Summary of Galit Atlas's Emotional Inheritance

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The third generation of survivors is the one that is most affected by the aftermath of the Holocaust. They carry emotional material that belongs to their parents and grandparents, and they feel these traumas even if they don’t consciously know them.
#2 The first childhood memory often reveals the reasons a patient seeks therapy, and it illustrates the patient’s view of herself. It often illustrates the experience of being forgotten.
#3 During her session, Eve told me that she was married and had two children. She explained that she had decided to start therapy because something terrible had happened, something that made her realize she needed help. She then told me about her affair with Josh.
#4 The tension between the wish to destroy and the urge to survive, create, and produce is a part of every aspect of our lives, including our relationships. It is important to recognize and bring these urges and wishes into consciousness, and to question our choices and the choices of the people who came before us.

Sujets

• Psychotherapy
• Counseling

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 19 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669354710
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

The third generation of survivors is the one that is most affected by the aftermath of the Holocaust. They carry emotional material that belongs to their parents and grandparents, and they feel these traumas even if they don’t consciously know them.

#2

The first childhood memory often reveals the reasons a patient seeks therapy, and it illustrates the patient’s view of herself. It often illustrates the experience of being forgotten.

#3

During her session, Eve told me that she was married and had two children. She explained that she had decided to start therapy because something terrible had happened, something that made her realize she needed help. She then told me about her affair with Josh.

#4

The tension between the wish to destroy and the urge to survive, create, and produce is a part of every aspect of our lives, including our relationships. It is important to recognize and bring these urges and wishes into consciousness, and to question our choices and the choices of the people who came before us.

#5

Infidelity is destructive in the sense that it always causes damage to a relationship, even if that damage is at first invisible. But people have affairs not only because they want to destroy or get out of their relationships, but also because they want to stay in their marriages.

#6

Freud wrote that one of his least favorite things to do was to work with patients who were in love. He believed that this phase did not allow the patient to be in touch with any emotional reality other than their love and erotic feelings, and thus genuine awareness was almost impossible.

#7

Therapists can have many feelings about the love between their patients, from envy to moral conflict. They can feel envious of their patients, who are able to do something that the therapists themselves want to do. They may want to make the patients better people and help them end their affairs.

#8

The scene always ended with a transformation: suddenly, in one minute, everything changed. The rejected girl discovered that it was all a mistake, a way for the family to hide a big surprise party that they had planned for her.

#9

When I was 12 years old, I found a little puppy in the street. I petted it, and when I put it back in the street, the puppy followed me. I felt so happy. I felt that the puppy loved me and I decided to take the chance and bring it home.

#10