VIRGINIA CONESA
MA, LMFT
D E P T H   P S Y C H O L O G Y  
WE ARE SAFEHAVENS FOR EACHOTHER
 My intention in the  therapeutic process is to accompany, bear witness, and assist in the discovery of an inner world so that a person may  bring  unconscious aspects of the Self to light. What brings you to therapy may look like anxiety or depression, but these symptoms open the door for greater healing.  Utilizing traditional  psychoanalysis, dream analysis,  art therapy, mediating from powerlessness to creativity, from possession to liberation.  
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."
J O S E P H  CA M P B E L L 
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious."
C A R L  G.  J U N G
"Nobody can fall so low unless he has a great depth."
C A R L  G.  J U N G
A B O U T
I am a clinical psychotherapist with a Jungian orientation. This allows for a depth psychology approach towards mental health. With a background in fine art and commercial photography, I bring an imaginal approach to psychology. Training and experience includes working with children, adolescents, families, and individuals engaging with a variety of mental health issues. My work in addiction utilizes the symbolic language of depth psychology in combination with treating co-occurring mental health issues.
S E R V I C E S

 I N D I V I D U A L   T H E R A P Y   S E R V I C E S  

Accepting new clients at my private practice location in Woodland Hills and Calabasas.   I work with adults who may be coming to therapy struggling with anxiety, depression,  co-dependency, low self esteem, difficulties finding meaning and purpose, and/or a history of trauma and abuse.  Common to all of my clients is an interest and pursuit in knowing themselves. It is imperative to me that clients are involved in developing an inner dialogue between their consciousness and unconscious aspects of psyche. This is achieved through containment in the therapeutic process, attention paid to dream symbols, and shadow work.   

E N G A G I N G    T H E   S H A D O W  

In both my individual and group work, I facilitate a therapeutic process that engages the shadow aspects of psyche. Within the shadow resides the marginalized, concealed, hidden gems of the totality of the Self. Shadow is a term employed in Jungian psychology to name unconscious aspects of the personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself. Seemingly, these qualities are dark in nature, possessive with an autonomous force that threatens to bring down the entire system we have long identified with as our Self. In fact, the shadow’s purpose is to introduce us to numinous and emerging properties that want to be known and integrated. When discussing the Feminine aspects our psyche we pull focus to the facets of our souls that rule our creative spirit, our desire for connection, our capacity to nurture and hold space. Meeting these parts of ourselves in Shadow form actualize a confrontation so powerfully compelling, that it threatens to destroy our very soul. As artists of our lives, our work is to set out to find intimacy with the abject and to materialize the relationship between consciousness and the Shadow. 

G R O U P   T H E R A P Y 

Groups are designed to create community and connection as we explore deeper levels of vulnerability.  I host  groups in private practice as well as in-patient and out-patient treatment facilities.  Please inquire about participating in current on-going groups for recovery.  

"Wake the devil from it's dream"
E M M Y L O U  H A R R I S
"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature."
J O S E P H   C A M P B E L L 
C O N T A C T
vmconesa@gmail.com  
310-428-1039
22231 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302

Currently accepting new clients in private practice and facilitating group therapy for intensive outpatient treatment for addiction.