Many people experience
psychological distress during their lives. Sometimes this due to a difficult
or traumatic childhood, trauma in later life or the difficulties and pressures
of everyday living.
The therapeutic process involves bringing to consciousness the unconscious
aspects of a person’s problems.
One of the main ways of doing this is to help a client examine their everyday
life and personal interactions, and how they are affected by their inner (often
unconscious) assumptions and responses. Another important way lies in the
analysis of dreams, and the use of creative imagination and visualisation.
As in any form of psychotherapy, it is also important to look at the story
of a person's life, and how this affects their relationship with their sexuality,
partners, work and leisure. In addition to this, for some people, a spiritual
or religious dimension comes into the picture as well.