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OverviewIn The Burden of Heritage: Hauntings of Generational Trauma on Black Lives, Aileen Alleyne explores the unheeded dimensions of individual and collective identity trauma. She expands on her striking concept, the 'internal oppressor', that inhibits self-belief, full agency, and potential. She reworks the psychoanalytic concept of ‘hauntings’, separating it from Freud’s interpretation as unconscious repression, and instead presents it as a living and conscious element of the black trauma burden. To break the cycle of generational trauma, Alleyne suggests an active process of separation from archaic attachments, and engagement in intentional modes of transformation. Alleyne makes use of her own experiences throughout, alongside therapeutic suggestions, approaches, and theoretical handles for steadying the practitioner in the consulting room. The book weaves the personal, historical, sociopolitical, and theoretical, and includes countless observational examples, clinical vignettes, and case material. The Burden of Heritage offers effective tools to practitioners who work therapeutically with black and minority ethnic clients, and highlights ways to strengthen critical enquiry for deeper conceptual and theoretical understanding of generational trauma. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Aileen AlleynePublisher: Karnac Books Imprint: Karnac Books Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.634kg ISBN: 9781913494247ISBN 10: 1913494241 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 16 September 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsABOUT THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1. Transgenerational and intergenerational trauma 2. Trauma legacies 3. Understanding trauma 4. The nature of hauntings 5. Shame and its vicissitudes 6. Shame and its role in black identity wounding 7. The chokehold of historical enmeshment 8. Intersectionality and racialized trauma 9. Working therapeutically with generational trauma 10. Healing from the burden of our heritage EPILOGUE APPENDIX I: Glossary of terms APPENDIX II: Recognizing my own ancestral burden APPENDIX III: Values and principles underpinning good practice in working with issues of difference and diversity ENDNOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEXReviews'She challenges the reader to acknowledge his/her own triggers, traumas, and scripts so they may be tended to without unwanted interference in the therapy. [...] the uncomfortable truth of othering is at the heart of this book, which challenges us all to sit with the honest, and sometimes stark, truths to which Alleyne gives voice.' -- Naomi Segal 'Aileen Alleyne has written one of the most ground-breaking books on the vital subject of intergenerational trauma. This truly heartening and gripping contribution to modern psychology offers many bold and essential insights into the nature of global suffering and hatred. We all have much to learn from the author’s wisdom, regardless of the colour of our skin.' -- PROFESSOR BRETT KAHR, Senior Fellow, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, London 'A powerful reminder of the deep and prolonged impact of racial oppression on black communities, and of the importance for all of us – black and white, people of colour ... Full of new concepts, written with clarity and passion, this book will be invaluable for all those dedicated to racial justice.' -- PROFESSOR STEPHEN FROSH, Birkbeck, University of London 'This book helps to fill an important gap in the psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic theorizing of racial trauma. Focusing on the dual forms of relational transmission of such trauma, the transgenerational and the intergenerational, this book presents an experience-near, personal account of working with racial trauma in psychotherapy. […] attending to the sequela of racism must be considered an essential, indeed foundational, aspect of psychotherapeutic work.' -- ANTON HART, PhD, FABP, FIPA, Faculty, Training and Supervising Analyst, The William Alanson White Institute, New York 'An intricate blend of historical facts, psychoanalytic ideas and somewhat of a user manual, all competently woven together by Alleyne’s use of case studies, story-telling and (largely) steady pace. [...] The importance of this book by its very existence and the contributions it will no doubt make to the understanding of trauma and the legacy of colonisation on the psychic lives of Black people, make it a worthwhile read. [...] It is challenging and haunting yet remarkably enlightening and thought provoking. [...] It will likely leave you feeling grateful for having encountered it.' -- Angela Ike, Psychodynamic Practice, 2024 A gripping epic about loss, longing, and the partially submerged worlds of black trauma . . . a map of hope in dire times. - Dr. Bayo Akomolafe, author of These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home One of the most ground-breaking books on the vital subject of intergenerational trauma. This truly heartening and gripping contribution to modern psychology offers many bold and essential insights into the nature of global suffering and hatred. We all have much to learn from the author's wisdom, regardless of the colour of our skin. - Professor Brett Kahr, Senior Fellow, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, London A scholarly gift to individuals engaged in doing the healing work of intergenerational and transgenerational trauma . . . Dr. Alleyne's book should be required reading for every clinician seeking to better understand Black psychology . . . The Burden of Heritage is a creative work that lovingly explores, teaches, and psychologically deepens who we are, and who we can become in terms of healing individual and cultural group racial trauma. Fanny Brewster, Ph.D., MFA, author of The Racial Complex: A Jungian Perspective on Culture and Race Author InformationDr Aileen Alleyne is a UKCP registered psychodynamic psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and organisational consultant in private practice. She is a visiting lecturer at training institutions and a consultant on race and cultural diversity in organisations, such as the NHS, Social Services, Education, and the Police Services. Her clinical research examining black workers’ experiences in three UK statutory bodies, namely, the NHS, Education and Social Services, makes a significant contribution to the discourse on racism as a living trauma. Highlighting the concept of ‘the internal oppressor’, her work offers ways of deepening understanding of black psychological reactions to the wounding impact of racism. Aileen is the author of several book chapters and journal papers exploring themes on black/white dynamics, shame and identity wounding, and working with issues of Difference and Diversity in the workplace. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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