Guarire dal trauma. Affrontare le conseguenze della violenza, dall'abuso domestico al terrorismo

I first fanboy squealed on page 11, when Judith Lewis Herman created a connection between mental illness and feminism, two of my favorite topics. In the first third of Trauma and Recovery , Herman discusses the history of trauma and how trauma relates to many other concepts, such as politics and warf Leggi tutto

update on this review: 15 Sept, 12017 HE, about 2 years or so after first read: at the bottom... So I guess I'm in Stage 3, now !!! :-) Original review, circa. 2010:5 This book, for me, was a horrible read. Horribly accurate. Yet hopeful as well. Horrible to see that I am not so different after all -I Leggi tutto

I can't do this book justice with a review. Feminist, short, and packed with information about what PTSD is, how it comes about, and how to heal it. Applied philosophy resulting in the sort of "holy shit!" moments that had me dragging friends out on long walks around lakes and organizing two-person

I read this for work purposes and found it a helpful and thought-provoking resource, a book I’ll likely want to refer to again in the future. First published in 1992, this was apparently a ground-breaking work, but while there’s been plenty of research into trauma since then (if you can recommend a Leggi tutto

Це найкраща книга про психологічну травму, яку я коли-небудь читала! Зберусь з думками і напишу розлогий відгук згодом.

Early in her career, Dr. Judith Herman, an American psychiatrist, author, teacher, and researcher, began to make a link between political and individual violence. While she also studied the overwhelming feelings of terror and helplessness resulting from traumatic accidents, natural disasters, and mo Leggi tutto

It is easy to see why Judith Herman’s visionary book Trauma and Recovery is considered a classic in the field of psychology. In her work, Herman describes the conditions that create posttraumatic stress and then details a path of recovery. She explores the many manifestations of Post Traumatic Stre Leggi tutto