The Monster's Journey: From Trauma to Connection
with Dr. Mark Forman, Integral Psychologist
The Monster’s Journey describes a new way to think about and therapeutically approach childhood, developmental trauma. This conceptualization is grounded strongly in the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research literature. With this grounding, this presentation will offer a psychological alternative to Joseph Campbell’s well-known Hero’s Journey called The Monster’s Journey. Drawing inspiration from modern story forms, The Monster’s Journey describes the unique developmental challenges faced by survivors of early life trauma; a journey where their innocence is lost prematurely and thus a new, trusting connection to the normal world must be generated and maintained. This presentation is in support of the recently published and well-reviewed text, The Monster’s Journey: From Trauma to Connection (2020) by Mark Forman, PhD.
Mark will give our group a unique presentation of his work, with relatable examples from popular culture, with plenty of time for Q&A afterwards. This meeting will be of interest to integralists, therapists, people who experienced trauma in their past, as well as anyone who knows others who have trauma in their backgrounds.
