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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 ]. '''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 Psychiatry at the ] in ], ], and a founding member of the Women's Mental Health Collective. Herman is Professor of ] 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 ] 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 ].


==Career== ==Career==
Judith Herman is best known for her contributions to 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>John Marzillier, ''To Hell and Back'' (2012) p 12 and p 02</ref> Type I trauma, according to the United States Veterans Administration's 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=22 May 2007 |url=http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_complex_ptsd.html |access-date=15 March 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=16 February 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 = 9780465087303 | 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 eleventh revision of ICD (ICD-11), released in 2018, now includes that diagnosis for the first time.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/icd11-complex-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-simplifying-diagnosis-in-trauma-populations/E53B8CD7CF9B725FE651720EE58E93A4|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}}</ref> Judith Herman is best known for her contributions to 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>John Marzillier, ''To Hell and Back'' (2012) p 12 and p 02</ref> Type I trauma, according to the United States Veterans Administration's 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=22 May 2007 |url=http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_complex_ptsd.html |access-date=15 March 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=16 February 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 = 9780465087303 | 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 eleventh revision of ICD (ICD-11), released in 2018, now includes that diagnosis for the first time.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/icd11-complex-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-simplifying-diagnosis-in-trauma-populations/E53B8CD7CF9B725FE651720EE58E93A4|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}}</ref>


Herman equally influentially set out a three-stage sequence of trauma treatment and recovery. The first involved regaining a sense of safety, whether through a ], medication, relaxation exercises or a combination of all three.<ref>D. Goleman, ''Emotional Intelligence'' (1996) p. 210-11</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> Herman equally influentially set out a three-stage sequence of trauma treatment and recovery. The first involved regaining a sense of safety through a ], medication, relaxation exercises, or a combination of all three.<ref>D. Goleman, ''Emotional Intelligence'' (1996) p. 210-11</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>


Herman was interviewed by ], 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| access-date=December 22, 2007 }}</ref> She is currently working on a study into the effects of the justice system on victims of sexual violence, with a view to discovering a better way for victims of crimes to be allowed 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 }}</ref> Herman was interviewed by ], 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| access-date=December 22, 2007 }}</ref> She is currently working on a study about 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 }}</ref>

== Early Life ==
Judith 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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judith Herman|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/herman-judith|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Jewish Women's Archive|language=en}}</ref>. Judith Herman received her education at Radcliffe College and Harvard Medical School<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judith Herman|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/herman-judith|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Jewish Women's Archive|language=en}}</ref>.


==Publications== ==Publications==

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American psychiatrist (born 1942) For American actress, see Judy Lewis.
Judith Lewis Herman
Born1942 (age 82–83)
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 clinical psychiatry at Harvard University 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.

Career

Judith Herman is best known for her contributions to 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 Veterans Administration's 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 eleventh revision of ICD (ICD-11), released in 2018, now includes that diagnosis for the first time.

Herman equally influentially set out a three-stage sequence of trauma treatment and recovery. The first involved regaining a sense of safety through a therapeutic relationship, medication, relaxation exercises, or a combination of all three. 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 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. She is currently working on a study about 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.

Early Life

Judith 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. Judith Herman received her education at Radcliffe College and Harvard Medical School.

Publications

Books

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 9781136764905. Sample pdf.

Articles

References

  1. "Judith Herman". harvard.edu. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. John Marzillier, To Hell and Back (2012) p 302
  3. John Marzillier, To Hell and Back (2012) p 12 and p 02
  4. Whealin,Ph.D., Julia M.; Slone,Ph.D., Laurie (22 May 2007). "National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet: Complex PTSD". National Center for PTSD, United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  5. 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 9780465087303.
  6. John Marzillier, To Hell and Back (2012) p. 304
  7. 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.
  8. D. Goleman, Emotional Intelligence (1996) p. 210-11
  9. John Marzillier, To Hell and Back (2012) p. 182
  10. D. Goleman, Emotional Intelligence (1996) p. 213
  11. John Marzillier, To Hell and Back (2012) p. 256
  12. "Conversation with History; Dr. Judith Lewis Herman". Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies. UC Berkeley. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
  13. "Center for the Humanities-War: 2009/2010". deimos3.apple.com.
  14. "Judith Herman". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  15. "Judith Herman". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

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