Through psychosomatics and active imagination, I guide you to understand what your body and emotions are trying to communicate. We will work with your symptoms, stories, and internal images to transform discomfort into useful information, regulate stress, and strengthen the mind-body connection, restoring clarity and calm to your life.
Psychosomatic Therapy with a Jungian Approach
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Images allow us to connect with the soul and decipher the message of the symptom. Through imaginative techniques, we explore dreams, symbols, and archetypes to shape a new inner narrative.
I don't seek to "eliminate" the symptom by force: I accompany it, I listen to it and I transform it into an ally for personal growth.
Why work with images?
In Jungian psychosomatic therapy, imagery plays a central role. This includes not only dream imagery, but also imagery that arises from active imagination, guided visualization, and symbolic expression.
The mind usually responds similarly to the real and the imagined: an internal stimulus, if it is significant and intense, can generate real responses in the body.
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Active Imagination
Within Carl Gustav Jung's analytical psychology, imagination occupies an essential place in the psychic life of human beings. Jung considered that caring for the inner world—for dreams, fantasies, and the images that emerge from the unconscious—is as important as attending to physical or material needs. Through active imagination, he proposed a way of encountering oneself that allows dialogue with the deepest parts of the soul and access to the transformative potential that resides in the unconscious.
Active imagination is a therapeutic technique that invites individuals to explore, through images, symbols, and visualizations, the emotional and psychic content that remains blocked or unexpressed. This process is not limited to rational interpretation: it is a living experience of introspection and inner creation, a bridge between the conscious and unconscious mind.
During the session, the therapist guides the patient into a state of relaxation that facilitates connection with their inner world. From this space of calm and receptivity, the patient is invited to allow images, scenes, or symbolic figures to emerge spontaneously from the unconscious. These representations may originate from dreams, memories, or fantasies. Once an image appears, the patient engages in an inner dialogue with it, conversing with its constituent elements as if they were real interlocutors.
Through this symbolic exchange, emotions, thoughts, and deep meanings are revealed, helping to understand internal conflicts and tensions that can also manifest at a physical or psychosomatic level.
The aim of this work is not to "eliminate" symptoms, but to integrate the messages that the unconscious communicates through images, fostering a process of self-knowledge and inner reunification. In the context of psychosomatic psychology, this technique becomes a pathway to the language of the body, as it allows us to give form and meaning to emotional experiences that might otherwise be expressed through physical discomfort.
Active imagination is, therefore, a creative and symbolic process that helps a person understand their own inner history, reconcile the different parts of themselves, and regain a sense of balance and inner coherence. Jung stated that the most important years of his life were those in which he followed his inner images, because in them he found the raw material for his personal transformation.
This approach can be integrated with other therapeutic models—such as cognitive behavioral therapy—adapting to each patient's needs. Under the guidance of a trained therapist, active imagination becomes a powerful tool for restoring the dialogue between body, mind, and soul, creating a space for the healing process to unfold from a place of authenticity and inner connection.
Imaginative Relaxation
In people with a tendency to manifest distress through the body—what we call psychosomatic predisposition—there is often difficulty in identifying, expressing, or putting their emotions into words. When this occurs, what is not said or acknowledged internally finds its channel of expression in the body, which begins to communicate through physical symptoms what could not be processed in any other way.
One of the most effective therapeutic tools in this regard is active relaxation (also known as imaginal relaxation). This technique originated in the work of the American physiologist Edmund Jacobson in the 1920s and 1930s, and was subsequently developed and updated by various schools of psychosomatic thought.
Through deep muscle relaxation, the patient reaches a more receptive state of consciousness that allows for the spontaneous emergence of internal images. These images, which may arise in association with a physical symptom or a specific bodily sensation, are the starting point for understanding the underlying message the body is trying to convey.
The therapeutic process involves establishing a perceptive connection with the body, especially in the area where the discomfort is most intense. From this place of connection, the patient learns to observe what emerges: an image, a color, a sound, a sensation, or even a memory. Through therapeutic support, the patient is invited to engage with these images and integrate them into their conscious experience, fostering a deeper understanding of the symptom.
The imaginative relaxation technique is structured in three complementary phases that guide the patient from body awareness to the symbolic exploration of their own inner world.
First phase Active distension
The process begins with a phase of progressive muscle relaxation guided by the therapist. The patient, in a comfortable position with their eyes closed, learns to consciously contract and relax different muscle groups, from their feet to their head. This practice, accompanied by rhythmic breathing exercises, induces a state of deep physical and mental calm. (At the end, there is a moment of "awakening" and verbalization of the experience, where emerging sensations, images, or emotions are shared.)
Second phase Imagined distension
In this stage, physical work gives way to imagination. The patient, again guided by the therapist's voice, mentally recalls the sensations of contraction and relaxation previously experienced, without performing the physical movements. This exercise activates body memory and allows the patient to reproduce the state of relaxation through mental representation alone. With practice, the mind effectively reproduces the physiological effects of the actual movement, confirming that the brain responds similarly to what is imagined and what is experienced.
Third phase: Body inventory
The final phase delves into the relationship between physical symptoms and their possible emotional roots. The therapist invites the patient to explore and imagine different parts of their body, linking sensations or symbolic images to specific areas where discomfort is concentrated. Through this dialogue between body and imagination, the therapist identifies potential unconscious conflicts and guides the patient toward understanding the symptom as a means of emotional expression.
From a physiological standpoint, the technique stimulates the trophotherapeutic function, that is, the body's ability to self-regulate and restore psychophysical balance. During the process, the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system increases, leading to a decrease in heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels, thus promoting a state of deep calm. Simultaneously, an increase in alpha brain waves and an improvement in immunological and endocrine parameters are observed.
The therapeutic effect goes beyond physical well-being: through relaxation and imagination, the patient accesses previously repressed emotions, giving them a symbolic and transformative meaning. Thus, the body ceases to be a mere receiver of discomfort and becomes a channel for self-knowledge and healing, where the capacity for imagination acts as a true curative agent.
In each session we will work to:
Recognize and understand your discomfort.
Explore your inner images and their relationship to your personal history and emotional experience.
Strengthen the link between your consciousness and your body, giving you back agency over your well-being.
My approach integrates:
Jungian Analytical Psychology (images, symbols, synchronicity).
Psychosomatic Therapy (mind-body).
Emotional management.
Depressive symptoms, anxiety, and panic attacks.
Dysfunctional attachments (primary mother-father relationships).
Imaginative and visualization techniques.
Therapeutic hypnosis.