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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452623103321

Autore

Wilson John P (John Preston)

Titolo

Trauma, culture, and metaphor : pathways of transformation and integration / / John P. Wilson and Jacob D. Lindy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-415-95331-6

0-203-89357-3

1-135-92611-5

1-135-92612-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Routledge psychosocial stress series ; ; 47

Altri autori (Persone)

LindyJacob D. <1937->

Disciplina

616.89/14

Soggetti

Psychic trauma

Psychiatry, Transcultural

Psychotherapy - Social aspects

Globalization - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Trauma, Culture, and Metaphor; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Understanding Psychic Trauma and Metaphors in an Era of World Globalization ; 2 The Language of Trauma in Metaphors; 3 Metaphor and Disturbed Internal Posttraumatic Psychic Structures; 4 Trauma Recovery: Perils in the Journey from the Abyss of Trauma to Self-Integration ; 5 The Nurturing Guide (NG); 6 Trauma-Specific Metaphors (TSM) and Mapping Clinical Pathways; 7 Transforming Metaphors and Metaphoric Transformations of Trauma

8 New Configurations: Trauma Metaphors and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT) 9 Traumatic Stress Disorder Pedagogy: Teaching the Complexity of Posttraumatic Intrapsychic Processes, Trauma Metaphors, and Adaptive Mechanisms in Psychotherapy ; 10 Future Implications: Metaphors of Trauma and Where Do We Go From Here? ; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>In <I>Trauma, Culture, and Metaphor</I>, John Wilson and Jacob



Lindy explore the language of both individual and collective trauma in an era dominated by globalization and interconnectedness. Through lucid, careful discussion, this important book builds a bridge between the etymology of trauma-related terms commonly used in Western cultures and those of other cultures, such as the Burundi-Rwandan <I>ihahamuka</I>. It also provides the clinician with a framework for working with trauma survivors using a cross-cultural vocabulary-one often based in metaphor-to fully address the experienced tr