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⚫ '''Judith Lewis Herman''' (born 1942) is an American psychiatrist, researcher, teacher, and author who has focused on the understanding and treatment of ] and ].


Herman is Professor of ] at ] and Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of ] at the ] in ], ], and a founding member of the Women’s Mental Health Collective, now in ], ] Herman is Professor of Psychiatry at ], Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the ] in ], ], and a founding member of the Women's Mental Health Collective.


She was the recipient of the 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the 2000 Woman in Science Award from the ]. In 2003 she was named a Distinguished Fellow of the ]. She was the recipient of the 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the ] and the 2000 Woman in Science Award from the ]. In 2003, she was named a Distinguished Fellow of the ].

She is the author of two books, ''Father-Daughter Incest,'' first published in 1981, and ''Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror,'' first published in 1992.


== Early life ==
Herman was born in New York City to ], who was a psychologist and psychoanalyst and taught at Yale, and ], who worked as a professor of classics at ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judith Herman|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/herman-judith|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=Jewish Women's Archive}}</ref> She received her education at ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judith Herman|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/herman-judith|access-date=February 10, 2022 |website=Jewish Women's Archive}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Herman's work focuses on the understanding of trauma and its victims, as set out in her second book, ''Trauma and Recovery''.<ref>John Marzillier. ''To Hell and Back''. 2012, p. 302.</ref> There she distinguishes between single-incident ] – one-off events – which she termed Type I traumas, and complex or repeated traumas (Type II).<ref>Marzillier. ''To Hell and Back''. 2012, pp. 2,12.</ref> Type I trauma, according to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, "accurately describes the ]s that result when a person experiences a short-lived psychological trauma".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whealin,Ph.D. |first1=Julia M. |last2=Slone,Ph.D. |first2=Laurie |title=National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet: Complex PTSD |publisher=], ] |date=May 22, 2007 |url=http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_complex_ptsd.html |access-date=March 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216011356/http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_complex_ptsd.html |archive-date=February 16, 2008 }}</ref> Type II – the concept of ] (CPTSD) – includes "the syndrome that follows upon prolonged, repeated trauma".<ref>{{citation | last = Herman | first = Judith Lewis | contribution = A new diagnosis | editor-last = Herman | editor-first = Judith Lewis | title = Trauma and recovery: the aftermath of violence - from domestic abuse to political terror | page = | publisher = BasicBooks | location = New York | year = 1997 | orig-year = 1992 |isbn=978-0-465-08730-3 | postscript = . | url = https://archive.org/details/traumarecovery00herm_0/page/119 }}</ref> Although not yet accepted by DSM-IV as a separate diagnostic category, the notion of complex traumas has been found useful in clinical practice,<ref>John Marzillier, ''To Hell and Back'' (2012) p. 304.</ref> although the 11th revision of ICD (ICD-11), released in 2018, included that diagnosis for the first time.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1192/bjp.2020.43|title = ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress disorder: Simplifying diagnosis in trauma populations|year = 2020|last1 = Cloitre|first1 = Marylène|journal = The British Journal of Psychiatry|volume = 216|issue = 3|pages = 129–131|pmid = 32345416|s2cid = 213910628|doi-access = free}}</ref>


Herman also set out a three-stage sequence of trauma treatment and recovery. The first and most important involved the establishment of safety, which might be especially difficult for those in abusive relationships.<ref>J. L. Herman, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.0520s5S145.x</ref> The second phase involved active work upon the trauma, fostered by that secure base, and employing any of a range of psychological techniques.<ref>John Marzillier. ''To Hell and Back''. 2012, p. 182.</ref> The final stage was represented by an advance to a new post-traumatic life,<ref>D. Goleman. ''Emotional Intelligence''. 1996, p. 213.</ref> possibly broadened by the experience of surviving the trauma and all it involved.<ref>John Marzillier. ''To Hell and Back''. 2012, p. 256.</ref>
Perhaps her most distinctive contribution to the understanding of trauma and its victims is the concept of ] (CPTSD), which extends the ] category ] (PTSD) &mdash; a ] that, according to the United States Veterans Administration's Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, "accurately describes the ] that result when a person experiences a short-lived ]" <ref>{{cite web |last=Whealin,Ph.D. |first=Julia M. |last2=Slone,Ph.D.|first2=Laurie |title=National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet: Complex PTSD |publisher= ], ]| date = ]| url =http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_complex_ptsd.html| format =| doi = | accessdate = 2008-03-15 }}</ref> &mdash; to include "the syndrome that follows upon prolonged, repeated ]."<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |pages=p. 119}}</ref>


