Shadow work is based on the psychoanalytical theories of Carl Jung, a Swiss psychologist and pioneer of psychoanalysis during the 19th and 20th centuries. Psychoanalysis is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques that revolve around the unconscious / subconscious mind. Jung's theory proposed that the human psyche has a part he called the "Shadow", which is representative of the individual's subconscious mind. According to Jung, the Shadow is a collection of our deepest desires, drives...
