Psychosis, Spirit Possession, and Child Sexual Abuse - A Jungian, Depth, and Liberation Psychology Perspective

This distinctive volume examines the psychological claims of spirit possession and psychosis as they are linked to child sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and poor mental health.

List of contents

Introduction Part 1: Psychosis 1. Carrie 2. Melanie 3. Bystander Mobilization 4. The Boy 5. Coco 6. Nile 7. Maddinks the Mute 8. Elusine 9. The Counsellor Part 2: Spirit Possession 10. Vladimir 11. Yara: The Transcendent Part 3: Rise of the Dark Feminine 12. Bahira

About the author

Hazel Da Breo, PhD, is a Canadian scholar-practitioner of Grenadian birth and Indigenous ancestry. She has co-authored three academic texts on Child Sexual Abuse in the Carribean and numerous articles on a variety of psychological subjects. Da Breo is a graduate of a master’s degree program in Depth Psychology (Pacifica Graduate Institute), Adult Education (Yorkville University) and Art History (York University). Her PhD in Psychotherapeutic Counseling is from the Open International University. She is a Professor of Psychology at St. George’s University, and her current research interests include the Neuroscience of Trauma and the Philosophy of Cultural Psychiatry.

Summary

This distinctive volume examines the psychological claims of spirit possession and psychosis as they are linked to child sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and poor mental health.

Product details

• Authors: Hazel Da Breo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032122113
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212211-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Psychiatry, Sexual abuse & harassment, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Sexual abuse and harassment, Analytical and Jungian psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Jungian, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis