Trauma and Recovery
When *Trauma and Recovery* was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large. Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims’ own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, *Trauma and Recovery* is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.
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Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman draws on three decades of work with rape survivors, combat veterans, battered women, and former political prisoners to argue that all psychological trauma rests on the same ground.
Trauma and Recovery was written by Judith Herman and published in 1992. Herman is a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist; the book is widely cited as foundational in modern trauma research.
Yes. Trauma and Recovery is one of the foundational academic-clinical texts in modern trauma psychology. It is widely used in graduate programs in counseling, social work, and clinical psychology.
Trauma and Recovery is 302 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Trauma and Recovery takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Trauma and Recovery is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
Trauma and Recovery is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
