Workshop presented by Barbara Rogers at the 2014 IFS Conference
Part 1 is about my relationship with Alice Miller, my therapeutic journey, and how her son Martin contacted me four years after my break with Alice in 2008.
This is the story of a friendship whose upsetting end taught me about war and genocide trauma…
Category: Essays
Facing a Wall of Silence
My essay from the book: “Second Generation Voices” Edited by Naomi and Alan Berger, published by Syracuse University Press in 2001 by Barbara Rogers QUOTES: “They charge us with indifference toward the laws of humanity. This charge we take seriously. In our enterprise man was always more important than money. My whole education taught…
The War against the Child’s and Victim’s Credibility and Truth
or “The Lie of the false memory syndrome” “If people who dare to speak about sexual abuse are attacked by those whom they have relied on and trusted, is it any wonder that unawareness and silence are so common?” “Survivors of childhood sexual abuse and betrayal trauma have learned to cope by being disconnected internally…
“Spirituality” cements childhood blindness
“Spirituality” cements childhood blindness Part 1 How we learn to judge human feelings – the most vital messengers of our souls with a protective purpose Human feelings are vital messengers that are meant to have a protective function. They convey important information as our bodies and souls respond to the world around us,…
Enfrentando una pared de silencio
Ensayo del libro “Second Generation Voices” Enfrentando una pared de silencio por Bárbara Rogers Traducido por Adriana Aristizábal citas de la historia “Nos acusan de ser indiferentes ante las leyes de la humanidad. Nos tomamos estos cargos con seriedad. En nuestras metas empresariales, las personas siempre fueron más importantes que el dinero. El total de…
Insights about therapy and IFS therapy
Insights about therapy and IFS therapy Part 1 – dissociation One of the most difficult and frightening consequences of trauma is dissociation, a form of suffering that IFS addresses in the concept of parts. In what was once called “multiple personality” and is now named “dissociative identity disorder” it is most clearly recognizable. But I…
The War against the Child’s and Victim’s Credibility and Truth (expanded)
(link to the short version) “If people who dare to speak about sexual abuse are attacked by those whom they have relied on and trusted, is it any wonder that unawareness and silence are so common?” “Survivors of childhood sexual abuse and betrayal trauma have learned to cope by being disconnected internally so as to…