The 'Good Analyst' and the 'True Jungians'. The Wounded Healer. What is Shamanism? Shamanism and the Wounded Healer as an Archetype. Contemporary Archetype Theory. A Re-evaluation of Jung's Classic Theory of Archetype. The Developmental Side to the Shamanic Wounded Healer. Case Study – the Siberian Sakha (Yakut) Tribe. The Siberian Shaman's Wound – A 'Borderline Type Of Case'. Evidence that the Siberian Shaman is Proto-Borderline. Conclusions. Appendix A: The Implications of Knox's Emergent/Developmental Model of Archetype. Appendix B: Borderline Personality Disorder.
Biography
John Merchant is a Consultant Psychologist and Jungian Analyst in private practice in Sydney, Australia. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, the International Association for Analytical Psychology and is a Training Analyst and previous Vice-President of the Australian & New Zealand Society of Jungian Analysts.
"Shamans and Analysts does provide a valuable model by which to understand the phenomenon and archetype of the wounded healer by providing evidence as to how this dynamic arises and forms one of the important sources from which arises both the quest for knowledge as in academic scientific research, as well as the efforts to assist healing in clinical work. Most valuably, Merchant extends his considerations to the psychodynamics of the transference/countertransference relationship and to current analytic training issues."
-Dr. Gottfried M. Heuer, International Journal of Jungian Studies
