From the author: An attempt to briefly outline the ideas of analytical psychology. Many people are familiar with the names of Freud and Jung. For some time, Carl Gustav Jung collaborated with Sigmund Freud, developing psychoanalysis. While studying dreams, they drew attention to the facts of coincidence, sometimes literal, between dream symbols and the symbolism of ancient legends, both Western and Eastern. For Jung, this led to the assumption of the existence of a collective unconscious, in addition to the individual unconscious. By the collective unconscious, Jung meant the universal human unconscious. Being a supporter of the scientific approach, Freud said that such assumptions cannot be made, since it is impossible to verify empirically. These disagreements led to Jung leaving the International Psychoanalytic Association and began to develop his own “analytical psychology,” which was based on the idea of ​​the collective unconscious . When describing the collective unconscious, one cannot do without mysticism and esotericism - it is really difficult to verify this. If we talk simply about the difficult, then the collective unconscious is a set of universal personal problems that can arise for people at all times. In other words, this area represents a set of typical human problems - relationships between parents and children, problems of choosing a profession, starting a family, and many others. These complexes penetrate into consciousness through dreams, symptoms, and repeated relationships, surpassing the conscious intentions of a person. The unit of the collective unconscious is the archetype, as a form of formulation and possible solution to a universal personal problem. An archetype is an empty form that is filled in the life of each individual, a space that must be filled. Through the archetype, the unconscious influences the consciousness. I have noticed that when it comes to analytical psychology, there are a lot of cumbersome verbal constructions that do not simplify the understanding of the subject. Reading the works of Carl Jung, I had an association of finding myself in someone’s dream, viscous and patient progress through the author’s meanings. It is no coincidence that the collective unconscious is symbolized by the image of deep water, in the reflection of which you can see yourself or your shadow. The goal of this branch of psychotherapy is to help a person restore a healthy connection with the unconscious. The meeting of consciousness with symbols of the unconscious enriches life and contributes to human development. There are various areas of psychotherapy that have emerged within the framework of analytical psychology. This approach has found its most popular practical application in sand therapy. Work in the sandbox is based on interaction with the symbolic content of the unconscious, as a source of internal growth and development. Indications for sand therapy are the presence of psychological trauma, experiencing an existential or age-related crisis, problems expressing feelings, the inability to express one’s thoughts in words, and difficulties in making decisions. Jung argued that the process of "playing in sand" releases blocked energy and "activates the self-healing capabilities inherent in the human psyche".