Herman is studying the effects of the justice system on victims of sexual violence to discover a better way for victims of crimes to interact with what she perceives as an 'adversarial' system of crime and punishment in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web | title = Center for the Humanities-War: 2009/2010 | url = http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/wesleyan.edu-dz.6850657988.06850657990 | website = deimos3.apple.com | access-date = 2014-02-23 | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062810/http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/wesleyan.edu-dz.6850657988.06850657990 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
It was in Herman's second book ''Trauma and Recovery'', considered a classic and ground-breaking work<ref></ref><ref name="hopper">{{cite web|url=http://www.jimhopper.com/trauma_and_recovery/ |title=Trauma and Recovery: Praise, Table of Contents, & Excerpts |publisher=Jim Hopper, Ph.D. with the author and publisher's permission|date=March 23, 2008}}</ref> that she coined the term ]<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |page = p. 119}}</ref>." In it she defines this concept not only in terms of prolonged trauma, but in terms of what she calls "subjection to ] control." Examples of this concept include:
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...], ], ] survivors, and survivors of some ]. Examples also include those subjected to ] systems in sexual and domestic life, including survivors of ], childhood physical or ], and organized ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |pages =p. 121}}</ref>
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==Works==
''Trauma and Recovery'' was praised as a landmark book by Gloria Steinem, the '']'', the '']'', the ''Women's Review of Books''; Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. of ]; Lenore Walker, Ed.D., Director of the Domestic Violence Institute; Laura Davis, coauthor of '']'', and more.<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997| pages=back cover |publisher=Basic Books |isbn= 0465087302}}</ref><ref name="hopper"/> Herman was interviewed by Harry Kreisler, Executive Director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, for his ongoing series ''Conversations with History'' at the Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley.<ref name="UCB">{{cite web |url=http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Herman/herman-con0.html |title=Conversation with History; Dr. Judith Lewis Herman |work=Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies |publisher=UC Berkeley| accessmonthday=December 22 |accessyear=2007}}</ref>


==Bibliography== === Books ===
* {{cite book | last = Herman | first = Judith Lewis | title = Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror | publisher = BasicBooks | location = New York | year = 1997 | orig-year = 1992 |isbn=978-0-465-08730-3 | url = https://archive.org/details/traumarecovery00herm_0 }}
* {{cite book | last = Herman | first = Judith Lewis | title = Father-daughter Incest | publisher = ] | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 2000 | orig-year = 1981 |isbn=978-0-674-07651-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/fatherdaughterin00judi }}
* Herman, Judith Lewis. (2023) ''Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice''. London: Basic Books.{{ISBN|978-1-5416-0054-6}} <ref>{{Cite news |last=Kenneally |first=Christine |date=March 14, 2023 |title=What Should Justice Look Like for Trauma Survivors? Ask Them. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/books/review/judith-herman-truth-repair.html |access-date=June 23, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


=== Selected book chapters ===
*{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|edition=(Previous ed.: 1992)| publisher=Basic Books |isbn= 0465087302}}
* {{citation | last = Herman | first = Judith Lewis | contribution = Introduction: Hidden in Plain Sight: Clinical Observations on Prostitution | editor-last = Farley | editor-first = Melissa | editor-link = Melissa Farley | title = Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress | pages = 1–16 | publisher = Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press | location = Binghamton, New York | year = 2003 |isbn=978-1-136-76490-5 | postscript =.}}
*{{cite book|title=Father-Daughter Incest |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year= 2000 |edition=(Previous ed.: 1981)| publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=0674002709}}


=== Selected articles ===
==Footnotes==
* Harvey, Mary, and Herman, Judith Lewis (September 1994). "". ''Consciousness and Cognition'' 3 (3-4): 295–206.
⚫ {{Reflist}}
* {{cite journal |last = Herman | first = Judith Lewis | title = The Mental Health of Crime Victims: Impact of Legal Intervention | journal = ] | volume = 16 | issue = 2 | pages = 159–166 | doi = 10.1023/A:1022847223135 | pmid = 12699203 | date = April 2003 | s2cid = 12123376 }}
* {{cite journal |last = Herman | first = Judith Lewis | title = Introduction: Hidden in Plain Sight: Clinical Observations on Prostitution | journal = ] | volume = 2 | issue = 3–4 | pages = 1–13 | doi = 10.1300/J189v02n03_01 | date = January 2004 | s2cid = 216134309 }}
* {{cite journal |last = Herman | first = Judith Lewis | title = Justice from the Victim's Perspective | journal = ] | volume = 11 | issue = 5 | pages = 571–602 | doi = 10.1177/1077801205274450 | pmid = 16043563 | date = May 2005 | s2cid = 42891871 | url = http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:34961943 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Herman | first1 = Judith Lewis | last2 = Dutra | first2 = Lissa | last3 = Callahan | first3 = Kelley | last4 = Forman | first4 = Evan | last5 = Mendelsohn | first5 = Michaela | title = Core Schemas and Suicidality in a Chronically Traumatized Population | journal = ] | volume = 196 | issue = 1 | pages = 71–74 | pmid = 18195645 | doi = 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31815fa4c1 | date = January 2008 | s2cid = 11900567 }}


==External Links== == References ==
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* , Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley (transcript and no-cost podcast)

==Further reading==
* Donegan, Moira. "". ''BookForum'', Summer 2023.

