The Wounded Healer

Most professional development asks you to acquire skills. This module asks you to examine what you already carry. Everyone who does this work long enough is changed by it. The question is not whether the work will wound you - it will. The question is what you do with that. Jung's wounded healer concept, Frankl's insistence on meaning-making, Nouwen's understanding of brokenness as the source of genuine connection, Rilke's invitation to live inside the questions rather than demand answers - these are not abstract ideas. They are frameworks for making sense of what this work does to a person across a career. And beneath all of them is the same insight: the practitioner who has done the inner work of integrating their suffering brings something to their work that no amount of technical training can produce. Genuine presence. Hard-won empathy. The kind of understanding that cannot be taught.

The wound and the wisdom Jung's wounded healer archetype - and the research that confirms what mythology always knew about suffering, reflection and therapeutic presence

Our stories Five people from five different professions - each wounded differently, each transformed by what they chose to do with it

Integration, not resolution Why processing your wounds is not about resolving them - and the practical disciplines that turn experience into wisdom

Curriculum

9 Chapters · 13 Lessons

  1. 1

    Welcome

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      Welcome- The Wounded Healer

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      Before You Begin

  2. 2

    The Wounded Healer Archetype

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      What Jung Understood - The Healer's Wound as a Source of Wisdom

  3. 3

    The Evidence — Suffering as a Clinical Asset

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      What Research Tells Us About Wounded Healers

  4. 4

    Three Philosophers, One Truth

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      Frankl, Nouwen, and Rilke - Frameworks for Making Meaning in Nursing

  5. 5

    Integration - The Inner Work

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      What Integration Actually Looks Like - and Miriam's Story

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      Our Stories

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    Reflection Practice

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      The Wounded Healer — A Personal Reflection

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    Knowledge Check

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      Knowledge Check — What to Expect

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      Wisdom Series: Module 1 Quiz

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    CPD Reflection

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      CPD Reflection — What to Expect

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      CPD Reflection — The Wounded Healer

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    Before You Go

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      Before you go - here's your Field Notes card for this module. Keep it, print it, or save it to your phone. Come back to it on the days that need it.

The depth you bring to this work was earned. This module helps you understand how.

2 hours. Certificate included. Reflection record emailed to you on completion.

$45.00

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