The Center for Collaborative Study of Trauma, Health Equity, and Neurobiology

GLOSSARY

Intergenerational Trauma

INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA is trauma passed unintentionally from one generation to the next. 

 

One example is a parent who grew up without secure attachment to their parents – then having difficulty providing attachment and attunement to their own child.

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Many traits that were thought to be “genetic” because they were found to “run in families,” are now recognized to be the result of INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA.