Therapist Zeta Thomelin writes about trauma and its impact on families
‘The Trauma Effect reveals a family secret, a trauma, a tragedy that felled a family, the book exposes uncomfortable truths and follows the journey of recovery.’
‘Families have secrets, hidden traumas, the skeleton in the closet. We can inherit the effects of these events without even realising it, absorbing it unconsciously, like a sponge absorbs water.’
‘My family has such a secret. I tell you my story in this book, my story as I thought it, and then the truth of my story to help you to heal yours.’
‘I explore how such events can affect us, both psychologically and physically and take you on the journey of recovery, how to bring a full stop to that inheritance of shame, blame and guilt, so the next generation does not have to carry the burden of it too.’
‘We can wrap it up in names like generational/trans-generational trauma, if the label helps then use it, but we need to do something about it, shine a light on it, take the skeleton out of the closet, dust it down and bury it once and for all.’
‘Trauma is infectious, a canker that invades a family and can spread through the generations.’
Zetta Thomelin is a therapist in private practice, involved in the governance of complementary medicine as Chair of BAThH, as Vice-Chair of UKCHO and as a Trustee of Research Council for Complementary Medicine.
Her other books have included Self Help: Self Hypnosis and The Healing Metaphor which is a guide on how we can use the power of the metaphor to help us through key aspects of our life.
Prior to her career in therapy, she worked in the media at News International and Chronos Group Publishing and later in the Third Sector as CEO of Children with AIDS Charity and Vice Chair of Mama Biashara. She is the author of two other books, The Healing Metaphor and Self-Help? Self-Hypnosis!
The Trauma Effect. Published by The Conrad Press (released on 16 October 2023). Genre: Non-Fiction / Pages: 225.
