Analytical psychologist with over 10 years of experience. Elena Chaplygina is an analytical psychologist with an academic degree in psychology from Lomonosov Moscow State University MSU. She trained in Jungian psychology in the program led by jungian analyst, supervisor of IAAP, PhD in Psychology Tatyana Anatolyevna Rebeko at The State Academic University for the Humanities GAUGN in collaboration with the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences IPRAS .
She has completed over 500 hours of personal Jungian analysis with an IAAP-certified analyst and has maintained a clinical practice since 2012. She continues to receive supervision in both Jungian and post-Bionian traditions. Elena is an active member of the Professional Community of Analytical Psychologists PSAP. She regularly attends and participates in international psychoanalytic seminars and conferences.
How Therapy Works
Analytical work unfolds within a verbal space in which the central instrument is attention to what happens inside a person — in words, pauses, images, and bodily reactions.
We explore experiences, dreams, fantasies, repetitive patterns, and internal linkages that manifest in relationships — both in the external world and within the therapeutic contact.
Sessions take place in a steady rhythm. The constancy of the meeting creates a container — a space in which it becomes possible to hold and process what is usually repressed or felt as “too intense.” This rhythm does not prescribe a rigid form; it creates the conditions for observing inner processes as they develop and for gradually approaching what requires attention.
What Analytical Therapy Provides
The analytical process does not offer quick recommendations or universal solutions. The psyche moves gradually: approaching material and then distancing from it.
Change emerges not through external advice but through a shift in how a person perceives their own experience, resolves inner conflicts, and becomes aware of the dynamics of their reactions.
Such transformation becomes part of the personality’s structure. It does not depend on willpower and does not disappear at the first difficulty, because it is rooted in deeply processed experience — what the analytical tradition calls individuation: the gradual formation of a more coherent and stable sense of self.
What You May Encounter
Analytical work inevitably evokes resistance, fluctuations, a desire to accelerate change or to obtain a clear answer. One may feel the urge to avoid difficult experiences or to steer the process back into familiar territory.
These reactions are neither mistakes nor signs that something is “going wrong.” They are natural expressions of the psyche and become important material for exploration.
Resistance indicates points of tension. Fluctuations mark places where inner parts move in different directions. The longing for quick solutions reflects an attempt to rely on the external when internal grounding is not yet sufficient.
The work lies in gradually unfolding these experiences, seeing their structure, and understanding what stands behind them.
If This Is Your First Therapy Experience
There is a common expectation that a therapist will explain “how to do things right,” give instructions, or offer ready-made steps.
Analytical work is arranged differently. It creates a space where a person begins to hear their own impulses, desires, and the forbidden or forgotten parts of themselves — and gradually builds an inner dialogue with them.
The therapist does not construct the path instead of the client. They help to hold the tension and uncertainty that inevitably arise during exploration, thereby enabling contact with experiences that were previously inaccessible.
Over time, an inner foundation emerges — the capacity to feel, reflect, choose, and rely on one’s own self rather than solely on external expectations or automatic reactions.
This is the central outcome of analytical therapy: not solving life for a person, but restoring connection with their own inner life.
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Crises and LossThe experience of loss requires a space where one can gradually meet the pain without having to endure it alone. We explore how the psyche tries to hold on to former sources of stability and help build new internal connections that make it possible to return to life after profound loss. -
Anxiety and Inner TensionAnxiety often emerges where consciousness encounters uncertainty or repressed inner material. The work focuses on strengthening the capacity to tolerate tension, recognize one’s own reactions, and find a more stable way of being in the world. -
RelationshipsRelationships reveal deep patterns formed much earlier than it may seem. We examine mechanisms of repetition, the dynamics of dependence and distance, and the unconscious expectations that shape partner choice and the form of intimacy. -
Self-Exploration and DevelopmentDreams, symbols, and inner images express what cannot always be stated directly. Through attentive exploration of recurring themes, the psyche gradually brings together fragmented aspects of experience, forming a more coherent sense of self. -
Relocation and AdaptationA change of cultural context affects the foundational layers of identity — the sense of belonging, safety, and continuity with one’s past. In the work, we observe which parts of the personality seek to preserve the former order and which look for new orientation and meaning. -
Psychosomatic ExpressionsPhysical symptoms often become a language through which the repressed or unresolved speaks. We view bodily manifestation as a form of meaning — exploring what emotional content is held in the body and what shifts when it finally becomes possible to recognize it.
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