Relief of suffering is one of the main reasons to seek out the help of an analyst or professional therapist. Many forms of therapy seek to simply relieve the symptoms of anxiety, depression, compulsion, addiction, relationship issues, or spiritual crisis. Analysis, while often offering symptom relief, also seeks to understand the source of such symptoms, the unconscious patterns created from wounding and trauma, and the un-lived potential in the personality that has not yet been developed. Such an understanding brings wholeness, purpose and meaning to life and allows for the realization of one’s full potential – a process Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, called individuation.