Interventions
What are interventions?
Other than traditional talk therapy, interventions offer an additional avenue for healing and reparation; they also shift the pace of therapy when a client feels stuck or seeks to go deeper. At times, specific interventions may be used in treatment depending on the client’s needs and presenting concerns.
types of Interventions Offered
Free association – a technique first introduced by Freud to allow patients to verbalize thoughts without censorship, thereby revealing unconscious conflicts and desires.
Dream interpretation – also rooted in Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams, emphasizing the symbolic meaning of manifest and latent dream content.
Word association – a method developed within Jungian psychoanalysis, in which spontaneous responses to stimulus words highlight unconscious complexes and relational patterns.
Hypnotherapy or active imagination – Jung described active imagination as a structured dialogue with unconscious figures, bridging conscious and unconscious realms.
Art therapy – informed by Jung’s emphasis on imagery and symbolic expression, using creative processes to engage unconscious material and individuation.
Meditation – incorporated in contemporary psychoanalytic practice as a means of enhancing reflective function, emotional regulation, and awareness of inner experience.
Sandtray and creative expression – an object relations intervention inspired by Melanie Klein. In adults, sandtray and journaling can illuminate early relational experiences. In children, play naturally externalizes internal conflicts and attachment patterns.