This work integrates developmental psychology and psychoanalytic theory to argue that the impact of early infantile trauma can become accessible through disciplined analytic inquiry. The author emphasizes the value of dream interpretation in recovering the impact of early childhood events.
This work integrates developmental psychology and psychoanalytic theory to argue that the impact of early infantile trauma can become accessible throu...
Can a newborn infant accurately record traumatic experience? Can early truamas be retained in memory? How would such traumatic memories affect later development? Where should we look for evidence of such traumas in adult patients?
If Someone Speaks, It Gets Lighter provides surprising answers to these questions. Taking as her point of departure both her own clinical experience and case reports in the analytic literature, Lynda Share provides a thorough, at times revelatory, examination of the basic issues. She proposes that the controversy between narrative and historical...
Can a newborn infant accurately record traumatic experience? Can early truamas be retained in memory? How would such traumatic memories affect late...
