Unspeakable: Stories of Survival and Transformation After Trauma – 'Profoundly moving' Siri Hustvedt

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Gwen Adshead

Unspeakable

Name: Unspeakable
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ISBN: 9780571385256

Stories of Survival and Transformation After Trauma – 'Profoundly moving' Siri Hustvedt

Gwen Adshead

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English

Faber & Faber
03 March 2026

Psychology; Popular science; Coping with illness; Popular psychology

The Sunday Times bestselling authors of The Devil You Know return with a life-affirming myth busting exploration of trauma, resilience and healing.

What does a traumatic event do to someone's identity? How do we talk about unbearable loss? Can trauma be passed from parents to children? What happens when trauma goes unspoken? How can we best help people after pro-foundly traumatic experiences?

Dr Gwen Adshead invites us into her clinic to witness her work with a range of patients who have faced life-changing distress, from a widow fleeing con-flict to the survivors of children's home abuse, from the victim of a mugging to a prisoner of war. As she listens to their experiences, she helps these indi-viduals to find new thoughts and new ways of relating to their bodies, their minds, their present. Their growth lies not in recovering the old self, but in discovering the new. Unspeakable is filled with powerful insights on suffer-ing and hope, and how the hardest words to speak help us to heal.

By: Gwen Adshead
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9780571385256
ISBN 10: 0571385257
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dr Gwen Adshead has worked as a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the NHS for three decades, including within prisons and secure hospitals. She has published over one hundred academic works; holds an MA in Medical Law and Ethics and an honorary doctorate from St George's Hospital Medical School and has lectured widely, including the BBC Reith Lectures in 2024. She is the co-author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Devil You Know. Eileen Horne is a writer and dramatist. She worked for twenty years as a television drama producer and has been an editor, media lecturer and translator. She is the author of three non-fiction books and the scriptwriter of numerous BBC radio dramas. She is the co-author of The Devil You Know.