{"id":18321,"date":"2017-07-27T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=18321"},"modified":"2023-03-08T11:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T11:42:42","slug":"what-is-transgenerational-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-transgenerational-trauma.htm","title":{"rendered":"What is Transgenerational Trauma?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: US Army Africa<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

Heard about ‘transgenerational trauma’, and wondering if it applies to what you are dealing with?<\/p>\n

What is transgenerational trauma?<\/h2>\n

Transgenerational trauma<\/a> is also referred to as ‘intergenerational trauma’, or shortened to ‘generational trauma’. It refers to how trauma passes through generations. A new field of research, only started in the 2000s, the idea is that<\/strong> trauma is passed on behaviourally but also potentially biologically, affecting the way our DNA behaves.<\/p>\n

Which means that not only can someone experience trauma. They can then pass the symptoms and behaviours of trauma survival on to their children, who then might in turn pass these further along the family line, to the grandchildren and so on.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Collective trauma, when a group is traumatised for things like their<\/strong> ethnic<\/a>, cultural, or religious identity, is also a form of transgenerational trauma. Let’s first look at how transgenerational trauma affects families, and then how it affects the collective.<\/p>\n

What types of trauma can become ‘trans generational’?<\/h2>\n

A classic example of transgenerational trauma in a family would be<\/strong> childhood abuse<\/a> that causes a cycle of abuse<\/a> and anxiety<\/a> in ongoing generations. Other types of trauma that could cause intergenerational trauma include things like:<\/p>\n