Elizabeth Howell, PhD, teaches at several institutes and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. She has written three previous books on trauma, dissociation, and attachment, and over thirty-five articles. She lives in New York City.
Dr. Howell's book is a timely addition to the literature in that it
synthesizes, in exquisitely readable language, the most recent
theoretical developments with the most humane and effective
approaches to healing trauma and dissociation...It is a book for
our times in that the principles it contains apply to individual
client work, and to the work that faces us on a societal level as
we contemplate the healing needed by our traumatized
world.--European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD)
Newsletter
Howell elegantly transposes such grief-based work to moments of
reparative experiences in attachment, relationality and
dissociation that ultimately leads, in her final chapter, to an
'interpersonal intersubjectivity' that promotes 'intrapersonal
intersubjectivity.' [The] nuanced clinical case studies adds
substantial momentum to the current paradigm change in
psychotherapy. A close reading of her trenchant, elegant arguments
will benefit many patients and all therapists.
[A]n extraordinary contribution to the growing library of
contemporary psychotherapy literature and should be considered an
essential addition the supplemental studies lists for Medical
Neuropsychology and Psychopathology students and practitioners.
Clear, well-written, engaging. Valuable for clinicians at all
levels.--Lucie Grosvenor, LCSW, Executive Director, Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy Study Center
Elizabeth Howell writes from her heart, guided by her deeply felt
and valued relationships with her patients, clearly cherished as
her most important collaborators. Her original thinking shines
through as she adds her own views and creatively spells out and
interprets the work of both psychoanalytic thinkers and
traumatologists, an integrative feat few writers have achieved. Sit
down with Elizabeth, as I have, and enjoy her company. You will be
delighted!--Richard A. Chefetz, M.D., Private Practice of
Psychiatry, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Howell's new book provides a masterful synthesis of the
vital revolution in trauma theory and practice over the last 25
years. In this illuminating, indispensable guide, she weaves
together the powerful insights of multiple disciplines with those
of her own personal transformation as a relational trauma
therapist. Dedicated to exploring the painful and complex reality
of her subject, Howell's book is an invaluable guide to the newly
hopeful field of trauma therapy.--Jessica Benjamin, Psychoanalyst
and author of The Bonds of Love and Beyond Doer and Done To
Howell's distinctive blend of trauma-informed clinical compassion,
academic and analytic questioning reaches a new peak here. She
exposes the trauma caused by Freud's creation of the Oedipus
complex and the damage of one-person psychology. At the same time
she offers hope through comprehensive non-dissociative theorizing,
backed as always by solid clinical evidence. Gently, authentically,
and relationally argued this is a powerful seminal bombshell of a
book--albeit an elegant one.--Valerie Sinason, PhD, British
psychoanalyst and author
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