Gravitz and Bowden {1985} describe recovery in their ACoA patients as occurring in six stages: {1} Survival; {2} Emergent Awareness; {3} Core Issues; {4} Transformations; {5} Integration; and {6} Genesis {or spirituality}. These stages parallel the four stages of life growth and transformation described by Ferguson {1980} and the three stages of the classical mythological hero or heroine's journey as described by Campbell {1946} and by myself and others. We can clarify and summarize the similarities of each approach as follows.
( Charles L. Whitfield )
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