Claudia Hergesheimer,Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Jungian Analyst

My Approach to Helping

More Info About My Practice

I am one of a few therapists trained in a special form of therapy, IRT (integrative regulation therapy). which is a neurobiological-based scaffolding for emotional regulation and attachment. Though this can be applied throughout the lifespan, the core of my work is with families of infants, 0-5 years of age. The work can start during the last trimester of pregnancy. Please visit my website for more information.

How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist

It is through my individual work with my own analyst that made me want to become a Jungian Analyst-in-training and include it within the breadth of my professional experience. My own process of individuation has changed my life and given me a sense of wholeness that I could not have achieved had I not entered into analysis years ago. Another personal belief of mine is that despite professional education and training, there is no better classroom than lived experience. Over the past decades, in addition to my professional work with clients, I have also raised a family, lost family members, cared for elderly parents, and face my own years ahead as an aging adult, to name a few. All of these various experiences have affected me in a deep and profound way and has deepened my work through empathic understanding and a soulful presence.

What I Say to People Concerned about the Therapy Process

To some, the mere mention of working with unconscious contents creates anxiety and resistance. Experience has revealed that this comes from a fear that what will be revealed will validate our deepest fears and insecurities about ourselves. This couldn't be farther from the truth. Though, yes, it is true that we all carry dark contents, what Jung referred to as our shadow material. But, by bringing our shadow material to consciousness, it can no longer act upon us in an unconscious fashion.