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Trauma and Recovery
- The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
- Narrated by: Alison Mathews
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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- Egle Biliute Rodiniene
- 29-09-21
Great book about ptsd
The book inspired me to learn more about ptsd and it's treatment. It helped my patients with PTSD symptoms aswel.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-07-22
robotic voice.
why the very robotic narration? sounds like a computerised voice? very off putting. monotone
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- Chris
- 22-07-22
Very impressed!
This book is very enlightening for abused people or therapists interested on this subject.. it answered a lot of questions I didn’t even know I had.
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- Cee Jay
- 08-05-22
phenomenal
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-22
Wonderful and Important for therapists and petient
i learned so much, thank you for this research and publishing it. if you suffer from CPTST - read it, it will help you coop
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- Mary O'C
- 05-04-22
Excellent book for understanding trauma
This book by Judith Herman provides a comprehensive discussion about trauma and how to work with it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-04-20
Recommended for Social Workers and Psychologist
I loved this book. I high recommend anyone who wants to work as a therapist. Also, this book is great for someone who wants to work with people who have experienced childhood trauma, veterans with PTSD, individuals who have lived through sexual assault or domestic violence. I high recommend this book for social work and psychology students either at the bachelor or masters level. It might benefit the students at a higher level of education more than at a lower level of education. A people could reread this book as it is educational, interesting, and inspiring.
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- Inner Sense
- 20-08-21
A must for everyone!!
This brilliant book kindly held my hand while blowing my mind.
I was pleasantly surprised to find it an academic yet highly accessible read, & for the first time I witnessed the fully fleshed out struggles, confusion, pain, gas lighting of myself & others who continue to suffer horrific experiences in seeking help from therapists & institutions that claim to offer it. Equal vigor is given to the success stories of those greatly benefited by quality support. Such instances well observed the many lessons learned from the ongoing pitfalls in the so called grey areas of the gulf between ‘great’ & ‘awful’ care, in my opinion.
This book gives a clear, concise, honest, well researched explanation on the subject of Trauma & Recovery from many angles. It explains what Trauma is, how & why it occurs, how it is & was treated
in the past through to the present day, with great insight on our future endeavors to heal from such complex events, linking our private & personal terrors to the wider landscape of society, including of course - the political.
This is an excellent read & is well narrated. I’m eternally grateful for having found such a gem, & loved it so much I’m about to read it again.
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- Christy Hunt
- 22-06-20
a must read for counselors
This book along with The Body Keeps The Score are necessary resources for those who work in helping and healing professions. Trauma is pervasive and this book thoroughly covers it all.
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- Bruja
- 21-06-22
Answers to many "why" questions.
Knowledge is power. When you know why you do what you do, or why you can't organize your house, your schedule, and why you respond or react the way you do; you can seek the help you need. Trauma blurs memories, and changes the way our brain reacts to anything, in a bad way. This is a must read if you want to understand yourself or others. Thank you Dr. Herman.
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- Angie
- 03-03-22
Thorough and well written
Heavily focuses on violence against women and children, which is important and very prevalent. Although it does address combat veterans with PTSD, readers looking for that focus may not feel military PTSD is as represented as they’re hoping for.
The “performance” was okay. There were quite a few mispronounced words.
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- Ama
- 24-02-21
Wow
This book is incredibly written and difficult to read. Recommended for all clinicians regardless of your population.
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- Jenny
- 24-07-22
If i could stomach listening
Seriously the worst reading possible. I want to read this book but the audible will simply put me to sleep.
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- Melissa Czechowski
- 20-05-22
Enlightening Read
This was a thorough, well-written in-depth look into the different aspects of trauma! Definitely an essential read for any survivor living with PTSD/CPTSD.
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- Cliente de Kindle
- 30-10-21
first part was great 👍
I felt so identified and understood so many things. Moreover, helped me connect the dots. however, second part was just fine. Perhaps is better to read it or if they include a PDF with certain exercises or examples. And the epilogue was ok. I was recommended this book in a webinar about trauma and intervention. It's worth the purchase if you want to understand more about trauma.
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- Lenzy Gilles
- 18-02-21
Too slow for me
After listening for a few hours I realized how the story seemed to drag on and on. I did not care for the book.