The House Next Door to Trauma Learning from Holocaust Survivors How to Respond to Atrocity 1st Edition by Judith Hassan ISBN 1853028673 978-1853028670

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ISBN 10: 1853028673 

ISBN 13: 978-1853028670

Author: Judith Hassan

Judith Hassan has written a book which will strike readers on several levels. Dedicated to the memory of her parents – her mother was a refugee from Nazi Germany – it tells of the growing understanding derived from working with Holocaust-survivors. The Holocaust brings many lessons for all of us. Hassan’s particular lesson is that it is possible to help those who carry deep within them old and desperate wounds. The lesson extends to suggesting that we could do the same for others whose wounds are fresher, perhaps more accessible. And she shows us how help might reasonably be given.’

– Jewish Chronicle

‘This book describes what the author has learned, from working at the Shalvata Centre in London and setting up the Holocaust Survivors’ Centre (HSC) next door, about the sort of services that can help those who survived the trauma of life in a Nazi concentration camp, or flight in the kindertransport, to realize their capacity for joy and contentment in the latter part of their lives.’

– Jewish Quarterly

‘Some suffering, like certain grief leaves scars beyond those who experience it themselves. Their children carry it in their wounded souls like secrets that are too burdensome, or nightmares that are too disturbing to be faced. It is not a matter of physical or psychological wounds, for these are not even tangible. They often escape detection from traditional medicine or therapy, emanating from experiences transmitted from one generation to the next, each equally traumatised. But for those who can recognise these wounds, as Judith Hassan does in this book rich in understanding and compassion, the pain remains vivid.’

Elie Wiesel, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Boston University

How do we respond to extreme suffering? Judith Hassan faced this challenge by listening to the survivors and learning from them as the experts on their own experiences. She discovered that conventional therapeutic responses did not seem to go far enough and she has spent twenty-five years developing innovative services for survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, as well as more recent refugees from Bosnia.

Judith Hassan has developed a model that addresses the trauma of individuals who faced starvation, torture and who witnessed the murder of close family members. Her book discusses the kinds of demands placed on those who work with these survivors and opens up issues for others in the field of war trauma to answer in their own particular and appropriate way.

Translating the language of liberation into practice, A House Next Door to Trauma points to a different way of becoming a neighbour to all those who suffer extreme war experiences. It is clear and hopeful in the positive potential it lends to therapeutic work in this area.

Table of contents: 

Part I: Facing the Dark Shadow – the “Other” World of the Survivors’ Suffering

1.Looking inside ourselves and our personal relationship to extreme trauma

2.The complexity of trauma

3.Issues in delayed responses to trauma

4.The context of trauma

5.The severity of trauma

6.The victim and the perpetrator

7.The transmission of trauma

8.Is it ever too late to respond to trauma?

Part II: Learning from the Survivors About How to Respond to Atrocity
9. Working with the effects of extreme trauma
10. Rethinking our therapeutic approaches
11. Mutual support as a therapeutic medium
12. Hearing the stories of survivors

Part III: Translating Trauma into a Meaningful Therapeutic Language
13. A practical usable working model
14. Case studies
15. Translating the concepts of trauma into a meaningful therapeutic language
16. Developing services for the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust

Part IV: Opening the Door Between the Two Worlds

Part V: “A House Next Door to Trauma” – the Legacy of Holocaust Survivors

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