Episode 176 - The Wounded Healer

There are three major models of healing medical shamanic and psychoanalytic In the first the doctor does it to you in the second the intermediary does it for you and in the third Jung s dialectical process we work together to discover the curative powers in the patient s own nature Just as every wounded patient has inner health every healer has an inner wound If consciously known and borne the analyst s wound serves the healing process In Greek myth Chiron symbolizes the wounded healer a term Jung originated A wise and noble centaur Chiron suffered a painful incurable wound and inspired many a Greek hero to reach full potential Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis attract wounded healers A recent survey shows that 82 of applied psychology graduate students and faculty in the U S and Canada experience mental health conditions We must be willing like Chiron to embrace the darkness of our painful places if we hope to help others embrace theirs Here s the dream we analyze I had just moved into a house with new roommates One of the roommates was an African American social media personality and the other roommate was a Latinx man As a white woman with a privileged background I felt like an intruder but was excited to be living with them In the first week I get back to the house and no one is home In one of the shared spaces the social media personality roommate has left out materials for one of her projects where she has two mason jars that have been fermenting and infusing for weeks Both jars are filled with a clear liquid where the top half of the liquid is red and the bottom half is blue One jar is labeled separated and the other doesn t have a label Since I ve seen her video about this on social media I know that if the labeled jar is shaken the colors will stay separated and with the unlabeled jar they will mix into a purple Without thinking impulsively I grab the unlabeled mason jar and tip it over watching the colors bleed into each other I give it a shake and it turns into a gorgeous bright light almost neon purple Immediately I realize what I ve done and that I can t separate the colors again I ve destroyed my new roommate s weeks of patient work I feel horrible I pray for it to reset but I know it s too late I m in a fancy German University library with my boyfriend I m a mess confessing what I had done I need to tell my roommate that I am sorry and that I promise I will never touch her work again but I don t actually know her real name or phone number My boyfriend and I are scouring all sources to find a way to contact her emails texts social media but she uses multiple monikers and we can t figure out her real name I m sobbing and self-conscious of making noise in the uptight library My boyfriend tries to lighten the mood and loudly says If I m ever going to have kids I m going to do it when I m 27 not when I m 34 as a type of joke which causes a stir in the quiet library and generates some laughter I m embarrassed and feel helpless I know what I want to say to her to apologize but I am missing key information to be able to contact her RESOURCES Learn to Analyze your own Dreams a https 3A 2F 2Fthisjungianlife com 2Fenroll 2F a

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