Victims of Cruelty Somatic Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Name: Victims of Cruelty Somatic Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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ISBN: 9781556433535

ISBN-10: 1556433530

ISBN-13: 9781556433535

Edition: 2000

Authors: Maryanna Eckberg, Peter A. Levine

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InVictims of Cruelty, Maryanna Eckberg incorporates work with Vietnam veterans (the first to be diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder) and the Chowchilla kidnapping victims. This personal testimony of how people can heal after trauma is also a professional book describing the effects of personal and political repression and how we can liberate our bodies and minds from terror.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 11/22/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Maryanna Eckberg devoted her career to helping trauma victims and the victims of political torture. She worked for many years in El Salvador with the Commission on Human Rights, and at the Universidad Jose Simeon Canas. Her work during the last years of her life focused on publishing and speaking on somatic and verbal interventions in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. She died in October of 1999.



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Introduction



Shock Trauma and a Somatic Perspective



The Clinical Process: A Somatic Orientation



Transference and Societal Trauma



A Psychologist in El Salvador: Part One



A Psychologist in El Salvador: Part Two



Colleen's Story: Survivor of a Near Fatal Accident



Edith's Story: A Survivor of Political Torture



Hanah's Story: A Survivor of Childhood Torture



My Story: A Survivor of Incest and Medical Abuse



Somatic Interventions


Chapter Notes


References


Index