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At the side of torture survivors treating a terrible assault on human dignity ed. by Sepp Graessner ... Transl. by Jeremiah Michael Riemer. [Forewords by Desmond Tutu ... Introd. to the English-language ed. by Dori Laub] - XXV, 241 S. 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONEForeign Bodies in the Soul I -- Ferdinand Haenel -- CHAPTER TWO -- Psychic Trauma through Torture-Healing through Psychotherapy? 29 -- Norbert Gurris -- CHAPTER THREE -- The Vestige of Pain: -- Psychosomatic Disorders among Survivors of Torture 57 -- Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn -- CHAPTER FOUR -- "In My Fingertips I Don't Have a Soul Anymore": -- Body Psychotherapy with Survivors of Torture-Insights into -- Work with Concentrative Movement Therapy 70 -- Sylvia Karcher -- CHAPTER FIVE -- The Frozen Lake: -- Gestalt Therapy Dreamwork with Torture Victims 95 -- Sibylle Rothkegel -- CHAPTER SIX -- The Healing Power of Storytelling 112 -- SalahAhmad -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- "Every Perpetrator's Acquittal Costs Me Two Weeks' Sleep": -- How Societies and Individuals Cope with Trauma, -- as Illustrated by the German Democratic Republic i26 -- Christian Pross -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- There, Where Words Fail, Tears Are the Bridge: -- Thoughts on Speechlessness in Working with -- Survivors of Torture 142 -- Britta enkins -- CHAPTER NINE -- Two Hundred Blows to the Head: -- Possibilities and Limits in Evaluating the Physical Aftereffects -- of Torture I53 -- Sepp Graessner -- CHAPTER TEN -- "Like a Drop of Water": Everyday Life for Asylum Seekers -- and Social Work with Survivors of Torture I69 -- Frank Merkord -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Everything Forgotten! -- Memory Disorders among Refugees Who -- Have Been Tortured I84 -- Sepp Graessner, SalahAhmad, and Frank Merkord -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- What Does This Work Do to Us? I98 -- Johan Lansen -- AFTERWORD -- Legal Status, Living Conditions, and Health Care for Political -- Refugees in Germany 212 -- Christian Pross. Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE -- Foreign Bodies in the Soul I -- Ferdinand Haenel -- CHAPTER TWO -- Psychic Trauma through Torture-Healing through Psychotherapy? 29 -- Norbert Gurris -- CHAPTER THREE -- The Vestige of Pain: -- Psychosomatic Disorders among Survivors of Torture 57 -- Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn -- CHAPTER FOUR -- "In My Fingertips I Don't Have a Soul Anymore": -- Body Psychotherapy with Survivors of Torture-Insights into -- Work with Concentrative Movement Therapy 70 -- Sylvia Karcher -- CHAPTER FIVE -- The Frozen Lake: -- Gestalt Therapy Dreamwork with Torture Victims 95 -- Sibylle Rothkegel -- CHAPTER SIX -- The Healing Power of Storytelling 112 -- SalahAhmad -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- "Every Perpetrator's Acquittal Costs Me Two Weeks' Sleep": -- How Societies and Individuals Cope with Trauma, -- as Illustrated by the German Democratic Republic i26 -- Christian Pross -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- There, Where Words Fail, Tears Are the Bridge: -- Thoughts on Speechlessness in Working with -- Survivors of Torture 142 -- Britta enkins -- CHAPTER NINE -- Two Hundred Blows to the Head: -- Possibilities and Limits in Evaluating the Physical Aftereffects -- of Torture I53 -- Sepp Graessner -- CHAPTER TEN -- "Like a Drop of Water": Everyday Life for Asylum Seekers -- and Social Work with Survivors of Torture I69 -- Frank Merkord -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Everything Forgotten! -- Memory Disorders among Refugees Who -- Have Been Tortured I84 -- Sepp Graessner, SalahAhmad, and Frank Merkord -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- What Does This Work Do to Us? I98 -- Johan Lansen -- AFTERWORD -- Legal Status, Living Conditions, and Health Care for Political -- Refugees in Germany 212 -- Christian Pross

ISBN: 9780801866272 : alk. paper 0801866278 alk. paper

LCCN: 00048160

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Torture victims--Rehabilitation
Torture victims--Mental health
Torture--Psychological aspects
Torture victims--Counseling of
Torture victims--Medical care

LC Class. No.: RC451.4.T67

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89