This is a fictional tale of an old priest, long dead. The authors, Connie Robillard and Marcel Duclos, both psychotherapists deleve into their years of work with traumatized clients to create the characters of this story. Naomi and her Native American grandmother bring to the story a rich backdrop of the world of nature, spirit and life well lived in the present moment. Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors, Robillard and Duclos are both Certified Internal Family Systems Therapists. The basic concept of IFS Therapy is the multiplicity of the mind and the parts of us that attempt to protect and guide us, even when they are wounded. This book, while not clinical in nature, demonstates well defined parts of the personality in mood and tone. The photography of Ernest Gault enhances the text, adding interest and punctuation to this beautiful story of living life fully to the end. Tara Goodell contributed the cover photographs of San Xavier Mission, Tucson AZ. A resident of Tucson, she has loved this mission since she was a child. A passion for photography she continues to live with her husband and children in Tucson. She is the owner of Goodell Photography. www.goodelphotography.com

The authors are psychotherapists who created this book as a companion/ workbook to the DVD Common Threads: Stories of Life After Trauma. Their reasons for this project is to provide a teaching tool for individuals and professionals. Their goal is to promote increased understanding about the long term effects of child abuse on individuals, families and our society. Cultivating Hope suggests therapeutic techniques to decrease the symptoms associated with PTSD and complex trauma, identify sexually abused children and what we can do as a community to protect them from additional unintentional trauma. This is a must read for teachers, medical professionals, counseling students and individuals and families whose lives have been touched by domestic violence, sexual abuse, family disruption and loss. Perfect for college classes, community education, discussion groups and individual healing. Cultivating Hope With Abuse Survivors will not disappoint. Used with the DVD this is a complete educational packet that will provide weeks of education for mental health and nursing professionals. Recommended by Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family System's Therapy.

The fictional story of Father Sebastian Mission came about several months after we took a trip to Tucson Arizona. The hotel brochure reported that the mission was on the national registry, "an interesting place to visit." We spent an hour at the mission and each left with different thoughts and feelings. We found it interesting that two people can enter into the same experience and leave with such different views. It is amazing and yet, as therapists, we know it has to do with past history, inner parts and body sensations that have been reawakened and triggered by the external encounter. Marcel: I became angry at the perceived evidence of cultural violations and indigenous exploitation all in the name of what is holy. It was Father Sebastian who visited me in a dream. He came as a wise, caring image that walked amongst the people with respect until he loved and understood them. I both enjoyed him and found him to be a healing presence." Tara Goodell contributed photographs of the San Xavier Mission to our project. Tara has lived in Tucson for most of her life and has been a visitor to the Mission since she was a child. Tara's passion for photography has always centered on her love of capturing the amazing beauty in nature and people as it appears to her, for all to see. She currently lives in Tucson with her four children, Ryan, Sara, Lilly and Nathan, and husband Brian, and is the owner of Tara Goodall Photography.

The authors of this book are the people whose lives have been affected by this disease; OM warriors, family members, friends and care givers. Ocular Melanoma is a rare cancer of the eye. Seven people in a million will be diagnosed with this cancer this year. Fifty percent of those diagnosed will have metastasis to the liver, lungs and other organs. Many of warriors of OM die. This book is a fund raiser. The profit from this book will be donated to CURE OM, an organization dedicated to funding the research that will find a cure for ocular melanoma. Rare cancers, like OM rely on the funding of individuals and organizations like CURE OM. Help us find a cure.

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Romantic love is one of the most wonderful feelings we have, probably starting at a young age when boys throw girls hats all over the playgrounds and girls scribble hearts with boys names in their notebooks. In this book you will find yourself in the complex and common struggles that drive people crazy, keep them facinated, pull them apart and lock them together for better or worse. Created by Connie Robillard MA, LCMHC and Marcel, M. Ed., M.Th. Duclos, We promise this book will bring you wisdom, tears and laughter.