Trauma and the self-care system - A Jungian perspective

In this podcast, Dr Rinda Blom, director of the Red Shoe Play Therapy Training Centre, explains the self-care system that develops in the psyche of traumatised children, as discovered by Donald Kalched, Jungian analyst. The dynamics of the self-care system, ways in which it protects children against re-traumatisation and the detrimental effect of this in excluding connection with our true essence on conscious level, are outlined. The episode is ended with the necessary steps in order to get beyond the defenses of the archetypal self-care system and to reclaim the innocent, true, authentic child part.