The basis of psychotherapy for post-traumatic personality disorders, Donald Kalshed puts the idea that the soul lives between two worlds - material and spiritual, and culture provides the individual with a mythopoetic matrix that helps to survive after severe trauma. Analyzing the similarities and differences between Jungian and psychoanalytic approaches to therapy, the author reveals the intricacies of psychological work with dreams and bodily symptoms of people who have experienced early trauma. Particular attention is paid to the treatment of dissociation and self-destructive tendencies, the specifics of transference/countertransference and insufficient symbolization. To illustrate his conclusions, the author uses clinical material and artistic images, including fairy tales.