6 Great Quotes from Trauma Therapists

“To hold traumatic reality in consciousness requires a social context that affirms and protects the victim and that joins the victim and witness in a common alliance. For the individual victim, this social context is created by relationships with friends, lovers, and family. For the larger society, the social context is created by political movements that give voice to the disempowered.”

- Judith Herman

photo from https://18forty.org/articles/18forty-profiles-giving-voice-to-survivors-with-judith-herman/

“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives”.

- Bessel van der Kolk

“The first principle of recovery is the empowerment of the survivor. She must be the author and arbiter of her own recovery.”

- Judith Herman

“The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change, and the most powerful therapy is human love.”

- Bruce Perry

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“The single most important issue for traumatized people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies.”

- Bessel van der Kolk

Photo Credits: https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/bessel-van-der-kolk-breathing-with-bessel/

“When we begin to know ourselves in an open and self-supportive way, we take the first step to our children know to themselves.”

- Dan Siegel