Fear and Primordial Trust

Fear And Primordial Trust Explores Fear As An Existential Phenomenon And How It Can Be Overcome. Illustrated By Clinical Examples From The Author’S Practice As A Psychotherapist And Spiritual Caregiver Working With The Severely Ill And Dying The Book Outline Theoretical Insights Into How Primordial Trust And Archaic Fear Unconsciously Shape Our Personality And Behaviour.This Book Discusses In Detail How In Our Everyday World We Lack Primordial Trust. Nevertheless All Of Us Have Internalized It: As Experiences Of Another Non-Dual World Of Being Unconditionally Accepted Then Sheltered And Nurtured. The Book Outlines How From A Spiritual Viewpoint We Come From The Non-Dual World And Experience A Transition By Becoming An Ego Thereby Experiencing Archaic Fear. This Book Explains Fear In Terms Of Two Challenges Encountered In This Transition: Firstly Leaving The Non-World World When Everything Changes And We Feel Forlorn. Secondly On Awakening In The Ego When We Feel Dependent And Overwhelmed By Otherness. The Book Also Helps Readers To Understand Trust As The Emotional And Spiritual Foundation Of The Human Soul As Well As How Fear Shapes Us And How It Can Be Outgrown.The Book Makes The Case That Understanding Fear And Primordial Trust Improves Care And Helps Us To Better Understand Dying. It Will Be Of Interest To Academics Scholars And Students In The Fields Of Psychiatry Counselling Psychotherapy And Palliative Care And To All Those Interested In Understanding Fear Trust And The Healing Potential Of Spiritual Experiences. Chapters 1 And 3 Of This Book Are Freely Available As A Downloadable Open Access Pdf Under A Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License Available At Https://Www.Taylorfrancis.Com/Books/Mono/10.4324/9781003176572