Enduring trauma through the life cycle / edited by Eileen McGinley and Arturo Varchevker.

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This is a multi-authored book on the complex subject of psychic trauma as encountered at different stages of the life-cycle, and describes some of the clinical challenges, technical issues and differing theoretical approaches that arise when working with the traumatized individual. The concept of psychic trauma is a complex subject, but one which has more recently gained prominence. This book contains a collection of papers which grew out of a series of talks given by the Psychoanalytic Forum of the British Psychoanalytical Society entitled Trauma Through the Life Cycle. The authors, all highl.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I CHILDHOOD -- ch. One emotional impact of abusive experiences in childhood, particularly sexual abuse / Judith Trowell -- ch. Two soul in bondage": the treatment of an abused latency-age boy / Nick Midgley -- pt. II ADOLESCENCE -- ch. Three Nobody died! trauma in adolescence / Catalina Bronstein -- ch. Four What's so traumatic about adolescence? / Sara Flanders -- pt. III ADULTHOOD -- ch. Five External danger and internal threat / Ronald Britton -- ch. Six Kraken awakens: the re-emergence of traumatic experiences when defences break down / Joanne Stubley -- pt. IV OLDER AGE -- ch. Seven Trauma in old age: "passengers, next station is old age -- are you ready?" / Arturo Varchevker -- ch. Eight Immortality versus mortality: why are the elderly different? / Isky Gordon -- pt. V TRAUMA AND THE COUPLE -- ch. Nine hidden traumas of the young boarding school child as seen through the lens of adult couple therapy / Francis Grier -- pt. IV TRAUMA AND SOCIETY -- ch. Ten German trauma?: the experience of the Second World War in Germany / Nicholas Stargardt -- ch. Eleven Social trauma / Michael Brearley -- ch. Twelve Trauma in culture and society Discussion / Michael Brearley.

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