The primal wound
Subtitle: a transpersonal view of trauma, addiction, and growth
By: John Firman and Ann Gila.
Contributors: Gila, Ann.
Series: SUNY series in the philosophy of psychology
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Transpersonal psychology.; Self-destructive behavior.; Psychosynthesis.
Description: The primal wound is the result of a violation we all suffer in various ways, beginning in early childhood and continuing throughout life. Because we are treated not as individual, unique human beings but as objects, our intrinsic, authentic sense of self is annihilated. This primal wounding breaks the fundamental relationships that form the fabric of human existence: the relationship to oneself, to other people, to the natural world, and to a sense of transpersonal meaning symbolized in concepts such as the Divine, the Ground of Being, and Ultimate Reality. In this book Firman and Gila apply object relations theory, self-psychology, transpersonal psychology, and psychosynthesis to the issues of psychological wounding, healing, and growth and show how this wounding can be redeemed through therapy and through changing one's way of living.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.