Random Things Tours: The Trauma Effect by Zetta Thomelin

 

I am personally very much interested in the ways in which our family history circumstances to influence our present as well as our children´s. Books and personal testimonies about the topic are always important, and so is the opinion of specialists. 

The Trauma Effect. Exploring and Resolving Inherited Trauma by author and therapist Zetta Thomelin is a case study in how to treat traumatic family episodes based on the author´s first hand experience. I´ve read the first edition of the book last year but the author published a new edition, including a new chapter and more examples that can even more guide the reader towards the trauma healing and understanding journey.

Written in a very empathic and direct style, this therapeutic memoir can be used as a guidance for anyone looking to heal their own inherited emotional luggage. It is as we are offered an open door into the process, from the very beginning when the trauma itself is identified as such. 

The social, political and geopolitical mutations of the last two centuries - world wars, dislocation of population, mass killings - all over the world made possible a tremendous traumatic luggage that almost everyone of us is carrying over the years, from childhood on. However, we can change the curse when we are aware of the circumstances. Recent epigenetic studies showed at what extent the trauma and its effects can be diminished and even eliminated, with the proper guidance and a dramatic life change and books like The Trauma Effect can definitely bring more clarity.

It is a very honest and interesting journey that I enjoyed reading that makes you consider your own personal relationship with your family histories and the best way to heal trauma. The approach is sytematic, covering a lot of details, using the extraordinary power of words and stories. It creates such a great effect on the reader, as it shares so many details that are useful to understand the trauma in its entirety: how it settles, how it manifests and particularly why.

The Trauma Effect is a very useful book for anyone looking to heal trauma, through understanding and an empathic approach. A recommended book for therapists and anyone interested in such aspects that are way too frequent in our everyday life.

Rating: 4.5 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own