Organizations, individuals, publications, and media that are relevant to researching and healing historical and collective trauma.
GEneral information on Trauma:
David Baldwin offers an extremely thorough list of references and information about trauma: http://www.trauma-pages.com/support.php
Native Perspectives:
Ray Daw's Historical Trauma Facebook Page
Wisdom of the Elders
Wisdom of the Elders has an online curriculum using traditional and real life stories that address historical trauma.
White Bison, Inc.
A wellbriety program which addresses intergenerational trauma in the Native community using a 12 step program.
Wisdom of the Elders
Wisdom of the Elders has an online curriculum using traditional and real life stories that address historical trauma.
White Bison, Inc.
A wellbriety program which addresses intergenerational trauma in the Native community using a 12 step program.
race relations in the united states
Dr. Joy de Gruy, author of Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome
Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity, Ron Eyerman
Thomas Norman DeWolf, white slave trader descendant and author of two books on healing race relations.
Coming to the Table, An organization of descendants of slaves and slave holders in the U.S.
Racial Trauma In Film: How Viewers Can Address Re-Traumatization
Molly Secour's White Privilege Pop Quiz
Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity, Ron Eyerman
Thomas Norman DeWolf, white slave trader descendant and author of two books on healing race relations.
Coming to the Table, An organization of descendants of slaves and slave holders in the U.S.
Racial Trauma In Film: How Viewers Can Address Re-Traumatization
Molly Secour's White Privilege Pop Quiz
Collective Trauma and activism In The southern United States
INTERNATIONAL
Dr. Sousan Abadian has focused on collective trauma in international development.
Gina Ross and the International Trauma Healing Institute work to replace "the trauma vortex" with "the healing vortex" . Ross explores how the media can help heal collective trauma.
The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise From Its Ashes, by Avraham Burg
Ex-member of the Israeli government discusses the effect of the Holocaust on Israeli policy.
Cultural Trauma and resilience in response to events ranging from Japanese internment camps to the Irish potato famine are examined in this article by Mary de Young for the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
Gina Ross and the International Trauma Healing Institute work to replace "the trauma vortex" with "the healing vortex" . Ross explores how the media can help heal collective trauma.
The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise From Its Ashes, by Avraham Burg
Ex-member of the Israeli government discusses the effect of the Holocaust on Israeli policy.
Cultural Trauma and resilience in response to events ranging from Japanese internment camps to the Irish potato famine are examined in this article by Mary de Young for the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
techniques of healing collective trauma
Armand Volkas, Healing the Wounds of History
Volkas uses drama therapy techniques to heal collective trauma between diverse groups: Jews and Germans, Israelis and Palestinians, Turks and Armenians, African and Euro Americans.
Also see Eve Leverton's book Healing Collective Trauma Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy
Collective Trauma, Collective Healing by Jack Saul is a guide for mental health professionals working in response to large-scale political violence or natural disaster.
Kristin Fabula investigates Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and other techniques of trauma healing in her M.A. thesis, Healing Societal Traumas and Transforming Collective Consciousness.
Thomas Hubl's The Pocket Project
The Pocket Project facilitates trainings whose mission is to contribute to the healing of collective and intergenerational trauma, and to reduce its disruptive effects on our global culture.
Volkas uses drama therapy techniques to heal collective trauma between diverse groups: Jews and Germans, Israelis and Palestinians, Turks and Armenians, African and Euro Americans.
Also see Eve Leverton's book Healing Collective Trauma Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy
Collective Trauma, Collective Healing by Jack Saul is a guide for mental health professionals working in response to large-scale political violence or natural disaster.
Kristin Fabula investigates Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and other techniques of trauma healing in her M.A. thesis, Healing Societal Traumas and Transforming Collective Consciousness.
Thomas Hubl's The Pocket Project
The Pocket Project facilitates trainings whose mission is to contribute to the healing of collective and intergenerational trauma, and to reduce its disruptive effects on our global culture.
Science
Pregnant 911 Survivors Transmitted Trauma
The emerging field of epigenetics may explain how trauma can be transmitted from generation to generation.
The emerging field of epigenetics may explain how trauma can be transmitted from generation to generation.
Law
Ariela J. Gross, The Constitution of History and Memory
Legal Aspects of Historical Trauma
Legal Aspects of Historical Trauma
Spirit
In many cultures, the ancestors continue to play an important part in our lives even after they've passed on. Practitioners of Ancestral Healing use psychological and shamanic techniques, energy medicine and ritual to heal our connections to our ancestors. In this interview, Malidome Patrice Some speaks of the influence of the ancestors in his culture.
