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The Primal Wound: Transpersonal View of Trauma, Addiction and Growth (SUNY Series in the Philosophy of Psychology) (Hardcover)

by John Firman (Author), Ann Gila (Author)

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Hardcover: 284 pages
Publisher: State University of New York Press (7 Mar 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0791432939
ISBN-13: 978-0791432938
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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According to the authors, the primal wound is the result of a violation we all experience in various ways, in which we are treated not as individual, unique human beings, but as objects. In this volume, Firman and Gila apply object relations theory, self-psychology, transpersonal psychology, and psychosynthesis to the issues of psychological woundi

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5.0 out of 5 stars the most lucid book on the basic problem of being human, 29 Jan 1999

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Jonh Firman's "The Primal Wound" (with help from partner Ann Gila), is definitely not just another self-help book. It is the book to read if you want to understand the deep dynamics of growing up and the wounds or the primal wound that you carry.Using the wonderfully post-Jungian model of Psychosynthesis, Firman details in clear and simple language the development of wounds and how they create a survival personality that is different from one's authentic personality. The book is a gem, full of ideas from amny sources. The integration of them will cause transpersonal theorists to take a closer look at what psychosythesis theory has to offer.This book shows that it has a lot to offer because it is integrative and synthesizing in nature. This dynamic is part of the structure of Psychosynthesis and Firman's book proves that we haven't heard the last of him. There is a wealth of material here and wisdom as powerful as it gets.

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I was impressed with this take on primal wounding, particularly with regards to how it can play itself out in terms of addictive behaviour later in life. The real test of the book was in lending it out to others and finding that the people I'd lent it to then bought copies of their own. I was helped by the concept of the upper and lower unconscious, and the diagrams that went with this were useful, too. The primal wound is one of those primary concepts that found its way into the heart of my practice as a counsellor, and this book contextualises it incredibly well.

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