This is a time of real danger; loss is omnipresent. We are worried about the Coronavirus-19 pandemic that is inflicting the world. We are worried about the massive extinction of species. We are worried about climate change. Fear and grief serve as a backdrop to our conversations, politics, public policy and daily routines. These worries and grief influence what I write.
I often think about the psychological effects of personal and collective trauma, since it was the focus of my life’s work and study. In my book www.searchingforconnection.com I suggested that trauma, in all of its varied forms, has the unique ability to fragment the structure of a person, a family, or a community, large or small. To heal the wounds and restore function after trauma, we are required to identify where we are broken and to restore connections between fragmented parts of the self, family or community.
ThroughLines is a concept, an idea, that can help us to restore of sense of self, an identity, for a person or a community.
