In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz, where she survived the manual labor camps and a death march by clinging to her internal mental landscape. Decades after the Holocaust, she moved to the United States and became a clinical psychologist. This memoir details her survival and her subsequent professional development, focusing on the psychological mechanics of trauma. Eger explains how she processed her survivor's guilt and utilized her experiences to develop a therapeutic approach centered on the idea that people can choose their mental reactions to even the most restrictive external circumstances.
This book serves readers interested in the intersection of historical narrative and clinical psychology. It attracts those seeking practical strategies for managing grief, PTSD, or chronic emotional stagnation through a cognitive-behavioral lens. Readers walk away with a specific framework for identifying their own psychological prisons and the realization that healing requires a deliberate decision to confront the past. It offers a clear perspective on how to integrate suffering into a functioning present life without remaining a victim to ancestral or personal history.
Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.
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- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
