Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Traumatic Disorders; 1. A Forgotten History; 2. Terror; 3. Disconnection; 4. Captivity; 5. Child Abuse; 6. A New Diagnosis; Part II: Stages of Discovery; 7. A Healing Relationship; 8. Safety; 9. Remembrance and Mourning; 10. Reconnection; 11. Commonality; Afterword: The Dialetic of Trauma Continues; Notes; Index

About the Author

Judith Lewis Herman is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program at Cambridge Hospital, Massachusetts.

Reviews

'One of the most important psychiatric works to be published since Freud.' New York Times; 'The very best book on the relationship between sexual abuse and political power.' Susie Orbach, Guardian; 'Cogently argued and well illustrated with relevant case material...it sets abuse of whatever kind in its wider social context. This book will be of benefit to all, either practitioners or supervisors, who grapple with the implications of work with survivors.' Sue Clement-Jewery, Relate