Transcending Trauma: Survival, Resilience, and Clinical Implications in Survivor Families (Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series)
"Transcending Traumashows that it is possible to learn even from the most horrific events of the past hundred years. The authors emphasize that trauma always involves survival and that focusing on survival can deepen our understanding of coping and resilience. The result is a magnificent integration of individual, family and cultural perspectives on trauma and resilience."-Danny Brom, Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma, Jerusalem, Israel, and coeditor ofTreating Traumatized Children: Risk, Resilience, and Recovery"Transcending Traumachanges the way we think about Holocaust survivors—and, indeed, about the human ability to cope with all manner of traumatic experience."-from the foreword by Charles R. Figley, PhD, the Paul Henry Kurzweg Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health at Tulane University and author ofCompassion Fatigue"Transcending Traumais a sensitive and thorough—as well as clear and comprehensible—study of a controversial topic."-Peter Suedfeld, PhD, professor emeritus, University of British Columbia"The authors ofTranscending Traumahave captured the process that allows trauma survivors to travel to the abyss and back. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the intergenerational transmission of sorrow, hope, and social justice."-Roberta Greene, professor at the University of Texas School of Social Work and author ofResiliency: An Integrated Approach to Practice, Policy, and Research"I found [this book] absolutely compelling and awe inspiring.[The authors] have done an immense job of integrating vast amounts of data and then integrating the relevant literature. I think the contribution [they] have made is astounding. The main points of [the] work are critically important...every chapter reads like the work of love."- Kaethe Weingarten