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From Trauma to Peace: How We Reclaim Our Lives by Gerda C. Robinson recounts her journey as a young girl living through the atrocities of Nazi Germany and grappling later in America with chronic pain, the lasting impacts of war.

Her early years were marked by hunger, fear, neglect, and both physical and emotional abuse. At 22, she emigrated to the United States, determined to leave her troubled past behind. However, by her mid-40s, the shadows of her childhood resurfaced in the form of chronic back pain, panic attacks, and deep-seated depression.

After six months of testing, she was blessed to find Dr. Loran Pilling, a physician-turned-psychiatrist who established a chronic pain clinic in Minneapolis. Under his care, she finally confronts her traumatic past and realizes the big truth that inner conflict often lingers long after external battles have ended. She learned that negative feelings have to be confronted rather than suppressed.

By facing her chronic pain, she began to reconcile with her childhood experiences and discovered a path to healing, freeing herself from the burden of suffering.

In her epic book, she shares therapeutic approaches from contemporary American psychotherapy. Gerda candidly reflects on her struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), emphasizing the importance of addressing repressed emotions.

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