How to work with those traumatized in war? Read this book.
How to work with those traumatized in war? Read this book.
Following the events of October 7, the author explores work in Israel with traumatized children, parents, communities, and soldiers. He offers guidance for working with civilian and military patients after wartime murder, rape, kidnapping, and displacement. See the children’s drawings and listen to their stories as well as those of evacuated parents and battle-worn soldiers.
This deeply compassionate and informed approach is key reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and others during and after war.
Introduction: Whats Personal
1. Wisdom from Ancient Texts on Hellish
Journeys
2. Hell on Earth: Whats Seen Cannot be Unseen
3. Children of Our
Dreams
4. Soul-Healers in the IDF
5. Parents, Community, and Rebuilding
Nathan M. Szajnberg, MD, was born in Displaced Persons Camp and grew up in Rochester, New York. He attended the College and Medical School at the University of Chicago and did residencies in pediatrics, general psychiatry and child psychiatry, then completed psychoanalytic training He has received awards from National Institutes of Mental Health (Adolescence and Infancy). He is Retired Freud Professor, The Hebrew University.