The Psychology of The Wounded Healer



The wounded healer refers to the capacity to be at home in the darkness of suffering and there to find germs of light and recovery. It is the archetype at the bottom of all genuine healing procedures. As long as we feel victimised, bitter and resentful towards our wound, and seek to escape from suffering it, we remain inescapably bound to it. This is neurotic suffering, as opposed to the authentic suffering of the wounded healer which is purified. The wound can destroy you, or it can wake you up. As Carl Jung wrote, “The doctor is effective only when he himself is affected. Only the wounded physician heals.”

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πŸ“ Sources

– KerΓ©nyi, K. (1959). Asklepios: Archetypal image of the physician’s existence. Archetypal images of Greek religion, 3
– Downing, C. (1990). Only the wounded healer heals: the testimony of Greek mythology. Soundings, 551-573
– Daneault, S. The wounded healer: can this idea be of use to family physicians? Can Fam Physician. 2008 Sep;54(9):1218-9, 1223-5
– Henderson, R. (2019). The Wounded Healer: A Conversation with Thomas Moore, Murray Stein, and Russell Lockhart. Jung Journal, 13(2), 115-127
– Jung and the Archetype of the Wounded Healer: Free introductory Class – James Newell PhD

– Chiron: The Archetype of the Wounded Healer – Jessica DiRuzza, MFT

– Episode 176 – The Wounded Healer – This Jungian Life

– Theurgy (A Brief Introduction) – Abbas the Alchemist

– Introduction to the Sacred and Profane | Mircea Eliade | The Myth of the Eternal Return

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βŒ› Timestamps

0:00 Introduction: The Wounded Healer
1:39 Chiron: The Wounded Healer
4:03 Asclepius: The Greek God of Healing
6:13 Asclepieia: Healing Temples
11:12 The Importance of Death
15:06 The Wound as Initiation: Hero’s Journey
17:30 The Sacred and The Profane
19:59 The Wound as Initiation: Shamanism
21:49 Compensatory function
22:51 Repetition Compulsion
23:32 Pharmakon: Poison and Cure
24:26 Therapist as Wounded Healer
29:49 Conclusion

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  1. It is our own hurt that gives the measure of our power to heal.

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  2. The word MAN is supposed to mean MANKIND as in huMAN. Using the word HE to represent all of mankind is misguiding because it gives a woMAN a sense of not believing they can achieve what MAN can achieve. Not all shamans are HE; some are SHE. This interpretation makes it sound as if females aren't able to be self healers.

  3. I grew up with my grandma who had a heart condition. Because I loved her so much I dedicated my life to become a doctor, a healer who could heal her ailments. On the day I got accepted to med school, I so happily shared the news with her. The next day, she died at the hospital. She had herself checked up, her doctor injected medication which she had an adverse reaction to and she died of anaphylactic shock. I was holding her hands while the doctors and nurses scrambled to save her. I quit Medicine as I was too broken. I am a wounded healer. Thank you ever so much for sharing this video. It made a profound impact and gave me so much to think about.

  4. There is no solace for those who decide to deny the self for others. Unfortunately not denying the self brings no solace either because pleasure is a endless hunger. the only solution to this dichotomy is to have the ability to selectively forget, like watching your favorite movie for the first time

  5. Everyone is posting quotes but I wanted to say the shaman artwork in this video is some of the coolest shit I've ever seen. Great stuff man, subbed after this one for sure

  6. Well said and explained in away a child could understand it themselves we all have wounds that Carn't be healed even in time but we can help others with there healing process by reaching out to those who need it the most For I am No Healer but I have been through the process myself and giving myself to be healed by Listening and understanding of those who have been tormented by others

  7. Yes we can help others transmute their shadow back to the light becuase we have walked the path ourselves and can show them how. This is inner alchemy. It's a beautiful process and a fantastic video about it.

  8. I hope this doesn't come across as rude because I love your work. Would you mind using they/them instead of he/his? As a girl hearing he takes me out of being able to feel as connected with the material. Even if not I will still listen to your beautiful work. <3 Thank you for providing this information.

  9. Are there any myths or stories of the wounded healer entering into chaos realms / madness states of mind and coming out okay? I feel like that is where someone can lose parts of their essence and invite something else in to take it's place.

  10. I began as a Spiritual seeker but the older I get the more secular I become. Facing the death of loved ones has destroyed any beliefs in god or hope. Freedom of man Alone and Empowered as a Singularity Results. I (Not God) Bless You. Lol πŸ˜†

  11. I cracked my skull open at the age of 3, I was born with Autism, but it is widely believe Savant occurs from an undetected head injury. Father got deported at the age of 10, mom molested me as a young boy, dirt poor living on government help, I do believe I lost myself early on, lost myself in the rage, hate, and desperation. Recently I found out that I could easily be labeled a sociopath, usually the medical field will tell you that I’m the worst of the worst, that is not who I choose to be, I started working at the age of 15, never did I let myself fall Into the stereotype of what I should be, I don’t feel many emotions, usually the people like me can only understand if it’s someone who is walking the same path they once walked, today I found this video and I never felt prouder of who I chose to become. I trade in the stock market, I choose to live in my car, I have a dream that I think is achievable, that can give me the platform I’ll need to speak my story.

