A revelation and a source of hope. Background essays give a historical overview of how the early pessimistic concentration on pathology has given way to greater emphasis on survivors' adaptive potential and strengths. Many contributors stress the importance of remembering and facing the pain that memory brings, an emphasis shared by Jewish tradition. Jewish Chronicle This is the first comprehensive anthology on the psychological treatment of Holocaust survivors and their families. It covers the full range of current theoretical and therapeutic approaches. It is a major resource for the clinician working with Holocaust survivors and their children, persecuted and traumatized populations, and patients suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. The chapters are organized around differing perspectives--classical psychoanalytic, self-psychological, group, family, pastoral, empirical research, eclectic. The editors include writings not usually part of the mainstream and focus on relevant yet often unnoticed issues. This book gives its reader a good sense of how a discipline has struggled and evolved in its efforts to understand the impact of an historical event on its victims. The field's diversity of viewpoints and major controversies are put into sharp focus in this volume. It allows the reader--whether practicing clinician, academic researcher, or lay person--the opportunity to compare a wide range of approaches and draw conclusions. While primarily functioning as a resource, it will also serve as historical record to the Holocaust's unprecedented evil.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275929485
ISBN-13
9780275929480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
119088
Product Key Features
Author
Paul Marcus, Alan Rosenberg
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Holocaust, Psychotherapy / General, World
Publication Year
1989
Type
Textbook
Genre
Psychology, History
Number of Pages
324 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Rc451
Reviews
". . . Healing the Wounds is the first anthology which illustrates the great range of theoretical perspectives and theraputic approaches that therapists have been using -- mainly in North America -- in their work with this population. It is a revelation and a source of hope. Background essays give a historical overview of how the early pessimistic concentration on pathology has given way to greater emphasis on survivors' adaptive potential and strengths. Many contributors stress the importance of remembering and facing the pain that memory brings, an emphasis shared by Jewish tradition. . . ." Jewish Chronicle
Publication Name
Healing Their Wounds : Psychotherapy with Holocaust Survivors and Their Families
Table of Content
Foreword by Martin S. Bergmann Preface by Paul Marcus and Alan Rosenberg Background The Holocaust Survivor and Psychoanalysis by George M. Kren Holocaust Survivors and Their Children: A Review of the Clinical Literature by Arlene Steinberg Classical Theory Therapeutic Work with Survivors and Their Children: Recurrent Themes and Problems by Martin E. Jucovy Transposition Revisited: Clinical, Therapeutic and Developmental Considerations by Judith S. Kestenberg Self-Psychology The Emerging Self in the Survivor Family by Joan T. Freyberg Treatment Issues with Survivors and Their Offspring: An Interview with Anna Ornstein by Paul Marcus and Alan Rosenberg Group and Family Approaches Group Treatment as a Therapeutic Modality for Generations of the Holocaust by Eva Fogelman A Family Therapy Approach to Holocaust Survivor Families by Esther Perel and Jack Saul Pastoral Perspectives The Holocaust Survivor in the Synagogue Community: Issues and Perspectives on Pastoral Care by Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik The Rabbi and the Holocaust Survivor by Rabbi Martin S. Cohen Empirical Studies Transgenerational Effects of the Concentration Camp Experience by Moshe Almagor and Gloria R. Leon Clinical and Gerontological Issues Facing Survivors of the Nazi Holocaust by Boaz Kahana, Zev Harel, and Eva Kahana Special Problems Alternative Therapeutic Approaches to Holocaust Survivors by Robert Krell The Religious Life of Holocaust Survivors and Its Significance for Psychotherapy by Paul Marcus and Alan Rosenberg Mourning the Yiddish Language and Some Implications for Treatment by Janet Hadda From Jew to Catholic--and Back: Psychodynamics of Child Survivors by Margrit Wreschner Rustow Selected Bibliography Index