Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
Open Access

Abstract

Trauma and the Archetype of the Invalid

Paul De Blassie III*

Helping traumatized souls heal in depth psychotherapy nourishes the psyche’s drive for wholeness and shocks us with the reality of an unexpected lifelong issue—a soul restricted, on crutches. We never fully recover from profound trauma. We treat the damage, staunch the bleeding; but aches and pains and, at times, permanent damage to psychic structures present enduring challenges with emotional processing, self-regulation, and reality perception. They linger like a cancer in remission or war wounds stabilized but throbbing with vestiges of somatic and psychic memories.

Published Date: 2020-10-15; Received Date: 2020-09-26