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Memorial Candles: Children of the Holocaust
Dina Wardi
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Description for Memorial Candles: Children of the Holocaust
Paperback. When they reach adulthood, children of Holocaust victims often need professional help as during their childhood, their parents unconsciously transmit to them much of their own trauma. Dina Wardi shows verbatim accounts of therapy sessions. Series: International Library of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JMC; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
As the children of the Holocaust reach adulthood, they often need professional help in establishing a new identity and self-esteem. During their childhood their parents have unconsciously transmitted to them much of their own trauma, investing them with all their memories and hopes, so that they become 'memorial candles' to those who did not survive. The book combines verbatim transcriptions of dialogues in individual and group psychotherapy sessions with analyses of dreams, fantasies and childhood memories. Diana Wardi traces the emotional history of her patients, accompanying them on a painful and moving journey into their inner world. She describes the ... Read more
As the children of the Holocaust reach adulthood, they often need professional help in establishing a new identity and self-esteem. During their childhood their parents have unconsciously transmitted to them much of their own trauma, investing them with all their memories and hopes, so that they become 'memorial candles' to those who did not survive. The book combines verbatim transcriptions of dialogues in individual and group psychotherapy sessions with analyses of dreams, fantasies and childhood memories. Diana Wardi traces the emotional history of her patients, accompanying them on a painful and moving journey into their inner world. She describes the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
International Library of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415060998
SKU
V9780415060998
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About Dina Wardi
Born in Italy in 1938, Dina Wardi was taken to Israel by her Zionist parents at the age of one year and thus escaped the fate of her people in the Holocaust. She lives in Jerusalem, where she conducts her psychotherapeutic practice.
Reviews for Memorial Candles: Children of the Holocaust
` ... great value to all those whose work brings them face to face with the traumatic effects of the Holocaust upon survivors of all nationalities and their children ... special interest to those involved in the study of post-traumatic stress in general and intergenerational trauma transmission in particular.' - American Academy of Psychoanalysis Journal `A powerful, richly informative ... Read more