  12. Wonderfully presented and deeply insightful. Much appreciated. "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." ~ C. Jung

  13. I'm starting to research into everything about healing

    my doctor who I've known for years recommended me to get vaccinated I was in absolute shock

    I just stood up told him that I will never be seeing him again he said "I had to" as I walked out.

    if someone I known for years can look me in the eyes and ask me to get vaccinated I need to better understand every aspect of healing

    my journey starts now.

  14. I work with many retired folks and its crazy to here the stages of being old that even older people go through, some think they still have their youn bodies, some are to afraid to do anything because they think of themselves as such a burden because they could die at any moment://

  15. I understand this completely. I recently was awaken by a bad wound recently. I know forsure that I'm a completely different person because of it. πŸ˜” I have been truly renewed.

  16. πŸ€” A Perfect Circle By And Down 🎢

    So Solfeggio and removing snakes…

    The Serpents are considered Pathogens, Filth, Parasitic. Spiritual Parasites.

    Hence the spiral motion towards warmth, light, healing. They (🐍) are cold blooded.

    Rig Vedas…. on into Quran, Torah, KJV Bible. Not dismissing Greek History.

    Much appreciated Enternalised. This sure beats daytime T.V.

    πŸ€”When you can produce Solfeggio and beyond….. which is the goal here…. it makes people who can't do it extremely envious and jealous. Over to taking credit for it… that stuff only matters to people who want to make a profit. You can let them die.

    They're just going to go back to drinking 🍷 🍻 πŸ₯ƒ(Shuts off pineal gland), whoring, debauchery, etc. Then that transition πŸ₯€ makes them a 🐍.

    πŸ€” They always blame it on others. Rather than assuming responsibility. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈGatorade… HΒ²O

    🐍 πŸ€” Drink the water πŸ’¦…. and Solfeggio Dragon Baby….

    You think that's why there is a hissing sound in Crouching Tiger 🐯 Hidden Dragon 🐲 when they …. float β™­ on the bamboo?!
    So πŸ€” the ☯ is all white and healthy…. there is no yin. Only Yang.

    And that's why women smile. Because they see darkness in him. Allegedly…
    🀣🀣🀣YESSSSSSSS! Don't worry you'll get it.
    I mean you can't just wear Gray and White around a bunch of Sith…. πŸ€”Hmm

    Not sorry… Eureka + + = +πŸ’‘ πŸ€” Moment.

    Now I begin to see why you don't dabble in other people's minds. Because if it's an incredibly dark mind you become them.
    πŸ€”And also love them. As common as that sounds without sounding completely corrupt and twisted.

    Like that scene with Jeff Goldblum in Vibes when he is holding his girlfriends underwear… you did what…. oh yeah it's friggin' over. We shake hands now 🀝…. No more 🀭πŸ₯° Bow Chica Bow Wow 🎢

    🐍BingπŸ‘ˆ πŸ“– πŸ€”βœ¨ And Moses said this was a science experiment. Bronze Serpent Story. Biomechanics.
    🐺 (Over to Alpha and Omega) πŸ’«
    πŸ™

    Psychotherapy.

    πŸ€” What they don't talk about is a possible essence exchange.

    πŸπŸ’­I'm not afraid of you. πŸ€”πŸ’­ Uh huh… makes two of us.

    Perception definitively will take you beyond the psychological metaphors.

    That Carl Jung statement about the Dragon.

    That's the entire film of The 9 Gates with Johnny Depp. More flying…without bamboo… and the Dragon now has green eyes and blonde hair.
    πŸ“– πŸ€”Celibacy it is. But the thing is… the Dragoness would rather follow the Righteous Knight than be a Satanist. So some Dragons… took the high road.
    Back to the Yin ☯ Yang going all white. No duality.

    🐺 πŸ’« πŸ‘ˆ πŸ€”βœ¨ πŸ’­ Bing Sound Again.

    Everything that ever existed… ☯ there is a light and dark. Now forcing light into Yin… is a work out. Define Brilliance, Radiance… Stoicism

    πŸ€”Word of mouth is eventually….

    🐍 🐍 πŸπŸ’­ 🐍 Nah man he's cool.

    🐺 🐺 🐺 πŸ’­ 🐺 He's one of us.

    πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ πŸ’­ Now imagine doing that 2 Millenia, 7 Millenia…. 10 +
    Over Come all future threats by the same means.
    Joshua 1:1-9
    Eventually it's Yang & Yang or Just Yang.

    🐲 πŸ€” That's why Dragons fight Dragons. Eventually it stops. Wolves 🐺 don't fight each other. Tigers 🐯 become Asuras… but also like 🍚 rice.

    Obviously she see's light. Possibly a counterpoint.

    Why hide or dim down your light. πŸ€”Zdzislaw Beksinski…. It's not a nightmare. It's a Mission. Color contrast changes over time.
    But it started like ….

