Acknowledgements. Sieff, Introduction. Part I: Psychodynamic Perspectives. Kalsched, Sieff, Uncovering the Secrets of the Traumatised Psyche: The Life-saving Inner Protector who is also a Persecutor. Bruce Lloyd, Sieff, Return from Exile: Beyond Self-alienation, Shame and Addiction to Reconnect with Ourselves . Stromsted, Sieff, Dances of Psyche and Soma: Re-inhabiting the Body in the wake of Emotional Trauma. Woodman, Sieff, Spiralling Through the Apocalypse: Facing Death Mother to Claim Life. Part II: Neurobiological Perspectives. Nijenhuis, Sieff, The Selves Behind the Self: Trauma and Dissociation. Schore, Sieff, On the Same Wavelength: How our Emotional Brain is Shaped by Human Relationships. Siegel, Sieff, Beyond the Prison of Implicit Memory: The Mindful Path to Well-being. Part III: Evolutionary Perspectives.Chisholm, Sieff, Live Fast, Die Young: An Evolved Response to Hostile Environments? Blaffer Hrdy, Sieff, The Natural History of Mothers and Infants: An Evolutionary and Anthropological Perspective. Nesse, Sieff, Emotional Evolution: A Darwinian Understanding of Suffering and Wellbeing. Part IV: Concluding Perspective. Sieff, Connecting Conversations: Expanding our Understanding to Transform our Trauma-Worlds.
Daniela F. Sieff is an independent writer and scholar, with a PhD in biological anthropology, and an active interest in the dynamics of the human psyche.
"Bringing together leading practitioners, researchers, and scholars
from all over the world, this collection of diverse perspectives on
trauma offers an in-depth, comprehensive, and holistic view of the
effects of emotional trauma on our brain, mind, and body. The
thoughtprovoking, yet accessible content communicates how distinct
professional disciplines in the field of trauma may have many
connecting threads. Whether you are an expert in the trauma field
or are personally struggling with the aftermath of trauma, this
book will provide refreshing new material and expand your
scientific and emotional understanding of trauma." – Christine
Valdez, PhD, Trauma Psychology, American Psychological Association
"As interviewer, Sieff is a subtle and discreet weaver, drawing
together the stands of her subjects’ ideas. By the end of the book,
the reader has the sense of how distinct professional disciplines
in the field of trauma, and its healing through therapy, have many
connecting threads… The book also affirms the view that
psychotherapy can help and importantly, shines a light on how it
does. There is clearly much still to discover but Sieff’s book has
an important contribution to make to our integrated, holistic
understanding of trauma." – Tamsin Cottis, Attachment: New
Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis"This is
an intriguing, informative and illustrative book which communicates
thought provoking content through an interesting format... I
enjoyed this book and found it rich, varied, compelling and
thought-provoking. At several times since reading it I have thought
of it in relation to work I have been engaged in or colleagues I
know. Some aspects of it have stayed with me, like the best and
most memorable conversations. The range of perspectives discussed
adds to the resonance." – Martin Smith, Out of Hours Mental Health
Team Buckinghamshire, Journal of Social Work Practice"The interview
style of this book creates a stimulating yet accessible read of
otherwise complex and profound ideas and concepts. Sieff’s
well-informed comments and insightful questioning stimulates a rich
conversation with the contributors, and often pre-empts the
reader’s own thoughts." – Kirsten M Talbot, Clinical Psychologist,
Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health"The book creates a
common ground where science and research meets compassion and care.
