Marie Makinson

I have an online analytical practice that is open to people living in Australia and overseas.

I was drawn to Jungian psychology from a long-established background in bodywork where I learned that ‘the unconscious’ is present in multiple levels of ‘body.’ I became interested in processes that enabled a conscious connection to the unconscious and returned to my native England to train in the Jungian approach. My subsequent training placed a particular emphasis on the body/psyche within a focus on the ‘numinous’ level of experience. I learned that Jungian Psychology offers unique perspectives by which, through careful attention and curiosity both parties in the therapeutic relationship can build a sacred space in which communication through emotion and the language of symbols can be received. The space is confidential and non-judgmental; it opens to creativity, story and imagination and is a safe container where all human problems and longings can be explored.

Jung observed that the main cause of entrenched psychological problems is a conflict between a person’s conscious position and the unconscious. As an analyst I work to bring the unconscious position to awareness. A major part of the process is uncovering emotionally charged complexes that distort the personality and cause problems in relationships. When complexes are recognised their influence can be managed; this is the core of the work with ‘the shadow.’ The unconscious reveals itself symbolically through dreams and in creative processes which are not entirely under conscious control, this is why dreamwork are important in my practice.