Trauma and the Problem of the Psyche
Abstract
This chapter delves into trauma as a rupture of psychic continuity and meaning. It highlights how trauma fragments time and self-experience, creating exiled psychic territories. Healing is framed not as revisiting or “solving” trauma but as creating a space where the self can safely re-approach what was once unendurable. The analyst is invited to become a compassionate witness rather than an interpreter, embodying presence over solution.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Memory
History
Trauma
Identity
Jungian Analytical Psychology
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 39–40
- Publication date
- 12 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter