A review by avoryfaucette
Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds by Julie Jordan Avritt, Thomas Hübl

4.0

This book blends science and the metaphysical to look at the collective effects of trauma and dig into the possibilities of collective healing. While I've seen a lot of the "sciencey" bits in other books, and some of the spiritual side, what this book uniquely offers is a specific framework for collective trauma processing (most useful for those already experienced in working with trauma) as opposed to doing solo work or working in specific 1-on-1 relationships. Unfortunately, this model itself is pretty impossible during COVID-19, but there are still some gems to take away, especially for those who are not already familiar with intergenerational trauma. I appreciate the focus on time and perspective in Hübl's writing, and the final chapter is particularly interesting in addressing what a future might even look like given our current state of apocalypse.