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The Truth about Trauma and Dissociation is a relational guide which empowers the reader to understand traumatic experience and its aftermath without a loss of feelings. It introduces the key concepts of trauma and dissociation with an easy-to understand breakdown of conditions and themes for therapy. This is a compelling and sensitive introduction, and may well be Sinason’s most significant publication to date.
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| Author |
Valerie Sinason |
|---|---|
| ISBN |
9781913494087 |
| Format |
Paperback, e-Book, Print & e-Book |
| Page Extent |
168 |
| Publication Date |
October 2020 |
| Subject Areas |
Trauma & Violence |
The Truth about Trauma and Dissociation is a relational guide which empowers the reader to understand traumatic experience and its aftermath without a loss of feelings. It introduces the key concepts of trauma and dissociation with an easy-to-understand breakdown of conditions and themes for therapy. This is a compelling and sensitive introduction, and may well be Sinason’s most significant publication to date.
Valerie Sinason is a poet, writer, child psychotherapist and adult psychoanalyst. She is Founder Director of the Clinic for Dissociative Studies and President of the Institute for Psychotherapy. She is an Honorary Consultant Psychotherapist at the University of Cape Town Child Guidance Clinic and Chair of Trustees of the First People Centre, New Bethesda, South Africa. She is a Patron of Dorset Action on Abuse (DAA), editor of Trauma Dissociation and Multiplicity and co-editor of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy after Child abuse. She has published numerous articles and books, including two poetry collections. Valerie Sinason was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation) in April 2016.
Contents
Preface
1. The coronavirus and other plagues
2. An overview
3. What is trauma?
4. A bunch of fives: A mathematical trauma education!
5. Definitions: Further definitions for curiosity and clarity
6. Dissociative identity disorder
7. 7 War and atrocity
8. A further cornucopia of concepts
9. An ending that cannot conclude
References
Index
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Susan Wright –
‘This is a small but powerful and thought-provoking book written by a leader in the field of dissociative studies. […] Sinason writes at her best, with evocatively worded phrases and powerful metaphors. […] And the device of starting and ending with the same short poem was brilliant, and one of the ways that Sinason tried to actively engage her readers. She also writes with a deeply humane voice—non-judgemental, caring, and compassionate to us when we cannot bear to know or cannot help some-one.’
Letticia Banton, TR Together, 2024 –
‘In a lively and conversational tone of voice, Valerie manages to provide a succinct yet rich overview of two related psychotherapeutic concepts: trauma and dissociation. […] Woven throughout the book are quotes from the arts, literature and poetry, which Valerie beautifully uses to illuminate the often unspeakable and timeless nature of trauma and dissociation. This adds an emotional experiential depth to her insightful commentary for the reader.’