Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
by: Judith Herman
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When Judith Herman's Trauma and Recovery was first published five years ago, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman's now classic volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new introduction, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic of trauma and recovery 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 on domestic violence, as well as on a vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape andpublic 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 victimsown 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.
When Judith Herman's Trauma and Recovery was first published five years ago, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman's now classic volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new introduction, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic of trauma and recovery 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 on domestic violence, as well as on a vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape andpublic 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 victimsown 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.
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- This book helped me recover from PTSD
I can't say enough great things about this book. I had PTSD (not complex PTSD) from a cult membership, and this book was a key factor in my recovery. If you have PTSD or a counselor helping people with PTSD, this is a must-read. It is written very clearly and not in 'doctor-speak.' And it is a great complement to psychotherapy.
Rating: - For all trauma victims
Judith Herman links many different forms of trauma by explaining how they all are similar in their effects on those who endured them. A must read for anyone who wants to heal from the effects of PTSD related to child abuse, military combat, political violence, and adult rape. She explains what is needed for healing to occur. I took a lot from this book and will refer back to it time and time again.
Rating: - Outstanding, comprehensive text forsurvivors & their healers
This is an extremely knowledgeable, intelligent and comprehensive study of the enormous psychological impact of the trauma experienced by severely abused children and adults, and people who have close-up combat experience and other traumatic war-related experiences.It addresses chronic abuse as well as single horrific events.Dr. Herman's commitment to bringing relief of suffering through increasing the understanding of therapists, care-givers, loved ones and healers allows survivors to have greater ... Read More
Rating: - It gets more profound with time - a clinician's view
This a legitimate classic that first laid out the mental, emotional, and societal territory and topography of Complex Chronic PTSD -- it is not a textbook, a training manual, a how-to or self-help book, and it doesn't try to be, so look elsewhere if that's what you need.
This is a book of exploration, discovery, and mapping, and it still offers new insights. Contrary to some reviews, it is not a 'feminist perspective' on PTSD, although it was informed by feminist ideas -- it is a profoundly ... Read More
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- Less helpful than most books on topic
While I understand that this book was written when discourse on the subject was still sort of new, I think that it, in general, is not one of the more helpful books on the subject -- especially for victims of childhood physical, sexual, emotional abuse.Herman seems to cling to a somewhat childish good-vs-evil way of viewing reality.While this fits well with her campus/activist/feminist worldview, it doesn't provide a realistic or helpful way of reframing past traumas for victims.
For people who ... Read More
- This book helped me recover from PTSDI can't say enough great things about this book. I had PTSD (not complex PTSD) from a cult membership, and this book was a key factor in my recovery. If you have PTSD or a counselor helping people with PTSD, this is a must-read. It is written very clearly and not in 'doctor-speak.' And it is a great complement to psychotherapy.
- For all trauma victimsJudith Herman links many different forms of trauma by explaining how they all are similar in their effects on those who endured them. A must read for anyone who wants to heal from the effects of PTSD related to child abuse, military combat, political violence, and adult rape. She explains what is needed for healing to occur. I took a lot from this book and will refer back to it time and time again.
- Outstanding, comprehensive text forsurvivors & their healersThis is an extremely knowledgeable, intelligent and comprehensive study of the enormous psychological impact of the trauma experienced by severely abused children and adults, and people who have close-up combat experience and other traumatic war-related experiences.It addresses chronic abuse as well as single horrific events.Dr. Herman's commitment to bringing relief of suffering through increasing the understanding of therapists, care-givers, loved ones and healers allows survivors to have greater ... Read More
- It gets more profound with time - a clinician's viewThis a legitimate classic that first laid out the mental, emotional, and societal territory and topography of Complex Chronic PTSD -- it is not a textbook, a training manual, a how-to or self-help book, and it doesn't try to be, so look elsewhere if that's what you need.
This is a book of exploration, discovery, and mapping, and it still offers new insights. Contrary to some reviews, it is not a 'feminist perspective' on PTSD, although it was informed by feminist ideas -- it is a profoundly ... Read More
- Less helpful than most books on topicWhile I understand that this book was written when discourse on the subject was still sort of new, I think that it, in general, is not one of the more helpful books on the subject -- especially for victims of childhood physical, sexual, emotional abuse.Herman seems to cling to a somewhat childish good-vs-evil way of viewing reality.While this fits well with her campus/activist/feminist worldview, it doesn't provide a realistic or helpful way of reframing past traumas for victims.
For people who ... Read More