Whether you are an expert in the topic of trauma or a parent
seeking information on parenting, this book provides essential
information that will expand your scientific and emotional
understanding on the subject." – Anny Reyes, International Journal
of Psychotherapy "Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma drew
me through the chapters leaving me asking questions and wanting to
read on…As a person working through my trauma this book helped me
to see areas I can work on and also inspired me towards reading
further, and reading about some of the latest research in the new
field of evolutionary psychology was exciting." – Rhiannon Jehu,
Alcohol and Alcoholism"In her book Understanding and Healing
Emotional Trauma: Conversations with Pioneering Clinicians and
Researchers, Daniela Sieff gives us an opportunity to get into the
minds and hearts of leading practitioners and researchers in fields
related to trauma. Her insightful questions illicit a depth of
knowledge and reflection rare in traditional textbooks, offering
the reader journeys into the evolving field of trauma treatment." -
Lisa Danylchuk, EdM, LMFT, E-RYT, GoodTherapy.org"The final section
on evolution brings refreshing new material to challenge our
assumptions about attachment and appropriate maternal behaviour...I
would recommend this book on the basis of this section alone, but
there are many other nuggets concealed within – a book not to be
taken in one sitting but offering rich pickings."- Chris Rose,
Therapy Today"This is a treasure chest of diverse perspectives on
trauma. We are treated to a satisfying mix of leading evolutionary
thinkers, stellar neurobiological researchers and distinguished
Jungian and other psychotherapists, all offering rich and in-depth
insights on a subject that requires inter-disciplinary joined-up
thinking. Most importantly, the interview style works, and Sieff’s
sensitive question-posing and surefooted comments and editing make
the reading easy, vibrant and always stimulating." - Graham Music
is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists at the
Tavistock and Portman Clinics in London, UK, and author of
Nurturing Natures and The Good Life."Insightful and thought
provoking: Sieff opens our eyes to a deeper understanding of how
the brain, mind, and body can heal following emotional trauma.
Interviews with pioneering psychotherapists, theorists,
neurobiologists, and evolutionary researchers help us bridge the
gap between clinical practice, theory, and research. A must read
for all clinicians and researchers seeking insight into the
workings of the mind following psychological trauma, as well as for
lay-readers who seek to understand their own trauma and how it
might be healed." - Ruth A Lanius, MD, PhD, Harris Woodman Chair,
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario"This
compelling collection of interviews with outstanding scholars and
therapists of our day offers a creative and comprehensive
understanding of trauma and its effects. Sieff’s book reveals her
unique ability to distil the essence of the ideas of each of her
subjects into a series of succinct but profound questions. She has
shaped their replies into a book in which complex ideas concerning
trauma are presented in an accessible conceptual frame. As such it
will be of interest to many and a significant new resource for
those who seek to integrate the best of the new thinking concerning
trauma into their clinical practice." - Margaret Wilkinson, Jungian
training analyst and author of Coming into Mind and Changing Minds
in Therapy."In my work with business leaders and leadership teams,
in my own professional and private life, and in my role as a
parent, I am continually reminded of the importance of emotional
and psychological health. Daniela has made accessible the latest,
fascinating thinking of the pioneers of trauma and healing. I
highly recommend 'Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma' to
all those seeking a deeper, yet practical and readable
understanding of the process of healing trauma to create emotional
well-being – whether for their work, or for their personal lives."
- Michael Rennie, Global Leader, Organisation, People and
Leadership Practice, McKinsey & Co Management Consultants."[The]
author's unique attempt to engage practitioners/scholars from three
different perspectives (psychotherapy, neurobiology and evolution)
is laudable [...] Perhaps what distinguishes this book from so many
others is that it engages the reader in an internal open dialogue.
[...] Sieff's Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma:
Conversations with Pioneering Clinicians and Researchers is a
well-organized book that provides multiple perspectives on issues
pertaining to trauma." -Victoria A. Comerchero, PsyCRITIQUES
2015"The most striking feature of this book is not its
content--excellent though that is--but its unusual format. [...]
The result combines the accessible informality of the interview
format with the depth and complexity of written work. There is a
genuine sense of dialogue here that is refreshing and illuminating.
