Who am I in a traumatized and traumatizing society? - Franz Ruppert

How Perpetrator-Victim Dynamics Determine Our Lives – And How We Can Free Ourselves From Them

How is it possible that the endless vicious cycle of psychological pain and violence perpetuates itself? Trauma expert Franz Ruppert challenges the reader with this profound question. Based on his global therapeutic work, he concludes that unresolved perpetrator-victim dynamics within a person and between people continually create new perpetrators and victims.

From Individual Trauma to Traumatized Society

Adults who were unwanted as children and unprotected from violence often repeat their traumatic experiences with their own children and in other relationships. A child who senses they are unwanted inevitably suffers damage to their identity – and the groundwork is laid for further traumatization, often ending in perpetrating harm themselves. Do you want to buy Who am I in a traumatized society? This unique copy is already waiting for you.

Ruppert makes it clear how this dynamic increasingly expands the vicious cycle of violence and can penetrate entire societies – with far-reaching consequences for politics, economy, climate, health, and world peace.

The most important question is: who am I in a traumatized society? No one can save 'the world' – but we can recognize our own victim and perpetrator attitudes and live from our true identity, thus contributing to a society as trauma-free as possible.

About the author

Dr. Franz Ruppert is a lecturer in psychology at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Munich and a freelance psychotherapist. His developed identity-oriented psychotrauma theory and therapy (IoPT) enjoys international recognition. He gives seminars worldwide, including annually in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Dutch | ISBN 9789463160223 | 224 pages