Up: [[Analysis]] Created: 2025-03-25 Updated: 2025-11-25 For Jungians, the analysis of the unconscious centres around the interpretation of dreams. For Freudians, it centres around interpretation of the [[transference]]. This is why the very different seating arrangements in the two therapies. In Jungian psychology it’s like a conversation with a friend — face to face in armchairs. In Freudian analysis, it’s the opposite of normal conversation. The analysand lies on a couch and has to free associate. The analyst sits behind and out of sight. There's no eye contact so transference is easier for the Freudian analyst to detect. For Jungians, the focus is on the dreams and this can make it more difficult for the analyst to also notice the analysand’s responses as well as the analyst's own feelings. The analyst’s own feelings refers to countertransference, which is an inevitability because the analyst has an unconscious too and the unconscious projects. But that doesn’t always mean that countertransference is negative. It can help the analyst understand the analysand.