Judith L. Herman, MD, is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
"A stunning achievement ... a classic for our generation."--Bessel
van der Kolk, New York Times-bestselling author of The Body Keeps
the Score
"Astute, accessible, and beautifully documented. Bridging the
worlds of war veterans, prisoners of war, battered women, and
incest victims, Herman presents a compelling analysis of trauma and
the process of healing. A triumph."--Laura Davis, coauthor of The
Courage to Heal
"Herman's brilliant insights into the nature of trauma and the
process of healing shine through in every page of this rich and
compassionate book."--Lenore Walker, author of The Battered
Woman
"Judith Herman's seminal book Trauma and Recovery created a
template for her field."--New Yorker
"Judith Herman's 1992 classic argues trauma can't be isolated from
its social conditions, immersing readers in the feminist activism
that raised awareness of the political context of rape and reformed
the laws around it."--Mother Jones
"A book of luminous intelligence. You must read it as soon as
possible."--Sophie Freud
"A landmark."--Gloria Steinem
"Brilliant."--Boston Globe
"Herman links the public traumas of society to those of domestic
life in this provocative work of psychiatric theory."--Publishers
Weekly
"One of the most important psychiatric works to be published since
Freud."--New York Times
"This book will surely become a landmark work on the social impact
of psychological trauma and on its treatments.... A magnificent
gift to survivors."--Women's Review of Books
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