==External links==
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062810/http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/wesleyan.edu-dz.6850657988.06850657990 |date=2016-03-04 }} - Lecture given at Wesleyan University, May 10, 2010
* "" - Interview with ], 2010

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American psychiatrist (born 1942) For American actress, see Judy Lewis.
Judith Lewis Herman
BornMarch 31,1942 (age 81–82)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRadcliffe College
Harvard Medical School
Known forResearch on complex post-traumatic stress disorder and incest
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry

Judith Lewis Herman (born 1942) is an American psychiatrist, researcher, teacher, and author who has focused on the understanding and treatment of incest and traumatic stress.

Herman is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a founding member of the Women's Mental Health Collective.

She was the recipient of the 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the 2000 Woman in Science Award from the American Medical Women's Association. In 2003, she was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Early life

Herman was born in New York City to Helen Block Lewis, who was a psychologist and psychoanalyst and taught at Yale, and Naphtali Lewis, who worked as a professor of classics at City University of New York. She received her education at Radcliffe College and Harvard Medical School.

Career

Herman's work focuses on the understanding of trauma and its victims, as set out in her second book, Trauma and Recovery. There she distinguishes between single-incident traumas – one-off events – which she termed Type I traumas, and complex or repeated traumas (Type II). Type I trauma, according to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, "accurately describes the symptoms that result when a person experiences a short-lived psychological trauma". Type II – the concept of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) – includes "the syndrome that follows upon prolonged, repeated trauma". Although not yet accepted by DSM-IV as a separate diagnostic category, the notion of complex traumas has been found useful in clinical practice, although the 11th revision of ICD (ICD-11), released in 2018, included that diagnosis for the first time.

Herman also set out a three-stage sequence of trauma treatment and recovery. The first and most important involved the establishment of safety, which might be especially difficult for those in abusive relationships. The second phase involved active work upon the trauma, fostered by that secure base, and employing any of a range of psychological techniques. The final stage was represented by an advance to a new post-traumatic life, possibly broadened by the experience of surviving the trauma and all it involved.

Herman is studying the effects of the justice system on victims of sexual violence to discover a better way for victims of crimes to interact with what she perceives as an 'adversarial' system of crime and punishment in the U.S.

Works

Books

Selected book chapters

  • Herman, Judith Lewis (2003), "Introduction: Hidden in Plain Sight: Clinical Observations on Prostitution", in Farley, Melissa (ed.), Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress, Binghamton, New York: Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, pp. 1–16, ISBN 978-1-136-76490-5. Sample pdf.

Selected articles

References

  1. "Judith Herman". harvard.edu. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. "Judith Herman". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. "Judith Herman". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. John Marzillier. To Hell and Back. 2012, p. 302.
  5. Marzillier. To Hell and Back. 2012, pp. 2,12.
  6. Whealin,Ph.D., Julia M.; Slone,Ph.D., Laurie (May 22, 2007). "National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet: Complex PTSD". National Center for PTSD, United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  7. Herman, Judith Lewis (1997) , "A new diagnosis", in Herman, Judith Lewis (ed.), Trauma and recovery: the aftermath of violence - from domestic abuse to political terror, New York: BasicBooks, p. 119, ISBN 978-0-465-08730-3.
  8. John Marzillier, To Hell and Back (2012) p. 304.
  9. Cloitre, Marylène (2020). "ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress disorder: Simplifying diagnosis in trauma populations". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 216 (3): 129–131. doi:10.1192/bjp.2020.43. PMID 32345416. S2CID 213910628.
  10. J. L. Herman, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.0520s5S145.x
  11. John Marzillier. To Hell and Back. 2012, p. 182.
  12. D. Goleman. Emotional Intelligence. 1996, p. 213.
  13. John Marzillier. To Hell and Back. 2012, p. 256.
  14. "Center for the Humanities-War: 2009/2010". deimos3.apple.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  15. Kenneally, Christine (March 14, 2023). "What Should Justice Look Like for Trauma Survivors? Ask Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 23, 2023.

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