03/09/2023
**What I am reading**
I am a sucker for books where we are invited in to the intimate space of therapy sessions, where we witness the powerful work that can be achieved within the therapeutic alliance.
Dr. Galit Atlas, in her beautifully moving book, Emotional Inheritance, explains how trauma is passed down through the generations, in stories both known and unknown, to the extent that the trauma is encoded into our very DNA.
I loved how she wove her own personal story in along with her clients’ while also offering psycho-education around the impacts of multi-generational trauma, attachment injuries and how repair is done in therapy.
Atlas’s clients found how earlier generations’ experiences as Holocaust survivors, war veterans, with the loss of a child or parent, and sexual abuse brought on symptoms that manifested within themselves decades later.
I highly recommend this book for those who struggle with anxiety, who notice challenging relationship cycles, anger or who often find themselves shutting down or searching for distraction.
