My Story

My name is Luis Chiesa. For much of my professional journey, I’ve been immersed in the morning of life. I have taught and published about law, philosophy, mindfulness, and contemplative practice, often exploring the intersections between them. That chapter was full and rich: an engaged life of thinking, persuading, learning, and leading.

But as Jung reminds us, the afternoon of life asks something different.

Over time, a quieter path began to unfold beneath the visible one. A turn inward toward psyche, soul, and the symbolic life. Toward meaning, dreams, meditation, and the unconscious dynamics that shape how we suffer, love, and grow. That turn led me to formal psychoanalytic training at the C.G. Jung Institute of New England, where I’m now deeply engaged in Stage 1 of the two-stage process of becoming a certified Jungian psychoanalyst.

This work does not replace my earlier pursuits. It holds them differently. It invites a kind of expansion, where the projects of life’s morning are honored, but no longer held as ultimate. They are softened by a deeper listening.

I now work with individuals who are drawn to deep, symbolic, and soulful inner work. This is not mental health treatment. It’s a space for reflection, dream exploration, and deeper insight into what holds us back and what calls us forward. The work isn’t about fixing what’s broken, but about seeing what’s hidden and perhaps, in time, outgrowing the problems that once defined us.

If you’re feeling stuck, restless, or quietly called to something deeper, I welcome you.

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We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life's morning; for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening have become a lie. — Carl Jung

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Depth work begins when the ego kneels before something greater than itself