, while the dark, persecutory bird of conflict and depression menaces them from above, aptly depicts the emotional enmeshment from which many suffer in their intimate relationships.
Supervision:
Clinical supervision is available for psychotherapists working both in the fields of individual psychotherapy and couple psychotherapy.
Alchemical Furnace Represented here as a container inside a container, the alchemical furnace aptly conveys an essential aspect of both psychotherapy and supervision.
Consultation:
Brief consultations are provided to those wishing to have an overall conceptualization of their situation.
Consultation by telephone is available when distances would make face-to-face meetings unfeasible.
"Sol et eius umbra" The earth is midway between light and darkness. From Michael Maier's Scrutinium chymicum (1687).