| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Series |
The International Library of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process |
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International library of group psychotherapy and group process.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Survivor parents -- uprooting and separation traumas; 2 Designating the children as 'memorial candles'; 3 The dialogue between survivor mothers and their infants; 4 Identification with death; 5 The aggressor and the victim; 6 Self-esteem and sexual identity; 7 Parting from the role of 'memorial candle'; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index |
| Summary |
As the children of the Holocaust reach adulthood, they often need professional help in establishing a new identity and self-esteem. During their childhood their parents have unconsciously transmitted to them much of their own trauma, investing them with all their memories and hopes, so that they become 'memorial candles' to those who did not survive. The book combines verbatim transcriptions of dialogues in individual and group psychotherapy sessions with analyses of dreams, fantasies and childhood memories. Diana Wardi traces the emotional history of her patients, accompanying them on a painf |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317799559 |
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1317799550 |
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