“An overwhelmed child immediately feels during a traumatic event that he has no options. His response to this feeling is an awareness of utter helplessness. The child fears the loss of his family connections and, if he is old enough, the loss of his life. He quickly adopts the attitude that worse [...]
Archive for June, 2007
“Too Scared to Cry” by Lenore Terr
Posted in Child Psychology on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“When the Spirits Come Back” by Janet O. Dallett
Posted in Jungian Psychology, Psychology of Feminine on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“The psychology of a creative woman is somewhat different, for the realm of the mothers is her most fundamental reality. To fulfill her creative destiny a woman must become grounded in the divinity in whose image she was made — goddess, not god. When she succeeds, she no longer asks the men in her life [...]
“The Family Crucible” by Augustus Y. Napier with Carl Whitaker
Posted in General Psychology on June 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Just as most suicides require a minimum of two “parties” (someone who wants to die and someone who wants him or her dead), therapeutic growth takes collaboration. The family must want to change, and the therapist must want them to change. While a model for this mutual effort has been created in the [...]
“Saturday’s Child — Encounters with the Dark Gods” by Janet O. Dallett
Posted in Jungian Psychology on June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Even at more than twice her age, whenever I was with a man I was all too ready to give him the authority, as if I were the a child and he a father who could not be disobeyed. Women do that easily. Unsure of who we are, we hesitate to disapoint our [...]
