Franz Ruppert's book explores the different types of trauma experience, along with the bonding theories of John Bowlby and attachment work of Mary Ainsworth and others, forming a multigenerational picture of the dynamics of trauma. Experiences of trauma can be so painful as to cause a split in the personality. It is impossible for a mother or father to avoid passing something of their own traumatic experiences on to their children through the process of bonding. These are the deeper feelings, perceptions, thoughts and embodied ways of being which form the residue of the trauma. Informed by...

This is the second book by Professor Franz Ruppert in English translation and continues his exploration of the impact of trauma across generations. Here he deepens his understanding of the process and function of psychological splitting as a natural response to traumatic events, exploring in detail the results such survival strategies have on the traumatised person and those with whom they are in close contact. His contention is that it is only by understanding in detail the processes involved, and developing an ability to recognise trauma, survival strategies and the healthy aspects of our...

This is the third book by Professor Franz Ruppert to be translated into English. In it he explores the relationship between our symbiotic interconnectedness and our ability to be autonomous in our lives. The relationship between these two aspects of being is absolutely influenced by early attachment trauma, what Ruppert has termed 'symbiotic trauma': the trauma of an infant attempting to connect with a mother who is herself already traumatised. Additionally Ruppert gives a detailed account of the 'Constellation of the Intention', the process he has devised for working with the psychological...

This is the fourth book by Professor Franz Ruppert translated into English from the German original. In it Ruppert continues his exploration of the impact of trauma on human beings that has been the topic of his previous books. This book looks at the structure and functioning of the psyche, and how traumas influence psychological functioning. He takes a holistic stance, understanding the psyche as part of the psychosomatic system and shows how the separation of mind and body is impossible, illogical, and unhelpful. Traumas are always psychosomatic events, whether seemingly a physical trauma...

Bindung und Lösung - die Kraft der Familienaufstellung

Psychischen Erkrankungen liegen oft traumatische Erlebnisse zu Grunde, die bereits Eltern oder Großeltern gemacht haben. Über die traumabedingte Störung des frühkindlichen Bindungsprozesses wird bei den Kindern die Wahrscheinlichkeit erhöht, die vielfältigen Symptome psychischer Krankheiten zu entwickeln. Familienaufstellungen können Klarheit über deren Ursachen und Sinn schaffen und den Weg zu ihrer Heilung weisen.

Heilungschancen auch für frühe Traumatisierungen

Schwangerschaft, Geburt und erste Lebensjahre bergen viele Risiken für verborgene Traumatisierungen. In einer ausführlichen Einleitung und in 16 Einzelbeiträgen zeigt das Buch, wie mit dem von Franz Ruppert entwickelten Aufstellungsverfahren frühe Traumata zugänglich und behandelbar werden.

Unter Mitwirkung von:
Birgit Assel, Vivian Broughton, Doris Brombach, Annemarie Denk, Christina Freund, Gabriele Hoppe, Liesel Krüger, Petra Lardschneider, Manuela Specht, Andrea Stoffers, Dagmar Strauss, Cordula Schulte, Alice Schultze-Kraft,...