Reflections on healing and recovery from the legacies of trauma and violence

Authors

  • June Caridad Pagaduan-Lopez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v32i3.129631

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June P. Lopez

Abstract

The author describes her experience working in Philippines and the logic behind a survivors' group in her native land to reflect on life experiences and what both torture and the healing process meant from a lifelong perspective. This is the last paper by June Pagaduan-Lopez with an introduction by the Editor in Chief, Pau Pérez-Sales.

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2021-12-29 — Updated on 2022-06-13

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Pagaduan-Lopez, J. C. (2022). Reflections on healing and recovery from the legacies of trauma and violence. Torture Journal, 32(1-2), 84–86. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v32i3.129631

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Vol. 32 No. 1-2 (2022): Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture

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30th Anniversary of the Torture Journal

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