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Jungian psychoanalysis for me is a feminine practice, it is a way to soak our rigid patterns and fossilised memories and bring them to life. By soaking (in) them repetitively, we dissolve and transform our old self just like the alchemists did during their repeating solve et coagula processes. Analysis offers this transformation in and through the deep waters of the feminine, while the synthesis work brings us new ways of living, being and working.

What is Jungian analysis?

Jungian psychoanalysis is a form of depth therapy that works with what Jung called the unconscious. We each have our conscious awareness (imagine a boat on the surface of the ocean) sailing across the vast waters of the unconscious. Through Jungian therapy we will dive deeper into the personal and the collective unconscious—by working with your dreams, visions, drawings, sandplay as well as any symptoms of depression, trauma, anger and anxiety. The way I work is psychological as well as somatic, this means that the body and the awareness of the body will be an important part of the sessions.

My specialisation is working with feminine consciousness (in women and men) and to help heal, strengthen and integrate the ecologies of the feminine within psyche and body. Embodiment to me is the incarnation of Soul and Spirit into Body. Here I draw from my work and research on alchemy and alchemical philosophies.

My interest and work is also deeply rooted in mysticism and a new emerging current of mysticism that includes the deep ecologies of the feminine and the earth. Due to my own path that is synthesising Jungian psychoanalysis and Sufi mysticism, I hold a depth-container that embodies and understands the spiritual dimensions of psyche, as well as the need for grounding that often comes with a challenge to those called on a spiritual path.

“The analyst’s chair is submerged in the waters of the shared unconscious, yet her role demands that she keep her head above its depths. While her mind remains alert during the analytical hour, her body is fully immersed—attuned to the currents of the client’s unconscious, her own, and the vast collective unconscious that encompasses all of life and death.
However, our work only gains salt and depth if we have touched the terrifying bottom of this deep dark vast ocean.“— Farânak Mirjalili

When I first arrived in Küsnacht at the C.G. Jung Institut, I found this chair sitting quietly in the lake across the institute’s building. It is then that I immediately saw “the analyst’s chair” and knew I had found a second home for my ongoing work.

I am currently in my second round of analytical training there and work in supervision with senior analysts and renowned Jungian experts, while being in ongoing analysis myself.

Sessions are 50 min and take place in either Hilversum center or online via Zoom.

Update September 2024: I’m currently taking on new clients.

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Testimonials

  • “When I embarked into this journey guided by Faranak I had no idea where it would take me. It didn't take long and the layers and the profound relationship she helped me develop with my soul brought a lot of magic into my life. The process has also helped me decode messages I was receiving from repetitive dreams, overcome certain patterns and take the relationship with the mythical feminine and with my roots to new levels. I’m always very excited before a new session with Faranak .“

    Roxana, Romania

  • “Faranak is exquisitely skilled at following the threads of the unconscious and encouraging forward what wants to be heard, felt and lived. Over the past few years, during our weekly sessions, I have experienced her clarity and capacity to steadily hold a safe space, and to bravely challenge aspects of consciousness when needed. She is adept at cooperatively listening to the dreams and artfully guiding active imagination sessions. Faranak has a wealth of personal wisdom, garnered through her academic studies and a deep attunement to the inner world, and yet maintains an attitude of curiousity as we explore together. Her group courses are incredibly crafted and organized, weaving the images of myth and dream with creative expression, intimate community, insight and transformation. It is truly a deeply personal and yet collectively informed alchemical journey.”

    Jennifer, US

  • Anima Mundi School: ”Her personal wisdom and professional studies give her a natural quality of guidance to explore and move with the psyche or engage on the path of dreamwork, drawing and working with feminine consciousness. She is wonderful storyteller that awakens my imagination. Ancient times come alive, and I feel I am there as the myth awakens within me. I appreciate Faranak because she walks her own path and does not waver for fashionable or popular spirituality. Her presence is real, grounded, light hearted, yet spirited with the fire of the heart. No fuss, no fluff, no false promises, but standing in the mystery of her own journey, from which she shares from a personal and professional level.

    Sitie, The Netherlands

  • Individual sessions: “I feel I can be really honest with Faranak, and bring in difficult aspects of myself that can be charged with shame or confusion. Although subjects can be heavy or confronting for me in a session, I feel her presence as steady, non judgemental, open and curious, offering me wider or deeper perspectives in the framework of Jungian psychology, working with dreams, myth and the unconscious. Her knowledge and vision are very well developed and there is a beautiful balance with her personal path, that make sessions with Faranak so rich and eye opening.”

    Sitie, The Netherlands