    🧨
    ✊️🀨

    πŸπŸ’­ Come on in boy I'm going to eat you alive. 🐍 🐍 🐍
    Yin Serpents…. every where.

    Beksinski
    🐺 🐺 Nevermore 🐺 Forevermore πŸ•³

    Those that eat the flesh of a man…

    πŸ€”Makes the subject of Agartha so much more intimate. Or the subject of the Microcosm of the human mind… and why Carl Jung imo always sounded like an Athiest but he wasnt. More like a naturalist humanist…. who occasionally wanted spiritual experience because he knew that after Greek History was dismantled many Sensory Experiences were turned into symptoms.

    That's why medicine that is considered western is fraudulent and there for not taken seriously. Eastern Medicine is also why so many beings live happily in πŸ€”Coexistence.

    Real remedies are applied so there is no continued pharmacological βš• issues.
    Also why frequency sciences have taken off and the Holy Texts from every continent literally speak of Solfeggio or natural remedies. 🍡 Tea, 🌿 Herbs, Naturalism. Schumann Resonance…

    Rather than poison chalk πŸ’Š. Malpractice… (Western Medicine).
    Look up the definition for Alkuhl, Pharmacy, Drug…

    Who ever did the art 🎨 for your videos is frigging awesome. Like a Tool cover (Band).

    The Native American with the Owl πŸ¦‰ @ 20 minutes… amazing. More Naturalism.

    Take care my friend.

    Pharmacon πŸ€” have to remember that one.

    IMMINENCE: Chasing Shadows & Alleviate 🎢

    Most videos offer these bread crumbs if you will into your video… the psychological stances of Pharmacon

    πŸ€” Not Sergey but still pleasant.

    πŸ€” Now if Corso and Balkan were friends.
    Depp and Langella are, so that works.
    πŸ€”At first I thought the film was about one thing and it's about another. A good Dragon but πŸ‘Ÿ she wears tennis shoes.
    John 3:15-16 reference.
    πŸ€”Antonym of eccentric….
    Like Cynocephali

    🐍😢🐺

    πŸ€”πŸ’­ You were floating for 7-9 months in your mother's Microcosm 🀰 developing and use to have a tail. Waters of the Holy Spirit. πŸ’« πŸ’« πŸ’«

    Nehushtan πŸ€”πŸ™„πŸ€”πŸ™„πŸ€” (Thumbnail) Medical Logo.

    Sun Feb 19, 2023
    LOP, GOH
    J.J.A.

    (Radiance)πŸ’« πŸ€”βœ¨(Brilliance). Light is wise/wisdom. Darkness is ignorance. All this stuff is in the bible… and ripped off by those who practice the oldest form of flattery. No ego involved. Just a huge language barrier because misinformation is mainstream and perception is … a work in progress.

    Like the woman/ man who can't take a hint when I πŸ€”πŸ™„πŸ€”πŸ™„ and they say maybe his eyes will stick. 🀣🀣🀣… No Brilliance, No Radiance, No Light… No humility…. mean old πŸ¦‡ bat. Less than 5 seconds. Catch ya on the way back.

    You look at Jesus (Son of God) doing the Mudras and comprehend why … left hand ✌️ and right hand πŸ–. Or is it vice versa?!

    2 Keys or 1?! πŸ— πŸ— …. πŸ€” πŸ”

    πŸ•― πŸ€”πŸ’­ Becoming Who One Is…. There's a lot of Fyodor Dostoevsky here too.

  17. I have a disease and got injured over and over again. Can say i get hit with a poisoned arrow one or two times a year for the last 30 years. Heal or help others is a good way to travel the pain and sorrow. Sometimes i got incapacitated for months and dont have the forces or the resources to go and help others. And when i can go, other arrow come from the sky, just like a punishment. Its ok. I can stand strong and go over again. But then something strange happens and the ones who i help before, now start shooting arrows to me. Single arrows with no poison and not really harmful. I never seek for gratitude or thanks for my acts. But this arrows knock me down in a way I can no longer stand up. My help was hatred. Maybe was too many poison and starts to get mixed with my own blood, and now my help is toxic, no idea. But now my injuries are not from the poisoning of the arrows, but from the discrimination of my society and the ones who I love and spend my whole life helping, even when they dont notice. Im still grateful for the time i spend helping others, but not sure if i can't stand again with so many brothers shooting at me.

  18. Couldn’t come at a perfect time for me!! I’m a Reiki practitioner and licensed esthetician. I’m currently putting myself in a 30 day water fast to count down for my birthday. Not to loose weight, but to hell encouraging my body to heal, body, mind and spirit from things I need to acknowledge in my darkness. Accepts, forgiveness, letting go/releasing, and failure. It has brought so many break through a and downfalls. It’s been a beautiful journey for me.

    When I talk about it other practitioners are having savior complex, wanting to help me and telling me how they can help me. In a salesman pushy approach, but I don’t want it their help I’m not seeking for it, because this something I want to do on my own.

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