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Author:Judith Herman Publisher:Basic Books Studio:Basic Books Manufacturer:Basic Books Label:Basic Books Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 304 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.5
When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman?s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large.Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims? own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, Trauma and Recovery is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.
Wonderful November 16, 2008 I am a senior Psychology student and this is seriously the most informative book I have read yet. It is extremely practical and well written, and gives a very comprehensive and well rounded view. I definitely recommend this book!
A Witness to Trauma and Recovery November 10, 2008 Judith Herman's Trauma and Recovery is as viable a narrative of human relations now as it was when first published @15 years ago. In a post-September 11 world of domestic and global trauma, the text is a must-read for all of us, not just those who have experienced abuse. Understanding the long-term consequences of abuse not only for the victim but also for those around her is crucial to creating an environment of personal safety and growth. Realizing the benefits of witness can diminish the fear that blocks so many of us from getting involved both personally and politically in affairs that rock our faith in humanity. Trauma and Recovery is not just for those in the field of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy; it is for all of us who have been shaken by the tremors of trauma - and that is all of us. Judith Herman as witness to both trauma and recovery sets a fine example for the power of testimony to change lives.
Invaluable for those in helping professions....clear, compassionate August 1, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The subject matter is hard to read about in large doses but the information is very very helpful and clear. It helped me see the issue from the victims point of view.
Much of the info is distressing...our society is shown as self protective and without compassion.
Not for idle reading but very helpful if one is suddenly put in a place to help and understand the effects and recovery process.
Move Over Freud: Future Definitive Psychology Classic June 18, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a must read for anyone, male or female, who has suffered tragedy/abuse due to someone else's actions and who is struggling to make sense of their lives in the aftermath. It's not fair to label this book as a post-traumatic stress book: it is soooo much more than that. The author explains how trauma affects the psyche: particularly the developing psyche, explains the cycle of abuse, explains crime and the criminal mind, and pedophile behavior in a way that no one has before. The author is bar none brilliant. I predict that this book will become a definitive psychology classic: as far as this book defines things that no one has before, makes obvious connections that no one has stated before. It is the ultimate connect the dot book for trauma. This book and should be reading required reading in all psychology courses and especially criminal psychology courses.
A classic, read it if you haven't before April 27, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Written from the heart as well as the head, Trauma and Recovery is the best introduction to what is more technically known as post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. But don't let that scare you off! It is about what happens to people--may have happened to you or people you know--under conditions of fear, helplessness, torment, abuse, that many people discount as "not having been so bad really."
What Judith Herman shows very elegantly and simply is how the body and mind change, are altered at the physical level, even without our knowing it or sensing it. This book is, in her words, about "human vulnerability in the natural world" and about "the capacity for evil in human nature."
She even explains without rancor why at different times people have a backlash against the whole idea of abuse and trauma. This is an elegant and very compassionate book for understanding a particular kind of fracture of the human heart.
I love books that lift us up even as they delve into the broken places, and Judith Herman's book on Trauma is an enduring classic.
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