Quotes by : Judith Lewis Herman

The ORDINARY RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social....

This book appears at a time when public discussion of the common atrocities of sexual and domestic life....

While in principle groups for survivors are a good idea, in practice it soon becomes apparent that to....

Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation. In her....

Father-daughter incest is not only the type of incest most frequently reported but also represents a....

It is regarded as axiomatic that parents have more power then children. This is an inescapable biological....

Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced.

Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality....

The mental health system is filled with survivors of prolonged, repeated childhood trauma. This is true....

In some instances, even when crisis intervention has been intensive and appropriate, the mother and daughter....