Narrative Reflections

Narrative Reflections presents a series of poignant personal reflections by mental health professionals, triggered by reading interviews of Holocaust survivors and their families. Inspired by the practice of narrative therapy, these essays bear witness to the experience of survivors and facilitate deeper levels of self-awareness by each of the contributors. In each chapter, the themes of struggle, survival, and resilience demonstrate the power of narrative reflection as well as the role that narrative therapy might play for clinical mental health professionals. Together, co-editors Lucy S. Raizman and Bea Hollander-Goldfein and contributors Kilian Fritsch, Ruthy Kaiser, Peter Capper, Lyn Groome, Margaret S. Roth, and Michael Izzo engaged in a process that put each of them in closer contact with their own lives.

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Edited by Lucy S. Raizman and Bea Hollander-Goldfein

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One
Living with Stories of Pain
Kilian Fritsch

Chapter Two
The Price of Silence
Ruthy Kaiser

Chapter Three
Saved by Living in Fortunate Times
Peter Capper

Chapter Four
An Accident of Birth
Lyn Groome

Chapter Five
Beyond the Screen Door
Margaret S. Roth

Chapter Six
Learning to Survive
Michael Izzo

Epilogue I
Their Stories, Our Lives
Lucy S. Raizman

Epilogue II
The Power of the Group and the Gift of Reflection
Bea Hollander-Goldfein

About the Editors and Contributors

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