EMDR as a psychotherapeutic method in analytical psychology

Invented by C. G. Jung in the early 20th century and then gradually developed, analytical psychology is made up of a psychotherapeutic phase and an individual development phase. Its clinical practice, appropriate to all ages, is aimed at two goals: adaptation to the other – inner or outer – and fulfillment of oneself. Invented and gradually developed by Francine Shapiro in the late 20th century, EMDR therapy is primarily indicated for the treatment of simple or complex trauma, in patients of all ages. The therapeutic method is intended to be integrative and theoretically convergent with other psychotherapies, including those provided with a psychodynamic model. Both approaches share a processual vision of mental function as part of an innate energy. Analytical psychology developed in conjunction with deep and continual thinking about transference as a therapeutic factor. EMDR tends to abide in the field of neuroscientific research. The author’s experience attests that the practice of analytical psychology can seamlessly integrate that of EMDR, which can facilitate access to the corporeal unconscious.