Ebook Healing Invisible Wounds Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World Richard F Mollica Books

Product details Paperback 288 pages Publisher Vanderbilt University Press; 1 edition (December 29, 2008) Language English ISBN-10 0826516416

Healing Invisible Wounds Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World Richard F Mollica Books Reviews

• This is a must read for professionals and the lay public to understand the impact of trauma on the human mind. It's about recognizing the distress and the need to heal. This acknowledgment of the stress and the the victim's ability to tell their trauma story are the first steps to healing. Written by an expert in this arena, it should be a must read for anyone who is a teacher, healer,or family member of someone who has been traumatized. Considering all the people who have been part of war on either side, experienced violence on the streets or in their home, survived a hurricane,earthquake, or tsunami, this book should be on the best seller list.
  Jeannie Marcus, MD, FAAP
• I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Mollica shortly after reading his book. He put in clear, concise words the incredible work he has been doing for 30 years for trauma survivors. Working in the field, we were closely aligned on the elements of self-healing that can be so powerful for people who have been severely traumatized. I recommend it for anyone who is working in the field. He is a warm, embracing person.
• Tragedies that occur.. focusing on the long-term effects and how one survives and moves beyond the trauma. It is informative but I found the book, "Survivor" to cover more incidents and the physiology of the brain's workings when shock and sudden trauma hits. It gives more suggestions about how better we can prepare for crisis.
• I recently re-read this book, and it's amazing message of resilience and self healing, is even more profound the second time through. I can't recommend this book highly enough to be both practioners and lay persons. This work serves not as a therapy manual but as a wake up call to the world to respect the voices of survivors and help them heal themselves. It blends historical information, religious and spiritual practices with medical and psychiatric knowledge to help build a framework for true cross-cultural counseling. My only "complaint" is that I wish it focused more on the how and less on the why. However there is no better introduction than Dr. Mollica's text to understanding the power of self healing in refugees and survivors of mass violence.
• excellent book
• A must-read, especially for those interested in entering the medical/psychiatric fields. This book opened my eyes as to how trauma survivors need to be listened to - they need someone who will listen and validate their feelings. This book also taught me a lot about the Khmer Rouge and Cambodian beliefs and traditions, something I had not known a lot about before. Highly recommended!
• I teach trauma courses for the graduate students and I love this book! It is both easy to read and provides new and hopeful look on trauma recovery. It normalizes trauma reactions and, most importantly, it focuses on the systemic issues of trauma healing -something that is not commonly found in most literature on trauma. This book emphasizes the importance of social context and use of cultural recourses in trauma recovery. I strongly recommend this book to all trauma specialists, both current and future, and anyone else who is interested in trauma psychology.
• Stellar writer and transformative text.