Freudian/Lacanian psychoanalysis
The mechanisms and rules of psychoanalysis are quite impressive. I think the mental aspect of this discipline—with its strict rules and its dogmatic, intellectual orientation—can close doors to human development, both for the therapist and the client, and I say this because we have experienced it in our personal lives.
Within these twentieth-century psychiatric dogmas, there is too little opportunity for the soul to express itself and allow consciousness to reach another plane. The Freudian/Lacanian methods steer us towards a life lived solely at the level of the Ego, without truly being animated by the soul. Freud once stated that he treated only one floor—the “Ego”—in the building of consciousness (that was how he defined himself).
It is, of course, possible to incorporate more elements of shock into therapy, as Lacan did, sometimes interrupting the session after significant revelations to direct the client's consciousness even further towards hidden affects.
The shock methods of psycho-spiritual movements
There have always been psycho-spiritual movements and leaders who shook their students, such as Gurdjieff, Andrew Cohen or Osho, who imposed shocking trials along the path to encourage the development of spiritual awareness.
The question remains: where does therapy really take us? Can it give life a deeper meaning? Are we building our soul in depth, or merely gazing at our own navel?
Unexpressed love
Unexpressed love, rejected love, turns into illness (according to Serguei Lazarev, from a karmic diagnosis perspective). In my view, the therapist must express herself and support her client with her whole soul, using her intellect simply as a tool. The therapist's orientation requires a true awareness of the soul and a spiritual approach.
Soul to soul
The encounter between therapist and client is a meeting from soul to soul, allowing authentic contact without the unwanted effects of overwhelming transference. This requires a great deal of work on oneself before the therapist is truly ready.
I have observed all kinds of therapists, prisoners of their own mind-led desires, relying on logical mechanisms and thereby becoming dogmatic judges of their clients. Under such conditions, how can the soul truly express itself?
Psychoanalysis can also be guided and enriched by the keys of the soul: kindness, beauty, harmony, coherence, peace, serenity, power, sharing, empathy, balance, modesty, mercy, compassion, sacrifice, healing, unity, love, humour, liberation, freedom, rightness, the heart, intuition, truth, inspiration, sensitivity, refinement, subtlety, strength, positive, constructive and honest energy, a sense of duty, true intelligence, a sunlit expression full of life, vitality and breathing, the breath of life, benevolence and goodness.
For me, therapy must turn towards the soul. At the same time, it can help clear away the dark aspects of the “Ego”—those impulses, desires, attractions and overwhelming disorders. Therapy can thus illuminate the darkness through an evolving consciousness, open a door, offer a new path and allow affects to lose their hold because they are no longer being fed.
I believe the best support for the AS is to help them find their soul consciousness. The soul leads the individual towards harmony, balance and joy.