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Author Haines, Staci, author.

Title The politics of trauma : somatics, healing, and social justice / Staci Haines
Published Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations
Summary "An essential tool for healers, therapists, activists, and trauma survivors who are interested in a justice-centered approach to somatic transformation The Politics of Trauma offers somatics with a social analysis. This book is for therapists and social activists who understand that trauma healing is not just for individuals--and that social change is not just for movement builders. Just as health practitioners need to consider the societal factors underlying trauma, so too must activists understand the physical and mental impacts of trauma on their own lives and the lives of the communities with whom they organize. Trauma healing and social change are, at their best, interdependent. Somatics has proven to be particularly effective in addressing trauma, but in practice it typically focuses solely on the individual, failing to integrate the social conditions that create trauma in the first place. Staci K. Haines, somatic innovator and cofounder of generative somatics, invites readers to look beyond individual experiences of body and mind to examine the social, political, and economic roots of trauma--including racism, environmental degradation, sexism, and poverty. Haines helps readers identify, understand, and address these sources of trauma to help us bridge individual healing with social transformation."--Vitalsource.com viewed May 24, 2022
Notes Includes index
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 28, 2020)
Subject Psychic trauma -- Social aspects
Mind and body.
Healing.
Social conflict.
Social justice.
Recovery of Function
Social Justice
Healing.
Mind and body.
Psychic trauma -- Social aspects.
Social conflict.
Social justice.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019022272
ISBN 1623173884
9781623173883