Approaches to Psychic Trauma: Theory and Practice

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Approaches to Psychic Trauma: Theory and Practice covers the many developments in the relatively new field of trauma therapy. It examines the nature of the wide variety of treatments available for traumatized people, describing elements they have in common and those that are specific to each treatment. Originating with the editors clinical experience working with patients from the former German Democratic Republic, contributors then discuss alternative therapies including ego psychology, self psychology, object-relations theory, attachment theory, psychoanalysis, and art therapies. Case studies further illustrate the application and practice. Approaches to Psychic Trauma presents a diversity of theories and tools centering on trauma and history, and through the microcosm of individual personalities one may have a close-up view of how historical events, as well as personal narratives and reactions to them, consciously and unconsciously affect the individual.

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Bernd Huppertzs new compendium on trauma is breathtaking. An all-star group of contributors brings a breadth and depth of understanding that will inform all therapists who strive to help those who suffer in an increasingly traumatizing world. -- David Scharff, MD, International Psychotherapy Institute, and chair, International Psychoanalytic Association Committee on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis
This monumental book is a tribute to Huppertzs unstinting dedication to comprehensively examine the nature of different kinds of trauma. Illustrated with a diversity of theories and techniques for understanding how history and personalities affect the individual, it is ideal for practitioners of all levels. -- Frances Thomson-Salo, associate professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

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Bernd Huppertz, MD, is a physician, psychotherapist (child, adolescent, and adult), psychiatrist, neurologist, and former brain researcher. He has had a private practice in Germany since 1998. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, fellow of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine, and founder of the Institute for Comparative Psychotherapy. In 2002, he qualified to teach further education in psychiatry and psychotherapy (German Medical Association). He has widely published in the fields of psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and psychosomatic medicine, and is editor of Psychotherapy in the Wake of War: Discovering Multiple Psychoanalytic Traditions.