Proposes that Jungian and psychoanalytic concepts of the "infinite unconscious" can guide therapists working with mystical and non-ordinary states of consciousness, emphasizing access to and containment of unconscious energies, subtle-body work for sensory-energetic transformation, and balancing non-conceptual awareness with associative play in psychedelic therapy.
Abstract
In this chapter, Karen Peoples weaves together CJ and psychoanalytic conceptualizations of the “infinite unconscious” to provide a framework for working therapeutically with mystical and NOSC. She offers the reader numerous considerations for the therapist’s access to and containment of unconscious energies, working with the subtle body to facilitate sensory-energetic transformations in consciousness and navigating the tensions between non-conceptual awareness and associative play in psychedelic therapy.