Wayne Kritsberg

Wayne Kritsberg (* 1942 ) is an American psychiatrist and psychotherapist .

Kritsberg ran a private practice in Olympia (Washington) in the 1990s and is considered a pioneer of group therapy with adults who had traumatic experiences in childhood . At first, Kritsberg worked with people whose parents were alcoholics . He summarized his experiences in 1985 in the book "The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome", which gave those affected many practical tips. In this context, Kritsberg also dealt with family constellations in which patterns of abuse, violence and disease are passed on from one generation to the next.

He later turned to adults who were sexually abused as children . He calls them sexual abuse survivors. In 1993 he published the book "The invisible wound: A new approach to healing childhood sexual abuse" (1995 in German under the title: " The invisible wound . Sexual abuse in childhood: Recognizing and overcoming trauma").

He was one of the first to address the symptoms and healing of men who were sexually abused as children. The two central messages of the book are: Sexual abuse of children in most cases has serious long-term consequences for those affected; but these consequences are curable.

Works

• The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome. USA 1985
• The invisible wound: A new approach to healing childhood sexual abuse. New York 1993 (Bantam). German: The Invisible Wound . Childhood Sexual Abuse: Recognizing and Overcoming the Trauma. Oesch, Zurich 1995. Paperback edition: Bastei-Lübbe, Berg. Gladbach 2000 ( ISBN 3-404-66374-8 )

Web links

• Literature by and about Wayne Kritsberg in the catalog of the German National Library