GEMMA LEVITAS
What is Individuation?
A short answer to a big question - and the heart of how I work.
Something I've noticed in my years as a Therapeutic Coach, is that most people are really good at being who others expect them to be. They're great at the role.
Getting on with it.
Getting through it.
But they're also quietly exhausted, miserable, anxious, or depressed.
Sometimes they feel disconnected - from themselves, their lives, without any meaningful sense of direction.
The question we sit with, and the one I bring to every session is: But who are you, underneath all of that?
It is our life's work to become who we were always meant to be.
It is a journey of self-discovery - and you don't have to do it alone.
Individuation is a concept from Jungian psychology, and it's become the heart of everything I do.
Simply put, it's the process of becoming whole.
Of shedding the layers of conditioning, fear, and other people's expectations — and re-meeting yourself, perhaps for the first time in a long time.
Not the version of you who performs a role.
The person underneath, your true self.
I've walked this hill myself, and will walk it with you - so get in touch to begin your journey.
With my warmest wishes,
Gemma
AS FEATURED IN
Gemma Levitas also Chair's the BACP's Coaching Division.
She is regularly published and produces a quarterly column for BACP's Coaching Today Magazine.
In her January column she addressed the hotly debated topic of what dual qualified Coaching/Therapy Practitioners call themselves.
Therapeutic Coach?
Coach Therapist? You decide...
*This article first appeared in the January 2025 issue of Coaching Today, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/coaching-today/ ©BACP 2025.
Gemma also helps people to communicate better.
In an article for The Daily Express & Daily Mirror newspapers, Gemma Levitas shares tips on how to keep your relationship fresh and re-meet your partner:
Lost connection with your Partner?
Re-meeting your Partner.
AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT.
"Re-meeting your Partner" is a process Gemma created and use in my work with those wanting to encourage or rediscover connection in their relationship. It includes 7 ways to improve:
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Communication
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Conflict resolution
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Trust
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Boundaries
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Empathy
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Intimacy (both sexual and non-sexual)
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Unity
The bonus is, following these 7 tips will encourage the brain to release oxytocin, the bonding hormone! So, as with much of my work, there's science behind it too.
Click to read the full feature: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mirror/20210701/282411287298476
"The privilege of a lifetime is becoming who you truly are."
— C.G. JUNG
AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT
Re-meeting Yourself
A few years ago, I shared a process I had created called "re-meeting your partner" — the small, intentional act of looking at someone you know well and deciding to meet them fresh.
No assumptions. No old stories. Just curiosity.
And then I realised: we need to do the same with ourselves.
When did you last approach yourself with that kind of openness?
When did you last ask yourself - who am I, right now, in this moment?
Not who I was, or who I'm supposed to be.
Who am I, now?
That's Re-meeting Yourself.
It's one of the most powerful places we can go in our work together.
