Collective Trauma

Spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl has spent years investigating why it is that old and seemingly disconnected traumas can seed their way through communities and across generations. His work culminates in Healing Collective Trauma, a new perspective on trauma that addresses both its visible effects and its most hidden roots. Thomas combines deep knowledge of mystical traditions with the latest scientific research. "In this way", writes Thomas, "we are weaving a double helix between ancient wisdom and contemporary understanding".

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, behavioral economic, and social psychology research, acclaimed author, former Harvard professor, and think tank founder Todd Rose reveals how so much of our thinking about each other is informed by false assumptions that drive bad decisions that make us...

Why Betrayal Hurts More Than Loss The Psychology of Betrayal, Trust, Identity Collapse, Emotional Trauma, and Relationship Control. After the Knife It is a book about what happens when reality collapses. Loss removes something from your life. Betrayal rewrites the life you thought you were living. This book examines why betrayal triggers deeper psychological damage than death, separation, or abandonment - and why its effects linger long after the relationship ends. Through unsentimental psychological insight and lived human dynamics, it reveals how trust functions as power, how loyalty ...

The Collective Unconscious Debate: Modern Controversies and Its Relevance Today explores one of psychology’s most mysterious and debated ideas through a fresh, modern lens. From the scientific critique of inherited archetypes to the cultural, philosophical, and digital implications of shared symbolism, this engaging and accessible book dives deep into the complex questions surrounding the collective unconscious. Is the collective unconscious a timeless truth, a metaphor for human connection, or a relic of outdated thinking? This book examines the theory’s impact on therapy, neuroscience...

Do you feel trapped and as if you are doomed to repeat your family's past? Do you wish you could understand why trauma seems to beget trauma? Do you want to stop the cycle and create a future that's bright, positive, and filled with endless possibilities? Author Phoenix Emerald has penned the honest and heartfelt Generations of Suffering: Unraveling Inherited Family Trauma . Inside, explore how historical and societal events, such as famine, intergenerational stress, and the Holocaust, have played a role in the passing down of trauma. Delve deep into the inner workings of the brain and our ...

The trial of Dominique Pelicot has captured the world's attention. Behind Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother, Gisèle Pelicot, and her daughter, Caroline Darian, who were forced to rebuild their lives. This is their story.

Too often, we assume that our trauma is an individual wound, and that we can only heal it through individual work. In truth, our trauma is shaped by so much more than our own experience—we’re impacted by ancestral trauma from previous generations as well as collective trauma from the world around us. Beloved teachers Thomas Hübl and Richard Schwartz bring together their wisdom to chart a new path forward that addresses all of these sources of pain, so we can heal ourselves and also our communities and world.

Healing Collective Grief & Trauma: Devotions and Prayers for Hope After Natural Disasters, Community Tragedy, and Shared Loss When a crisis touches an entire community, the grief it leaves behind feels different. It’s bigger. Louder. Heavier. You may have lived through the storm yourself or carried the sorrow from miles away, but either way, you’ve felt the ache of loss that so many others share. Healing Collective Grief & Trauma is a faith-rooted devotional designed for moments like these, when the weight belongs to all of us. Each reading offers gentle encouragement, breath prayers, ...

An expert therapist and teacher leads you on a transformative journey of self-discovery and healing from collective and intergenerational trauma, based in the powerful practice of Internal Family Systems therapy. The Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of psychotherapy is acclaimed for its power...

The Psychology of Manipulation Series - Book 1 You were not confused. You were being reoriented. This is not a book about obvious abuse, explosive conflict, or villainous behavior. It is about the kind of relationship that looks deep, feels intense, and slowly teaches you to doubt your own perception. Written in precise, lyrical prose, this book traces the psychological arc of a relationship where emotional fluency becomes authority, vulnerability becomes leverage, and clarity carries a cost. At its center is a moment many readers will recognize instantly - the night he finally told the ...

FORGIVENESS IN THE WORLD When the World Will Not Apologize Prayers for History, Injustice, and Collective Wounds (The Forgiveness Cycle) There are harms no one ever fully acknowledges. No apologies large enough to reach them. No endings neat enough to resolve what history left behind. This short book is for those moments when the weight you carry is not personal, but inherited; when the world feels unfinished and forgiveness feels complicated. When the World Will Not Apologize is a contemplative reflection on collective harm — not as activism or argument, but as witness. It does not ...

Un revolucionario libro sobre el trauma, que ofrece a los lectores un esquema de cinco etapas para alcanzar el crecimiento postraumático, similar a las cinco etapas del duelo de Kübler-Ross. El trauma siempre ha sido parte de la experiencia humana, y los eventos traumáticos —tanto físicos...

A groundbreaking approach to healing from trauma and experiencing posttraumatic growth from a leading psychologist, featuring a powerful, five-stage framework to help readers not just recover, but thrive and transform. Trauma has always been part of the human experience, and traumatic...

Learn how ancestral trauma is at the root of wetiko and how the wounded healer/shaman archetype can help bring both individual and collective healing Meet the inner guide--a daemon/angel that lives within us as an ally in our encounters with the daemonic energy of wetiko Cultivate...

The mind-virus behind human self-destruction has a name: wetiko. See it clearly, and it starts to lose power. You see it everywhere: smart people making destructive choices. Companies poisoning their own customers. Nations pouring trillions into war while their people suffer. Social media built...

When your work is inextricable from your identity, your community, and your own liberation, you need a unique praxis of care to sustain it—and for mission-driven activists, organizers, and changemakers working under oppressive systems, making space to center vital needs like rest, self-care, and healthy boundaries isn’t as simple as clocking out. Practicing Liberation reorients collective justice work toward a model that transforms the effects of injustice, harm, and oppressive systems into resilience, joy, and community care.

In Dismantling the 3rd Dimension, Antonia suggests that ancient trauma has solidified in our beings through thousands of years of human torment. This wounding is at the heart of our 3D state of separation - a density held within our own bodies that we often deny, avoid and repress, keeping it locked in place. To date, we have looked outward–to our lovers, our doctors, our spiritual leaders, and our families–to free us from our abandonment and rejection. But the myth of separation exists within our own bodies. As does our transcendence.

Married to a "Nice" Guy: Getting Over Narcissistic Abuse is a gripping, poignant, and ultimately uplifting journey through the labyrinth of emotional turmoil and psychological manipulation. Laura shares her story of her time in an abusive marriage, and her healing process, so that you know you are never alone in your healing journey! This book series is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of self-discovery, offering readers a raw and authentic glimpse into the life of someone entangled in the web of narcissistic abuse. Married to a "Nice" Guy: Getting Over ...

Why does it feel like America is always on edge? In Limbic States, cultural observer Dr. Jeremy K. Bratcher explores how a nation built on freedom has become overwhelmed by fear, anxiety, and emotional survival. Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, history, and lived experience, Bratcher connects the dots between collective trauma, political division, and the rising tide of mental health struggles that define modern American life. With striking insight and compassionate clarity, Dr. Bratcher explains how our brains—especially the limbic system, the emotional core responsible for fight, ...

A grounded and mythical guidebook for coaches facilitating personal and collective trauma resolution. After working with hundreds of clients with complex, sexual, or systemic trauma, respected educator, coach, and author Rachael Maddox observed that there were seven core wounds her clients struggled to heal - but underneath each wound was a natural capacity longing to reawaken.