Catharsis in Psychology and Beyond: A Historic Overview

By Esta Powell

Following are some of my favorite books about deep feeling work, which may help you in your own journey.

Facing the Wolf: Inside the Process of Deep Feeling Therapy
Theresa Sheppard Alexander
1996, Dutton Books

Emotional Fitness: Discovering Our Natural Healing Power
Janice Berger with Harry Hall
2000, Prentice Hall Canada

Rediscovering The True Self

Ingeborg Bosch
2002

Primal Healing
Arthur Janov
2007, New Page Books

Why You Get Sick, How You Get Well: The Healing Power of Feelings
Arthur Janov
1996, Dove Books

The New Primal Scream: Primal Therapy 20 Years On
Arthur Janov
1991, Enterprise Publishing

Reclaiming Your Life : A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Regression Therapy to Overcome the Effects of Childhood Abuse
Jean C. Jenson, foreword by Alice Miller
1996, Meridian/Penguin

Healing Trauma
Peter A. Levine
2005, Sounds True

Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma
Peter A. Levine
1997, North Atlantic Books

The Drama of the Gifted Child – The Search for the True Self
Alice Miller  
1997, Basic Books

The Body Remembers
Babette Rothschild
2000, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Primal Connections
Elisabeth Noble
1993, Simon & Schuster

Making Sense of Suffering:
The Healing Confrontation With Your Own Past
J. Konrad Stettbacher, Foreword by Alice Miller
1994, Merit Publishing International