Jak uporać się z naszą traumą. Rozmowy ze światowej sławy specjalistami

by Daniela F. Sieff, Marek Chojnacki (Translator)

Przemiana życia naznaczonego traumą emocjonalną jest możliwa, ale to trudny proces. Rozmówcy Danieli Sieff – m.in. Sarah Hrdy, Daniel Siegel czy Allan Schore – to najwybitniejsi specjaliści, którzy pokazali nowatorskie sposoby rozumienia i leczenia traumy. Tworzą jej obraz, zbudowany nie tylko na teorii i praktyce psychologicznej, ale także na osiągnięciach innych dziedzin: socjologii, antropologii, filozofii, literatury. Ich żywe i mądre, a jednocześnie praktyczne refleksje mogą wesprzeć i ułatwić ten proces przemiany. To wszystko sprawia, że książka jest cennym źródłem informacji nie tylko dla psychoterapeutów, psychologów, doradców i innych specjalistów w zakresie zdrowia psychicznego, ale także dla szerszego kręgu czytelników, którzy zmagają się z własną traumą emocjonalną lub chcą zrozumieć swoich bliskich, cierpiących z jej powodu, i pomóc im. A ponieważ trauma emocjonalna ma swoje źródła w dzieciństwie, książka ta zainteresuje też rodziców, nauczycieli i wszystkich, dla których dobro najmłodszych ma szczególne znaczenie.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

422 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2014

Reviews

[Rick Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

0.Why read this work?

Imagine - you hear a loved one dying suddenly?

-Your own Children dying
-Your wife/husband suddenly passes away
-Nobody left out in your own family

(or) Imagine War torn places, refugees.

How would you feel?

Certainly, you might say, not good.

Perhaps, you could say, you'd feel hurt, anxious, anger within you.

How would people heal from such experiences.

Good question -

Easiest way:

::Spend time with them, and be there for them


1. What is inside this work?

To see what clinicians and researchers are saying on this area.


A Good Survey of Perspectives of Trauma from:

1. Psychodynamic View
2. Neurobiological Perspectives
3. Evolutionary Perspective

2. Any other shorter work?

My review of similar work,

Widen the Window

It seems that Researchers, Clinicians have missed aspects of human life that can't be quantified.

Deus Vult,
Gottfried

[Katie Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an extraordinary book. Many reviews here say this is an accessible book for the lay person. I feel that this may be true, but I suspect a more grounded and deeper understanding of therapeutic, jungian and trauma concepts will make this book a much more worthwhile endeavour.
Through it, I have learnt several new ideas, phrases and concepts.
In particular: Earned Secure Attachment - an addition to Attachment theory. Which acknowledges the change brought about by those with insecure forms of attachment who have undertaken deep work to rebuild their own inner sense of security and self. I have understood this conceptually but it is a joy to see it acknowledged and validated in written form. Particularly for those of us who have undertaken this work in order to facilitate their own relationship with their own children.
I also found the Evolutionary Biology perspective helpful. As an objective model of thought to apply to social and familial constructs of experience. It does make sense to me, of the whys and thus interrupt shame cycles of self blame or blaming others. I can see these concepts are at the very early (pre?) stage, of integration with psychiatry. This is exciting in many ways, what an interesting method of analysis of deeper emotional impact and trauma! But I also felt impatient not to know more, right away. I suppose I shall have to seek out more works in this intersection.
I want to read this book all over again immediately, just like my 4 year old is doing with early reader Star War's stories. But I'll give myself some time to let the emotional resonance sit, and return again at another point.

[Sahil Mahajan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers a multi-perspective approach for understanding emotional trauma - psychological, neurological and evolutionary. It tries to form a cohorent narrative as to what do we feel, how those feelings corresponds to an underlying biological reality and why/how biological reality developed over time.

Author encourages to move beyond philosophical 'why' of emotional trauma and start doing the hard work necessary for healing. Language structure is simple and conversations are interesting, though advice given in conversations is a bit repetitive but it helps to reinforce it.

Overall it's a great book to read slowly while contemplating one's own past and trying to relate it with what is being said in the conversations.

[Diba · Rating 4 out of 5]

A complete analysis of trauma with the focus on social and cultural elements, this book goes through different conversations with clinical experts in trauma theory and field to collect new ideas about the evolution and the way of resistance towards traumatic event.

[Sue Lyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clearly written And accessible for the lay reader of the latest research and thinking from leading Researchers. Very interesting chapter on attachment. Looks at emotional trauma through the eyes of different disciplinary approaches. Provides a good overview of the field for beginners.