Trauma and Recovery
Judith Lewis Herman
(Author)
Description
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 Herman 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.
Product Details
| Publisher | Basic Books |
| Publish Date | July 07, 2015 |
| Pages | 336 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780465061716 |
| Dimensions | 8.3 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches | 0.7 pounds |
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Reviews
"A landmark."--Gloria Steinem
"A stunning achievement ... a classic for our generation."--Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., author of The Body Keeps the Score
"Astute, accessible, and beautifully documented. Bridging the worlds of war veterans, prisoners of war, battered women, and incest victims, Herman presents a compelling analysis of trauma and the process of healing. A triumph."--Laura Davis, coauthor of The Courage to Heal
"Brilliant."--Boston Globe
"Herman links the public traumas of society to those of domestic life in this provocative work of psychiatric theory."--Publishers Weekly
"Herman's brilliant insights into the nature of trauma and the process of healing shine through in every page of this rich and compassionate book."--Lenore Walker, ED.D., Director, Domestic Violence Institute, and author of Terrifying Love
"One of the most important psychiatric works to be published since Freud."--New York Times
"This book will surely become a landmark work on the social impact of psychological trauma and on its treatments.... A magnificent gift to survivors."--Women's Review of Books
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