A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Social Trauma The Inner Worlds of Outer Realities

"This is an impressive book of high relevance for the general audience. Social traumata - from marital and family violence, from rapes to warfare - burrow deeply into psychic structure, personal and group identity, into our ability to learn and love and to enjoy new experiences. Violence makes people silent. Primo Levi's horrific experience was that no ear wanted to listen what had been done to him in Auschwitz. Being silenced is a new social trauma. This book valuably contributes to the task to open public reception and therapeutic ears to what has been silenced - it's a must-read for the future of the helping professions."

Michael B. Buchholz, Professor, International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin, Germany

"First delivered in 2018, these selected psychoanalytic reflections on the problem of social trauma are needed even more urgently in 2022. Focused on the clinical aspects of working with persons who have experienced the acute pain of forced immigration, separation, and loss (and many more), in both individual and group forms of treatment, this book will be necessary to everyone engaged in psychoanalytic psychotherapy - as a guideline, as inspiration, and as a source of support."

Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, PhD, International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin, Germany