Searching for Connection.Searching for Connection Karen Merriam TruthSayer Press PO Box 1244, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , CA 93406 0977733432 $22.95 166 pages (805) 541-1360 "Searching for Connection: An Exploration of Trauma, Culture, and Hope" is author Karen Merriam's analysis of the process by which personal trauma is integrated by survivors. Through many examples of both personal accounts and case studies, Merriam arrives at both a common model of traumatic experience integration and the legacies of both individual and collective experiences of trauma. Parallels emerge between individual traumatic losses and larger, environmental traumatic losses in nature. Recovery from trauma, whether individual or collective, involves a growing awareness of the connectedness, or interdependence in·ter·de·pen·dent adj. Mutually dependent: "Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests" of everything and everyone. "Searching for Connection" draws on multiple sources for its compelling conclusions. In addition to Merriam's experience as a psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. and a search and rescue worker, she refers to such works as Beck Weathers' 'Left for Dead', Mandela's 'Long Walk to Freedom', and Nathan Sharansky's 'Fear No Evil', as well as fiction films such as 'The Pawnbroker' and 'The Fisher King'. Like a "dream teacher", Merriam guides the reader through the stages of the process of trauma experience to the very edge of the void, to find the face of compassion, where the pieces come together, and where connection is found. "Searching for Connection" is an inspirational in·spi·ra·tion·al adj. 1. Of or relating to inspiration. 2. Providing or intended to convey inspiration. 3. Resulting from inspiration. psychologically oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. treatise A scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as Criminal Law or Land-Use Control. Lawyers commonly use treatises in order to review the law and update their knowledge of pertinent case decisions and statutes. rather than just another self-help book and especially recommended for both personal reading lists and academic library reference collections. |
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