A compelling, heart-felt story of the childhood struggles of a woman trying to find healing and closure from a shattered relationship with her father. This delightful story not only depicts the search for healing and closure, but it also depicts the abuse and the domestic violence that had marked her life. All awhile, triumphantly ending with two perfecting touches "restoration" and "redemption" - overall, superbly portraying it with a twist of fate, humor, and intrigue. A sure remedy for what ails the soul Brokenness, hurt, pain, and suffering will come to us all in one way or another. It's real to the ones who have experienced it. It's real to the ones who are carrying it - harboring it. Letting go of our hurts and forgiving those who have hurt us isn't easy. More so, when the ones who have done the hurting are the people that we love, making these words, "Hurting people hurt other people, especially the ones they love," so profound - so gripping Thus, leading us to these questions: Is there really healing for the brokenhearted - the "walking wounded" of this world? Is there really "beauty for ashes"? I invite you to travel through these riveting pages and embrace the "healing message" that is springing forth with living waters. In the end, I'm sure you will conclude with this: Her story is your story For He promised to give us, "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." (Isaiah 61:3 NKJV)

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In a world that is forever fragmenting into divisions of ethnicity and class, this groundbreaking book offers an approach to therapy that reaches across the boundaries that usually divide us. Reaffirming psychotherapy's roots in a progressive approach to social change, the contributors show how contemporary methods can be used to treat patients often previously thought unresponsive to psychodynamic therapy. Cultural values, countertransference guilt, immigration, bilingualism, and battered self-esteem in African-American patients are among the many topics discussed. Numerous examples guide the clinician to a better understanding of the role of culture in the therapeutic relationship. A Jason Aronson BookIn a world that is forever fragmenting into divisions of ethnicity and class, this groundbreaking book offers an approach to therapy that reaches across the boundaries that usually divide us. Reaffirming psychotherapy's roots in a progressive approach to social change, the contributors show how contemporary methods can be used to treat patients often previously thought unresponsive to psychodynamic therapy. Cultural values, countertransference guilt, immigration, bilingualism, and battered self-esteem in African-American patients are among the many topics discussed. Numerous examples guide the clinician to a better understanding of the role of culture in the therapeutic relationship.

A compelling, heart-felt story of the childhood struggles of a woman trying to find healing and closure from a shattered relationship with her father. This delightful story not only depicts the search for healing and closure, but it also depicts the abuse and the domestic violence that had marked her life. All awhile, triumphantly ending with two perfecting touches "restoration" and "redemption" - overall, superbly portraying it with a twist of fate, humor, and intrigue. A sure remedy for what ails the soul Brokenness, hurt, pain, and suffering will come to us all in one way or another. It's real to the ones who have experienced it. It's real to the ones who are carrying it - harboring it. Letting go of our hurts and forgiving those who have hurt us isn't easy. More so, when the ones who have done the hurting are the people that we love, making these words, "Hurting people hurt other people, especially the ones they love," so profound - so gripping Thus, leading us to these questions: Is there really healing for the brokenhearted - the "walking wounded" of this world? Is there really "beauty for ashes"? I invite you to travel through these riveting pages and embrace the "healing message" that is springing forth with living waters. In the end, I'm sure you will conclude with this: Her story is your story For He promised to give us, "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." (Isaiah 61:3 NKJV)