Catastrophic Grief, Trauma, and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors

A Retrospective View of Their Holocaust Experiences

Tracey Rori Farber, Gillian Eagle, Cora Smith (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

338 Seiten

2023
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-64469-876-1 (ISBN)

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This volume comprehensively explores the life trajectories of nine child/adolescent Holocaust concentration camp survivors as recollected when the subjects were elders. Based on extensive face to face interview material, enduring psychological and symptomatic effects were evident. Survivors retained vivid recollections of the horror of internment and expressed ongoing grief for the multiple losses they had experienced. Unresolved grief contributed to a sense of existential loneliness, particularly prominent in their late life reflections. Despite indications of resilience and life productivity, a ‘Trauma Trilogy’ of inter-linked catastrophic grief, anger, and survivor guilt contributed to a sense of pain and struggle in negotiating Erikson’s final life task of Integrity versus Despair.

Tracey Farber worked full time as a clinical psychologist, supervisor, and trainer in private practice for 24 years in Johannesburg, where she specialized in treating traumatized adults, adolescents and children. After completing her PhD in 2019, she moved to Israel. At present she works as a clinical psychologist at Psychological Services, Student Success Centre, Tel Aviv University, and as a psychotherapist in private practice in Tel Aviv. She developed a psychoeducational program called “Understanding Trauma and Building Resilience” that was developed from her PhD research. This program has been taught to mental health workers, students, teachers, and parents as well as employees and managers. Gill Eagle is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She lectures primarily on the master's program in Clinical Psychology and is also a core member of the doctoral team overseeing research work. Her research interests lie in the field of psychosocial studies, with a particular focus on traumatic stress and gender and issues. She runs a small private practice, working primarily within a relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy framework. Cora Smith is Adjunct Professor in the Division of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the Witwatersrand. She also holds a joint appointment post as the Chief Clinical Psychologist at the Child, Adolescent and Family Unit at Johannesburg Hospital. Her interests are in the development of personality pathology through the life cycle with a particular focus on attachment. She has a keen interest in the ethical dilemmas that emerge in clinical practice.

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Professor Diana Shmukler

Preface

Tracey Farber

Introduction

Tracey Farber, Gillian Eagle, Cora Smith

1. Literature Review

Tracey Farber

2. Research Approach

Tracey Farber, Gillian Eagle, Cora Smith

3. Experiences and Testimonies of Child Concentration Camp Survivors

Tracey Farber

Helene

  Dave

  Miriam

  Lenna

  Isaac

  Anne

  Shlomo

  Rina

  Menachem

4. Findings and Discussion: Themes of Trauma and Devastating Loss That Emerged from Testimony of Child Concentration Camp Survivors

Tracey Farber

5. Reflexivity and Countertransference

Tracey Farber

6. Interventions

Tracey Farber

7. Temporality and the Reevaluation of Memories in Aging Child Holocaust Survivors: A Developmental Trajectory

Cora Smith

8. A Particular Form of Complex Traumatization

Gillian Eagle

9. What Can Be Learned from Child Concentration Camp Survivors about the Impact of Severe Trauma and Its Long-Term Impact on Aging

Tracey Farber, Gillian Eagle, Cora Smith

10. Responding to the Needs of Aging Child Holocaust Survivors and Other Survivors of Severe Early Trauma

Tracey Farber, Gillian Eagle, Cora Smith

Bibliography

Appendix 1. Ethical Clearance Certificate

Appendix 2. Turnitin Plagiarism Report

Erscheinungsdatum	12.08.2023
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 233 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
ISBN-10	1-64469-876-5 / 1644698765
ISBN-13	978-1-64469-876-1 / 9781644698761
Zustand	Neuware