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Into the Unconscious: Jungian Therapy and Shadow Work at Sacred Psyche

Some wounds don’t speak in words. They show up as repeating patterns. As dreams you can’t shake. As tarot cards that hit too close to home. As the parts of yourself you’ve pushed underground just to survive.

At Sacred Psyche, we specialize in Jungian-based therapy—an approach that honors not only the conscious mind, but the deeper, symbolic layers of the soul. We help clients work with dreams, archetypes, shadow, and the tarot to uncover what traditional therapy often misses: the parts of you that long to be seen.

What Is Jungian Therapy?

Jungian therapy, or depth psychology, sees symptoms not as problems to eliminate, but as messages from the unconscious. This approach explores how psyche expresses itself through symbols, myths, and archetypes—those universal inner figures that shape how we relate to ourselves and others.

You don’t have to be an expert in psychology to work this way. You just need to be curious about what’s happening beneath the surface.

At Sacred Psyche, we integrate Jungian work into trauma-informed care by tracking unconscious material through:

  • Dreams
  • Somatic reactions
  • Repeating life themes
  • Tarot pulls and synchronicities

Shadow Work: Reclaiming the Disowned Self

The shadow includes everything you’ve pushed away to survive—your anger, your needs, your sensuality, your sadness. But buried within the shadow are also your instincts, creativity, and life force.

We don’t shame the shadow here. We invite it back with compassion.

Shadow work helps you explore what you’re projecting, avoiding, or resisting—not to expose or fix you, but to integrate your exiled parts and become more whole.

Archetypes, Myth, and the Tarot in Therapy

Jung believed the unconscious often speaks through archetypes—the universal roles or inner figures we all carry, like the Caregiver, the Rebel, the Exile, or the Magician.

At Sacred Psyche, we work with these archetypes to help clients understand:

  • Why certain roles dominate in your relationships
  • Which parts of you have been silenced or over-identified with
  • How old patterns are trying to resolve themselves through symbolic form

We also incorporate Jungian-informed tarot exploration as a tool for self-reflection—not as fortune-telling, but as a living dialogue with the psyche. Tarot can illuminate unconscious dynamics, archetypal energies, and spiritual themes arising in your healing journey.

Depth Work Held with Care

Jungian therapy isn’t separate from our trauma-informed model—it’s woven into it. Your exploration of the unconscious is supported by:

  • Somatic therapy and nervous system regulation
  • Relational, consent-based psychotherapy
  • Reiki, sound healing, and breathwork
  • Psychedelic integration for those processing altered states or medicine journeys

This creates a space where you don’t just analyze the unconscious—you befriend it, one image, one sensation, one symbol at a time.


Looking for Jungian therapy, shadow work, or integrative mental health in Massachusetts?
Sacred Psyche offers depth-oriented, trauma-informed care for those ready to heal at the root.

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