Zuzana Plesa

Zuzana Plesa is a Zurich-trained Jungian analyst and licensed psychotherapist who maintains a clinical practice spanning Florida, California, and New York. She holds a Doctor of Education from the University of West Florida, a Master of Arts from Fuller Seminary, a Master of Science from Hofstra University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Wagner College. Plesa earned her diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1998, establishing her credentials within the classical Jungian analytical tradition.

Plesa is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida and California, and as a Licensed Psychoanalyst in New York. She holds memberships in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the American Psychological Association, the C.G. Jung Institute of New England, the National Council on Family Relations, and the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.

Her clinical work centers on Jungian analysis with particular emphasis on dream interpretation as a pathway to psychological wholeness. She specializes in working with individuals struggling with low self-esteem, anxiety, and questions of direction and meaning in life. She also provides counseling to active duty military personnel and their families. Plesa is the author of Mama, a book that explores the complexities of mother-daughter relationships through a depth psychological lens. Her therapeutic approach draws on Jung's understanding that the dialectical relationship between analyst and client facilitates engagement with unconscious material, fostering individuation and greater psychological integration.