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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779553503321

Autore

Schwartz Harvey L. <1955-, >

Titolo

The alchemy of wolves and sheep : a relational approach to internalized perpetration in complex trauma survivors / / Harvey L. Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-15963-0

0-203-07933-7

1-299-46910-8

1-136-15964-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Classificazione

PSY022040

Disciplina

618.92/8521

Soggetti

Psychic trauma in children - Complications - Treatment

Post-traumatic stress disorder in children - Complications - Treatment

Dissociative disorders in children - Treatment

Child soldiers - Social aspects

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; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The alchemy of wolves and sheep; Overview; Introduction; Interview excerpts; Conflation of victim and perpetrator dynamics; Interview excerpts; Child soldiers and dissociative trauma survivors; Interview excerpts; Basic clinical perspective; 2. The child soldier as a model of internalized perpetration; The child soldier phenomenon; 3. Dilemmas of dissociative survival; Dissociation; Dilemmas of dissociative survival; 4. Mind control; Destruction of critical thinking

5. Perpetration and perpetrator statesPerpetration; Perpetrator states; 6. Transforming perpetration; Forms and presentations of perpetration; Witnessing; 7. Treatment concepts and trajectories; Relational perspectives; Treatment trajectory; Beyond integration: individual, community, and society; 8. Using archetypal concepts as a vehicle of integration; Introduction; Development and maturation of faith; Forgiveness, suffering, and failure; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

"The literature on psychological trauma and traumatic attachment has progressed over the past few decades, however issues of coerced and internalized perpetration have not been fully explored and deconstructed. This book presents a synthesis of relational and archetypal psychology, trauma and dissociation theory, and highly relevant child soldier literature, to offer new clinical perspectives to assist psychotherapists and trauma patients to achieve more successful therapy outcomes. The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep offers instructive, cautionary and innovative therapeutic approaches to help transform the lives of survivors of complex trauma. Offering an explanation of how the effects of coerced perpetration trauma are built, and the damage done to the psyches and lives of most trauma victims, the book extends our knowledge base in a thorough deconstruction of the nature of perpetration and its effects on the psyche. Chapters include: - trauma, dissociation, and coerced perpetration - the child soldier as a model of internalized perpetration - relational concepts in the treatment of trauma and dissociative disorders - treatment trajectory - archetypal constructs as a vehicle for integration. This book provides valuable new perspectives on the psychodynamic challenges and opportunities for mental health professionals treating internalized perpetration in survivors of complex trauma, and will prove essential reading for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and post-graduate students as well as researchers, legal scholars and policy makers"--