Vera Békés and Claire J. Starrs developed the Historical Intergenerational Trauma Transmission model and created the HITT-Q questionnaire based on it
Dr. Vera Békés
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University (New York, U.S.). Co-director of the psychodynamic training program.
Research interests: psychotherapeutic processes, therapeutic relationships, PTSD, resilience, social and transgenerational trauma.
Dr. Claire J. Starrs
Researcher, PhD in clinical psychology. While developing the HITT-Q, she worked in the Department of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Head of the Centre de Recherche en Psychothérapie at the University Institute of Psychotherapy, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV).
Research interests: vulnerability and resilience, and the impact of collective trauma.