Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. It is associated with cyclicality, the idea of a loop that is a continuous cycle of creation and destruction. In psychotherapy, the term has been used to represent the journey to explore the self, and its journey is often referred to as the ouroboric loop. This is a therapeutic process developed by Carl Jung and it encourages the in-depth exploration of the individual's unconscious beliefs and experiences. Such exploration can help uncover potential sources of pain that are then integrated and resolved.
