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From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Free FREE TRAUMA AND RECOVERY: THE AFTERMATH OF VIOLENCE--FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE TO POLITICAL TERROR PDF Judith Lewis Herman | 336 pages | 07 Jul 2015 | The Perseus Books Group | 9780465061716 | English | New York, United States Book Club: Trauma and Recovery — FaithTrust Institute Please type in your email address in order to receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password. In this groundbreaking book, a leading clinical psychiatrist redefines how we think about and treat victims of trauma. A 'stunning achievement' that remains a 'classic for our generation. Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political terror, she shows surprising parallels between private horrors like child abuse and public horrors like war. Hailed by the New York Times as 'one of the most important psychiatry works to be published since Freud,' Trauma and Recovery is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand how we heal and are healed. By clicking "Notify Me" you consent to receiving electronic marketing communications from Audiobooks. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time. Sign up Login. Remember Me. Forgot your password? Close Login. Forgot Password. Close Reset Password. Processing Please Don't Refresh the Page. Play Sample. Give as a Gift Send this book as a Gift! Book Rating 4. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Audiobook. Remove From Cart. Date: December Duration: 12 hours 32 minutes. Similar Titles. This title is due for release on December 10, Please Log in and add this title to your wishlist. We will send you an email as soon as this title is available. Join the Conversation. All Rights Reserved. Trauma and Recovery by Judith L. Herman | Basic Books Academic journal article Journal of Human Services. Judith Herman, M. Her vast experience is evident in the way that the book paints a vivid portrait of the impact of trauma on the lives of survivors. The book is easy to read, sometimes as hard to put down as a good novel. Yet, it is densely packed with research and clinical insights. The book consists of a main body published inan afterword added inand an epilogue added in Part 1 reviews extensive research on various trauma types, from military combat and imprisonment, to Nazi concentration camps, to child sexual abuse and domestic violence. One of the greatest accomplishments of the book is that the research is woven together in a way that cross-validates the experiences of each group. By identifying a common, predictable pattern of symptoms across diverse sufferers, she allows the socially powerful e. Part 1 also calls Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror new diagnostic criteria for symptoms of trauma, which has somewhat come to fruition with the new DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Herman displayed great foresight having written about this need Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror in Part 2 presents a sequential 5-stage model of trauma recovery: 1 A Healing Relationship, 2 Safety, 3 Remembrance and Mourning, 4 Reconnection, and 5 Commonality. The first two stages stress the importance of the therapeutic relationship as the healing agent. Herman pays very careful attention to transference, counter-transference, and vicarious traumatization in working with survivors. Herman's presentation and normalization of these issues help prepare the clinician to be mindful of risks to client and self, promoting appropriate use of supervision and deliberate self-care. The third stage involves the telling of the trauma narrative at the survivor's discretion. The fourth stage is existential and attachment-based in nature; reconnection to others or a social cause helps survivors find a new sense of meaning in life. The fifth stage focuses on group work with the underlying assumption that universality of experience helps survivors know that they too can heal. Herman's description of the 5-stage model draws on her vast clinical experience and review of the literature and offers many insights and recommendations for effective practice with survivors. One of the more profound insights is the importance of the sequencing of the stages. The later additions provide updated literature reviews and information on timely topics such as more recent wars and military sexual trauma. The Epilogue includes a passionate reveal of the institutional betrayal survivors must contend with when "those in positions of authority, by their acts of omission and commission, effectively take the side of the perpetrators in their midst" p. It is a call to social action that should resonate with the human services community. She also discusses holistic approaches such as body-oriented therapies, and the integration of yoga and Pilates into trauma work. The Afterword and Epilogue are excellent, but the book would be improved if they were woven into a re-write of the main text, rather than tacked-on to the end. A full revision of the text might also yield a more hopeful tone to Part 1, which can be overwhelmingly gloomy when one realizes that many human services students and practitioners are trauma survivors. An unknown error has occurred. Please click Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror button below to reload the page. If the problem persists, please try again in a little while. Trauma and Read preview. Book Review Judith Herman, M. Read preview Overview. Waldron LFB Scholarly, Dixon, Charlotte G. Communique, Vol. We use cookies to deliver a better user experience and to show you ads based on your interests. By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy. Judith Lewis Herman - Wikipedia Judith Lewis Herman born is an American psychiatrist, researcher, teacher, and author who has focused on the understanding and treatment of incest and traumatic stress. Judith Herman is best known for her contributions to the understanding of trauma and its victims, as set out in her second book, Trauma and Recovery. Herman equally influentially set out a three-stage sequence of trauma treatment and recovery. The first involved regaining a sense of safety, whether through a therapeutic relationshipmedication, relaxation exercises or a combination of all three. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. American psychiatrist. For American actress, see Judy Lewis. Retrieved 19 April Archived from the original on 16 February Retrieved 15 March Goleman, Emotional Intelligence p. Judith Lewis Herman". Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies. UC Berkeley. Retrieved December 22, Human memory. Amnesia anterograde childhood post-traumatic psychogenic retrograde transient global Decay theory Forgetting curve Interference theory Memory inhibition Motivated forgetting Repressed memory Retrieval-induced forgetting Selective amnesia Weapon focus. Confabulation False memory Hindsight bias Imagination inflation List of memory biases Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror conformity Mere-exposure effect Misattribution of memory Misinformation effect Source-monitoring error Wernicke—Korsakoff syndrome. Absent-mindedness Atkinson—Shiffrin memory model Context-dependent memory Childhood memory Cryptomnesia Effects of alcohol Emotion and memory Exosomatic memory Flashbacks Free recall Involuntary memory Levels-of-processing effect Memory and trauma Memory improvement Metamemory Mnemonic Muscle memory Priming Intertrial Prospective memory Recovered-memory therapy Retrospective memory Sleep and memory State-dependent memory Transactive memory. Robert A. Bjork Stephen J. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. 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