Psychoanalysis, trauma, and community : history and contemporary reappraisals / edited by Judith L. Alpert and Elizabeth R. Goren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alpert, Judith L., editor.

Goren, Elizabeth, 1949- editor.

Series:

Relational perspectives book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community psychology.

Psychic trauma--Treatment.

Psychic trauma.

Disasters--Psychological aspects.

Disasters.

Psychotherapy.

Community mental health services.

Community Psychiatry.

Medical Subjects:

Community Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

xx, 262 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Bringing together a group of eminent contributors, this volume considers how psychoanalysis may best be expanded to offer help in social and community settings and in response to disasters, wars, and serious social issues. It provides clear clinical guidance and clinical examples of how best to work psychoanalytically in a wide variety of non-traditional ways. The innovative work featured includes taking testimony, in-situ interviewing, documentary film-making, social activism, ethnic and political conflict mediation, on-site workshops as well as direct clinical interventions. The reader is taken from the Holocaust, Hiroshima and the Vietnam War to the Balkan Wars and Palestinian-Israeli conflict, from the political violence of the disappeared in Argentina to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, and from chronic conditions of poverty in India to racism in the post-Jim Crow South. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Receiving testimony 25

1 Reestablishing the internal "Thou" in testimony of trauma / Dori Laub Laub, Dori 27

2 Dwelling at the thresholds: Witnesses to historical trauma across concentric fields / Judy Roth Roth, Judy 43

Part II Therapeutic encounters outside the frame 67

3 The multiple traumas of Hurricane Katrina as witnessed by a psychoanalytic first responder / Laurel Bass Wagner Wagner, Laurel Bass 69

4 Some dark reality: A community develops skills to cope with shared trauma / Ghislaine Boulanger Boulanger, Ghislaine 85

5 Psychoanalysis in and out of the office / Neil Altman Altman, Neil 91

Part III Facilitating collective mourning 105

6 Intervention strategies for addressing collective trauma: Healing communities ravaged by racial strife / Ricardo C. Ainslie Ainslie, Ricardo C. 107

7 Beyond "thank you for your service": The creation of post-war veteran/non-veteran collaborative mourning spaces / Donna Bassin Bassin, Donna 122

8 Large-group identity and massive trauma / Vamik D. Volkan Volkan, Vamik D. 145

Part IV Psychoanalytic scholarship and activism 163

9 The analyst as witness, historian and activist: A conversation with Robert Jay Lifton / Elizabeth R. Goren Goren, Elizabeth R., Judith L. Alpert Alpert, Judith L. 165

10 My Fulbright journey / Mary-Joan Gerron Gerron, Mary-Joan 188

11 Social trauma, politics and psychoanalysis: A personal narrative / Nancy Caro Hollander Hollander, Nancy Caro 194

12 Institutional betrayal and the case of the American Psychological Association: The role of psychoanalysts and psychoanalysis in challenging it / Elizabeth Hegeman Hegeman, Elizabeth 214

13 Robert Jay Lifton: A witness and prophet who feels deeply and assaults our minds / Lewis Aron Aron, Lewis 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138928220

1138928224

9781138928237

1138928232

OCLC:

950958075