A Psychoanalytic Study of the Wounded Healer

A Psychoanalytic Study of the Wounded Healer uses qualitative research to examine the popular myth that therapists are 'wounded healers'.It identifies common themes in the life stories of the leading figures and explaining the enduring myth of the wounded healer.

Rhona M. Fear is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist who has spent more than thirty years in private practice in Worcestershire, UK. Following her attainment of a master's degree in counselling and psychotherapy, she proceeded to train in contemporary psychoanalytic theory with the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy. She is the author of several books, including Attachment Theory: Working Towards Learned Security (Routledge).

Introduction 1: The Myth of the Wounded Healer 2: The Research Methodology 3: The Narrative Tone of Stories: Attachment Schemas and World View 4: The Life of Patrick Casement 5: The Life of Neville Symington 6: The Life of Nina Coltart 7: The Life of Sigmund Freud 8: The Life of Viktor Frankl 9: The Life of Carl Jung 10: The Life of John Bowlby 11: Analysis of Themes in the Research 12: Reflexivity 13: Discussion References