"Published by Karnac for the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. I FAR AWAY FROM HOME -- -- Ambiguity as a defence in extreme trauma / Silvia Amati Sas -- Routes to the unspeakable : Working with victims of torture / Mary Raphaely -- Social conflicts and psychic suffering / Anna Sabatini Scalmati -- Internal homelessness / Alejandro Reyes -- Post-traumatic nightmare : The via regia to unconscious integration? / Liselotte Grunbaum -- Rupture of links in the context of migration : Open mouthed and sewn mouth / Shadman Mahmoud-Shwana -- -- pt. II THERE WHERE HORROR HAPPENS -- -- Place of compassion in political conflict / Gabriela Mann -- Tell me your story : Psychoanalytical trauma psychotherapy in South Africa / Katharina Ley -- Psychoanalyst : From private witness to public testimony / Andres Gautier.
Summary
'In their discussion of torture, the contributors to this book write of what its victims cannot put into words and the work that has to be done with them to that end. Working with a victim's account of a traumatic experience goes much further than any debriefing technique would have us believe - above all, victims need someone to listen carefully to what they have to say; that person will be the first to offer a refuge for the pain of those who have no internal "shelter" of their own. The authors go on to discuss the kind of mental processing that can free victims from their unspeakable trauma.
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