Trauma and Beyond: The Mystery of TransformationIn this seminal work on the clinical, archetypal and spiritual dimension of trauma, the author offers a compelling vision of the transformative potential of suffering and the dialectic of Dying and Becoming. Wirtz outlines a healing path from fragmentation to integration and illuminates the resilience of the human spirit in the face of severe trauma. Trauma and Beyond will be essential reading and a valuable resource for counsellors, therapists and Jungian analysts who are challenged in their practice with individual and collective traumata. |
Contents
Chapter Two Trauma as a Spiritual Experience | |
Chapter Three Trauma as a Crisis of Meaning | |
The Transformative Power of Suffering | |
Beyond Embitterment | |
Trauma through the Mythological Lens | |
THE CLINICAL LENS | |
Circumambulating Complementarity | |
The Mercurial Psyche | |
Transcendence Trauma and Sacrifice | |
Sacrifice of the Self | |
The Traumatic Dimensions of Sacrifice | |
Portal to the Source | |
Conclusion | |
Echoes of the Red Book in Trauma Therapy | |
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