Reviews for The posttraumatic self

The average rating for The posttraumatic self based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-09-12 00:00:00 Kenneth Phillips Though I'm told Wilson has a lot of experience working with trauma and though his approach seems significantly more holistic and less pathologizing and reductionistic than DSM-IV, so far, I'm finding this book very difficult to read. Wilson's writing, full of September 11th metaphors, is a bit too self-conscious and sentimental for my taste. But maybe it gets better. _____________ UPDATE: If you're already thoroughly schooled in trauma theory and learn best through exposure to overly complex, sentimental-yet-dry prose and complicated diagrams that reference other complicated diagrams several pages away and lists that subdivide into sublists with arrows that point vertically, diagonally, and horizontally, this might be the book for you. Personally, it made me want to die.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-04-18 00:00:00 Robin Caudwell This is an eye opening book. I am impressed by Lachkar's insight into the conditions of the couples she assists. It seems very sad that these two personality disorders are drawn together into relationships that often end up in a very, very painful place for both people involved. Lachkar's approach to assisting such couples draws on the psychoanalytic tradition and is well-articulated.