Breast Cancer: A Soul Journey, Greer Patricia

Women diagnosed with breast cancer often describe the experience as having many layers-physical, emotional, psychological, relational, social, spiritual, and even financial. Considering the experience as a journey of the soul is an opportunity to move beyond the effects of breast cancer and into a more expansive, meaning-making exploration. Patricias story is a generous gift to all who have experienced breast cancer and felt drawn to a deeper understanding of the point where ones essence and illness intersect. This is definitely a trip youll be glad you took.
-Jeannie Cella, MS, LCPC, executive director of Wellness House

With compassion and intelligence, Patricia Greer offers a readable and generous personal exploration of the potential meanings of breast cancer. Embracing the symbolic attitude of Jungian methods, which activate and engage unconscious layers of psyche, she focuses on cancer as teacher, a metaphoric guide to deeper self-awareness and self-knowledge. This soulful meditation on the healing power of image is a rich, sensitive contribution full of embodied wisdom, evocative language, and transcendent depth. An inspirational book for therapists, patients, and for all women and their families and friends whose lives have been touched by cancer and illness.
-Judith Cooper, PsyD, clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst

Patricia Greer creates a profound pathway for those with cancer and their loved ones. She intimately shares the sacred healing capacity of dream and image that she personally experienced during her long journey with cancer. Her image of the single redbud tree resonated for me long after I put the book down. Joining Patricia on her underworld journey with cancer, I too was immersed in a deep experience of navigating the darkest nights of the soul. I am deeply touched by Patricias work and feel her offering is tending the soul in and of the world.
-Stephen Aizenstat, PhD, chancellor and founding president, Pacifica Graduate Institute