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> [“In this climate of profoundly disrupted relationships the child faces a formidable developmental task. She must find a way to form primary attachments to caretakers who are either dangerous or, from her perspective, negligent. She must find a way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/in-this-climate-of-profoundly-disrupted-relationships-the-child-faces/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

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## More by Judith Lewis Herman

> [“Therapy requires a collaborative working relationship in which both partners act on the basis of their implicit confidence in the value and efficacy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/therapy-requires-a-collaborative-working-relationship-in-which-both/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/in-situations-of-captivity-the-perpetrator-becomes-the-most-powerful/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality formed in an environment of coercive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/many-abused-children-cling-to-the-hope-that-growing-up-will-bring/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/the-guarantee-of-safety-in-a-battering-relationship-can-never-be/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When the force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/psychological-trauma-is-an-affliction-of-the-powerless-at-the-moment/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“The vast majority of incest begins years before the earliest conceivable age of consent. p4”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/the-vast-majority-of-incest-begins-years-before-the-earliest/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [The ordinary response to atrocities is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/the-ordinary-response-to-atrocities-is-to-banish-them-from/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“The study of psychological trauma has repeatedly led into realms of the unthinkable and foundered on fundamental questions of belief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/the-study-of-psychological-trauma-has-repeatedly-led-into-realms-of/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/after-a-traumatic-experience-the-human-system-of-self-preservation/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“The horror of incest is not in the sexual act. but in the exploitation of children and the corruption of parental love. p4”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/the-horror-of-incest-is-not-in-the-sexual-act-but-in-the-exploitation/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“Underlying the attack on psychotherapy, I believe, is a recognition of the potential power of any relationship of witnessing. The consulting room is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/underlying-the-attack-on-psychotherapy-i-believe-is-a-recognition-of/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“when traumatic events are of human design, those who bear witness are caught in the conflict between victim and perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/when-traumatic-events-are-of-human-design-those-who-bear-witness-are/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/in-practice-the-standard-for-what-constitutes-rape-is-set-not-at-the/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“In this climate of profoundly disrupted relationships the child faces a formidable developmental task. She must find a way to form primary attachments to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/in-this-climate-of-profoundly-disrupted-relationships-the-child-faces/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

> [“Father-daughter incest is not only the type of incest most frequently reported but also represents a paradigm of female sexual victimization. The relationship between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/father-daughter-incest-is-not-only-the-type-of-incest-most-frequently/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

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