Torture Survivors in Analytic Therapy

This important new book introduces and discusses the underpinning of psychodynamic psychotherapy for torture survivors in a clinical setting, and incorporates concepts from analytical psychology and other theoretical bases in order to provide readers with a deeper understanding of this complex trauma.

Autorentext

Monica Luci, PhD, clinical psychologist and Jungian and relational psychoanalyst, works in private practice in Rome and collaborates with NGOs, universities, and institutions in the field of research, psychosocial interventions, and psychotherapy for vulnerable migrants, especially survivors of torture, trafficked women, unaccompanied minors and other victims of human rights violations. She is the author of publications on the themes of trauma, displacement, violence, dissociation, sexuality, gender, and human rights.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The role of the body in the therapy of torture survivors 2. Mixed violations: slavery and torture 3. Gender-based violence and torture: the personal is political 4. Principles for the psychotherapy of torture survivors Conclusion