Amrita Shakya

Psychoanalysis or analytical therapy is a method of investigation or exploration of the unconscious using speech. The root of psychological suffering lies in unresolved childhood conflicts. The goal is to resolve these unresolved internal conflicts. In the process of healing through making the unconscious conscious and releasing repressed feelings and emotions, we come to understand ourselves better. This change in relationship with ourselves allows for a better relationship with others and the world in which we live.

What makes psychoanalysis/analytical therapy profound is that it does not primarily aim at curing or treating symptoms. Its exploration method goes to the root of the symptoms and, in the process, uproots the very cause of the symptoms. Analytical therapy does not use a standard framework that is generalized to all individuals but is a profound investigation that is individualized according to an individual’s history, case and needs.

Eye movement therapy is used for evacuation of emotional shocks or trauma stored in one’s system using eye movement. This helps process the stored trauma through neuro-emotional programming allowing it to be released immediately. EMT is very effective in deprogramming and integrating trauma so that its effects cease to affect perception, behavior and physiological health. Preliminary sessions are required before EMT.

Hypnosis led to the discovery of Psychoanalysis. Eriksonian hypnosis uses suggestive language such as stories, metaphors to induce a person into sleep-like state of hypnosis. Through hypnosis, the unconscious material can be accessed more easily so that an individual comes to find suitable solutions. Preliminary sessions are required before Eriksonian hypnosis.