[...] The fact that she is not a therapist herself enables her to
retain the perspective of those that seek help rather than those
who provide it, while her academic background provides an
intellectual rigour that is indepedent of professional agendas
[...] It is a rare achievement to produce a book that can satisfy
both kinds of audience." -Warren Colman, Society of Analytical
Psychology, Journal of Analytical Psychology"The book's thesis
rests on Sieff's belief that the healing of trauma's wounds is
enhanced by a comprehensive and nuanced appreciation for its
multidimensional nature. Through a collection of carefully
constructed, in-depth interviews with recognized experts, Sieff
explores trauma's psychological, neurobiological and evolutionary
roots, building a case for a broad, synergistic and evidence-based
understanding of trauma's causes and functions...[Three] interviews
offer anthropological explanations for the wide spectrum of
sensitivities and responses to potentially traumatizing event.s
They also provide a historic lens, helpful in viewing and
interpreting the ways in which individuals and groups choose
adaptive or maladaptive behaviors in response to their
environments. Students of social, political and institutional
systems may find this section of particular value." -Keith Goheen
MDiv BCC, Chaplain, Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, DE, APC Forum"This is
an unusual book in its scope and form... [The] book does more than
provide valuable exposition from significant pioneers in their
respective specialist fields. The author brings herself to the book
too. At many points, her questions and expressed thoughts take the
conversations further and deeper, and we have a sense of minds
meeting to generate new ideas... With its highly individual
contributors, Ms Sieff's book illustrates beautifully the
significance of the unique voice and it is a way in which the form
of the book reflects the process and ideas expressed within it...
Sieff's book has an important contribution to make to our
integrated, holistic understanding of trauma." - Tamsin Cottis,
Attachments"The fact that author Daniela Sieff is not a
psychotherapist, though she is an experienced client, proves a
great strength of the book because her enquiry is powerfully shaped
by the client position. In addition, she has utilised her skills as
an academic evolutionary antrhopologist and field research...
Throughout the book, we feel the thoroughness, and at the same time
the personal and professional passion that organises this search...
This book has the potential to engage and satisfy many different
kinds of readers from therapy trainees to those who already know
the trauma field quite well. But I aws especially struck by how it
might appeal to those who are not trained health professionals, who
desperately want answers to so many questions about the nature of
their trauma and the lengthy process of healing. I think the format
of posing the questions and exploring them in real depth, with
links being made, and clinical illustration, really meets that
burning need that so many have for answers to all the whys...
Despite the uniqueness of every individual's experience and the
range of traumas experienced, many readers will recognise their own
story in this book." -Roz Carroll, The Minster Cetnre, London,
Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy
"This is a treasure chest of diverse perspectives on trauma. We are
treated to a satisfying mix of leading evolutionary thinkers,
stellar neurobiological researchers and distinguished Jungian and
other psychotherapists, all offering rich and in-depth insights on
a subject that requires inter-disciplinary joined-up thinking. Most
importantly, the interview style works, and Sieff’s sensitive
question-posing and surefooted comments and editing make the
reading easy, vibrant and always stimulating." - Graham Music is a
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists at the Tavistock
and Portman Clinics in London, UK, and author of Nurturing Natures
and The Good Life."Insightful and thought provoking: Sieff opens
our eyes to a deeper understanding of how the brain, mind, and body
can heal following emotional trauma. Interviews with pioneering
psychotherapists, theorists, neurobiologists, and evolutionary
researchers help us bridge the gap between clinical practice,
theory, and research. A must read for all clinicians and
researchers seeking insight into the workings of the mind following
psychological trauma, as well as for lay-readers who seek to
understand their own trauma and how it might be healed." - Ruth A
Lanius, MD, PhD, Harris Woodman Chair, Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Western Ontario"This compelling collection of
interviews with outstanding scholars and therapists of our day
offers a creative and comprehensive understanding of trauma and its
effects. Sieff’s book reveals her unique ability to distil the
essence of the ideas of each of her subjects into a series of
succinct but profound questions. She has shaped their replies into
a book in which complex ideas concerning trauma are presented in an
accessible conceptual frame. As such it will be of interest to many
and a significant new resource for those who seek to integrate the
best of the new thinking concerning trauma into their clinical
practice." - Margaret Wilkinson, Jungian training analyst and
author of Coming into Mind and Changing Minds in Therapy."In my
work with business leaders and leadership teams, in my own
professional and private life, and in my role as a parent, I am
continually reminded of the importance of emotional and
psychological health. Daniela has made accessible the latest,
fascinating thinking of the pioneers of trauma and healing. I
highly recommend 'Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma' to
all those seeking a deeper, yet practical and readable
understanding of the process of healing trauma to create emotional
well-being – whether for their work, or for their personal lives."
- Michael Rennie, Global Leader, Organisation, People and
Leadership Practice, McKinsey & Co Management Consultants.
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