Trauma and Beyond: The Mystery of Transformation

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Sources and Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: The Spiritual Lens: Dying and Becoming
	Part I: Opening
		Chapter One: Unveiling the Face of Trauma
			Trauma and the Soul
			The Numinosity of Trauma
			Soul Murder
			Loss of Soul and “Broken Courage”
		Chapter Two: Trauma as a Spiritual Experience
			The Spiritual Dimension
			Spiritual Transformation through Trauma
			The Unity of the Material and the Spiritual
			The Healing Power of Spiritual Values
		Chapter Three: Trauma as a Crisis of Meaning
			Between Meaning and Meaninglessness
			Betwixt and Between: Trauma and Liminality
			The Emergence of Meaning Following Trauma
		Chapter 4: The Transformative Power of Suffering
			The Paradigm of Posttraumatic Growth
			Wounding and Awakening
			Wound or Wisdom: Paul Celan and Nelly Sachs
		Chapter 5: Beyond Embitterment
			Reconciliation and Forgiveness
			Integrating the Shadow
			Coming into Being and Passing Away: Etty Hillesum
		Chapter 6: Trauma through the Mythological Lens
			Trauma as Descent
			Kali’s Rage: The Fire of Transformation
			The Ravished Feminine: Medusa’s Petrifying Gaze
			Yearning for Death: The Trauma of Betrayal
Part II: The Clinical Lens
	Part II: Opening
		Chapter 7: Retrieving Soul: Echoes of the Red Book
			Dissociation and Ego-State Therapy
			Trauma Narratives: Re-creating Identity
			The Imaginal Realm
			Working with Mandalas
			Certainty Lost, Paradox Gained
			Paradox and Transformation
			Paradoxical Transference and Countertransference
		Chapter 8: Circumambulating Complementarity
			Complementary Modes of Viewing Trauma
			The Relational Dimension of Complementarity
			The Complementarity of Being and Doing in Trauma Therapy
			Presence and Reflection
			Mentalization
		Chapter 9: The Crucible of Transformation: The Mercurial Psyche
			From Chaos to New Order
			Transfiguration and Healing Transitions
			The Capacity for Transcendence
		Chapter 10: Transcendence, Trauma, and Sacrifice
			From Spiritual Emergency to Spiritual Emergence: Traumatic Roots and Self-Transcendence in the Red Book
			The Trauma Membrane
			The Dialectic of Victim and Victimizer
		Chapter 11: Sacrifice of the Self
			Transcending Trauma through Sacrifice of the False Self
		Chapter 12: The Traumatic Dimensions of Sacrifice
			The Sacrifice Motif in Myths and Fairy Tales
			The Transcendent Function: Transformation in the Relational Field
		Chapter 13: Trauma and the Body: Portal to the Source
			Body and Consciousness
			The Transformative Power of Chi and Yoga
Conclusion