Working with Bereaved Parents
Working with Bereaved Parents is a thoughtful guide for frontline practitioners in mental health and medicine who face the daunting task of helping parents after the death of a child.
Narratives of Childhood Domestic Violence
Narratives of Childhood Domestic Violence explores young women's accounts of transitions to young adulthood after domestic abuse in childhood, from a psychological perspective.
The Power of Parting
A myth-shattering, inspiring book that combines research, reportage, and memoir to explore the growing phenomenon of estrangement from toxic relatives--showing it not as a tragedy, but as an empowering and effective solution to the heartbreak of family abuse. After decades of enduring his mother's physical and psychological torment, after years of trying in vain to set boundaries, Eamon Dolan took a radical step: he cut his mother out of his life. No more phone calls, no more visits, no more contact. Parting with his abuser gave him immediate relief and set him on a path toward freedom, confidence, and joy like none he had ever felt before. In The Power of Parting, Dolan has written the book he wishes he'd had when he was struggling to free himself from his mother's abuse. In the process, he discovered how widespread estrangement really is. At least 27 percent of Americans are estranged from a parent, sibling, or other family member. He also learned why so much stigma surrounds this common--and often lifesaving--phenomenon. Even among therapists--the professionals who would seem most attuned to the pain relatives can inflict--there's a bias toward reconciliation, when millions of their patients need instead to escape their abusers' grip. Estrangement, Dolan realized, should be understood and embraced, not shrouded in shame. Drawing on his own suffering and healing, as well as experts' advice and the testimony of other courageous survivors, Dolan first explains why abuse is much different and more prevalent than we may think, how it harms us in childhood and beyond, and why limiting or eliminating contact might be our best possible choice. Then, he walks readers through the steps of a successful, positive estrangement: how to take crucial time for yourself; how to make sure no one can gaslight you into minimizing or forgetting; how to set rules for your abuser and--if they can't or won't respect your limits--how to end a toxic relationship. He also offers valuable counsel on how to ease the guilt and grief that often accompany parting, and how to break the cycle of abuse that was likely passed down to you through many generations. With a convincing blend of clarity and empathy, Dolan encourages others to do what he ultimately did for himself: determine whether the people in your life treat you with the care and concern you deserve--and part ways with them if they don't.
Then an Angel Came
Their hour of darkness...became a journey into the Light.They were a three-generation Italian American family steeped in traditional values. Carol Gino's old world father was a stern disciplinarian who loved opera and polkas; her mother a shy, tradition-bound housewife, while Carol herself had made a spiritual journey away from her Catholic roots. But nothing in the Gino family's past could ever have prepared them for the tragedy that would change all their lives forever.For Carol it began with a phone call in the middle of the night; a call that brought unbearable news. Her grandchild, her daughter's infant son, had died in his own crib of SIDS. Within hours, Carol was on a plane from California, returning home to the family who needed her more than ever.After the initial shock, the members of Carol's family each coped with the death in their own way. Carol's father in stony silence, Teri's husband with silent Gregory tears, Carol's bereaved daughter, Teri, in rages against God. The baby's sister, Jessie, with the innocence of a child. Then, as the family grappled with the loss, the inexplicable heartbreak of SIDS, and the need to go on with their lives, a new voice began to speak among them. It was a voice that offered answers and more questions, comfort and more challenges. It was the voice of an angel.In this unforgettable true story, Carol chronicles the miraculous appearance of an angel named Janith who came to speak through Carol's daughter. Meeting resistance and skepticism first, Janith slowly began to win over the grieving family as she showed them all a reality they had never before perceived, an interconnectedness that would explain the inexplicable and show a way into the future. In a remarkable series of sessions, Janith leads a shattered family through more pain and loss to the ultimate revelation and a truly miraculous rebirth.A book that explores some of the most profound questions about our lives, Then An Angel Came is a book of miracles rooted in the everyday reality of all our lives, a book of extraordinary, uplifting hope for all those whose hearts are open to miracles.
Mind Fodder 42; Thought Nuggets To Feed Your Personal & Professional Evolution
Fast Asleep In Terrapin Soup
GRAYSON LOVES LILY. LILY IS DEPRESSED. GRAYSON IS ALSO DEPRESSED, BUT HE'S BEEN IGNORING IT. LILY LOVES GRAYSON TOO, BUT SHE KNOWS THEY CAN'T BUILD A RELATIONSHIP FROM EACH OTHER'S BROKEN PIECES. GRAYSON TRIES TO HOLD ON. THEY'RE BOTH ANTHROPOMORPHIC TERRAPINS, AND THEY BARELY FEATURE IN THIS BOOK.FAST ASLEEP IN TERRAPIN SOUP WANDERS DREAMILY BETWEEN THE COMICALLY ABSURD AND THE ACHINGLY SINCERE, SWERVING FROM THE SURREAL TO THE MUNDANE. IT DISGUISES VULNERABILITY ON ONE PAGE ONLY TO CAUTIOUSLY UNCOVER HONEST REFLECTIONS ON THE NEXT, BEFORE SCURRYING AWAY TO THE SAFETY OF THE LUDICROUS, JUST AS ONE HAND ON REALITY IS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.THESE VIGNETTES ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE STAGES, TELLING THE STORY OF HOW THE AUTHOR CAME TO UNDERSTAND LOVE, GRIEF, AND OTHER NONSENSE.
